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  • Japanese: 善光寺 (zenkou-ji)

Zenkô-ji is a major temple of the Tendai Jôdo sect, located in Nagano. The temple is believed to have been founded during the reign of Empress Suiko (r. 593-628), and during the Tokugawa period became patronized by the Tokugawa shogunate, and made a branch temple of Kan'ei-ji.

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References

  • Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), Told Round a Brushwood Fire, University of Tokyo Press (1979), 292n124.
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