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*''Established: early 1240s''
*''Japanese'': 承天寺 ''(Jouten-ji)''

Jôten-ji is a major [[Zen]] temple in [[Hakata]], considered the second most notable or important temple in the city after the [[Shofuku-ji|Shôfuku-ji]].

It was established in the early 1240s, following the return of the Japanese Buddhist monk [[Enni]] from his studies in China. Hakata merchant [[Xie Guoming]], along with other members of the local Chinese merchant community, organized the purchase of land from [[Hakozaki Shrine]] for the establishment of the temple. Enni was named its first abbot.

Following Enni's death, [[Shoni Tsunesuke|Shôni Tsunesuke]], supervisor of foreign trade at [[Dazaifu]] and shogun’s viceroy for northern Kyushu, was entrusted with supervision of the temple.

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==References==
*Richard von Glahn, "The Ningbo-Hakata Merchant Network and the Reorientation of East Asian Maritime Trade, 1150-1350," ''Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies'' 74:2 (2014), 275-276.

[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Kamakura Period]]