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Fukushô-ji was a [[Soto Zen|Sôtô Zen]] temple in [[Kagoshima]], which served as the family temple (''[[bodaiji]]'') for the [[Shimazu clan]]. Though the temple is no longer in operation, the Shimazu clan cemetery which houses the graves of numerous generations of clan heads continues to be maintained on the site. Gyokuryû Middle School & High School now stands on the former site of the Fukushô-ji temple buildings.

Fukushô-ji was a [[Soto Zen|Sôtô Zen]] temple in [[Kagoshima]], which served as the family temple (''[[bodaiji]]'') for the [[Shimazu clan]]. Though the temple is no longer in operation, the Shimazu clan cemetery which houses the graves of numerous generations of clan heads continues to be maintained on the site. Gyokuryû Middle School & High School now stands on the former site of the Fukushô-ji temple buildings.

The temple was established in [[1394]] when [[Shimazu Motohisa]] invited the [[Zen]] priest [[Sekioku Shinryo|Sekioku Shinryô]] to Kagoshima to establish a ''bodaiji'' for the Shimazu clan.

The temple was established in [[1394]] when [[Shimazu Motohisa]] invited the [[Zen]] priest [[Sekioku Shinryo|Sekioku Shinryô]] to Kagoshima to establish a ''bodaiji'' for the Shimazu clan. It later became the head temple for monk registrars (僧録, ''sôroku''), overseeing all the Buddhist monks in southern Kyushu, as well as a ''chokuganjo'', a prayer hall that could be used by the [[Emperor]]. Fukushô-ji branch temples were established in numerous locations across Kyushu, Shikoku, and the [[Chugoku region|Chûgoku region]].

Fukushô-ji was abolished in the early [[Meiji period]], as part of the ''[[haibutsu kishaku]]'' anti-Buddhist campaigns of that time.

Fukushô-ji was abolished in the early [[Meiji period]], as part of the ''[[haibutsu kishaku]]'' anti-Buddhist campaigns of that time.