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*''Japanese'': 善光寺 ''(zenkou-ji)''
Zenkô-ji is a major temple of the [[Tendai]] [[Jodo shu|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.
[[Category:Temples]]
Zenkô-ji is a major temple of the [[Tendai]] [[Jodo shu|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.
[[Category:Temples]]