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Nanrin-ji was a Buddhist temple in [[Kagoshima]], which served as a family temple (''[[bodaiji]]'') for the [[Shimazu clan]] lords of [[Satsuma han]].

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 [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]].

The temple was established by [[Shimazu Takahisa]] in [[1554]] as a branch temple of the Shimazu family temple [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]]. The [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] scholar-official [[Chatan Choshu|Chatan Chôshû]] died in Kagoshima in [[1653]] before departing [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo|for Edo]], and was buried at Nanrin-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.

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 [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] scholar-official [[Chatan Choshu|Chatan Chôshû]] died in Kagoshima in [[1653]] before departing [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo|for Edo]], and was buried at Nanrin-ji.

Some twenty-three graves from Nanrin-ji were moved in 1922 to a new location in Kagoshima's Tokiwa-chô neighborhood, and are maintained today as a site known as the "Saigô Family Graveyard" (''Saigô ke no haka'').<ref>Signs on-site at Saigô-ke no haka, Kagoshima Tokiwa-chô 2-2-14.</ref>

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==References==

==References==

*Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Taguchi Megumi, "Shiryô shôkai Kishi Akimasa bunko Satsuyû kikô," ''Shiryôhenshûshitsu kiyô'' 31 (2006), 232.

*Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Taguchi Megumi, "Shiryô shôkai Kishi Akimasa bunko Satsuyû kikô," ''Shiryôhenshûshitsu kiyô'' 31 (2006), 232.

[[Category:Temples]]

[[Category:Temples]]

[[Category:Sengoku Period]]

[[Category:Sengoku Period]]