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- Established: 1554, Shimazu Takahisa
- Dissolved: c. 1869-1870
- Japanese: 南林寺 (Nanrinji)
Nanrin-ji was a Buddhist temple in Kagoshima, which served as a family temple (bodaiji) for the Shimazu clan lords of Satsuma han.
The temple was established by Shimazu Takahisa in 1554 as a branch temple of the Shimazu family temple Fukushô-ji.
It was dissolved in 1869 or 1870, along with a great many other temples in Satsuma domain, as part of the nationwide anti-Buddhist policy of haibutsu kishaku. Matsubara Shrine was established in its place, and remains on the site today.
The Ryukyuan scholar-official Chatan Chôshû died in Kagoshima in 1653 before departing for Edo, and was buried at Nanrin-ji.
References
- Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Taguchi Kei, "Shiryô shôkai Kishi Akimasa bunko Satsuyû kikô," Shiryôhenshûshitsu kiyô 31 (2006), 232.
