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Created page with "::''This article is about the temple in Okinawa. For the Renge-in in Kyoto, see Sanjûsangendô.'' *''Other Names'': 岩頂山万松院 ''(ganchouzan banshou..."
::''This article is about the temple in Okinawa. For the Renge-in in Kyoto, see [[Sanjusangendo|Sanjûsangendô]].''
*''Other Names'': 岩頂山万松院 ''(ganchouzan banshou-in)'', 妙法山 ''(Myouhou-zan)''
*''Japanese'': 蓮華院 ''(Renge-in)''
Renge-in was a [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] Buddhist temple in [[Shuri]], the royal capital of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]. A branch temple of the royal temple of [[Tenno-ji (Okinawa)|Tennô-ji]], it is believed to have been established in the late 16th or early 17th century.
Though originally known as Ganchô-zan Banshô-in, it was moved onto a peninsula in the Ringumui (蓮小堀, Little Lotus Pond) in the area in the mid-18th century, and came to be known as Myôhô-zan Renge-in. The pond was built in the early 15th century under King [[Sho Hashi|Shô Hashi]], during construction work on [[Shuri castle]]. It was about 2,000 ''[[Japanese Measurements|tsubo]]'' in size, and the peninsula was about 800 ''tsubo''.
The temple was moved to [[Itoman]] in [[1907]], and the site made a private home. When the University of the Ryukyus was being constructed on the site of Shuri castle in 1958, construction work recreated the pond, and built a bus terminal, public library, and community center which form the core of the Shuri Tônokura neighborhood today. A different temple called Banshô-in stands on the site today.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at the original Shuri location of the temple.
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
*''Other Names'': 岩頂山万松院 ''(ganchouzan banshou-in)'', 妙法山 ''(Myouhou-zan)''
*''Japanese'': 蓮華院 ''(Renge-in)''
Renge-in was a [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] Buddhist temple in [[Shuri]], the royal capital of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]. A branch temple of the royal temple of [[Tenno-ji (Okinawa)|Tennô-ji]], it is believed to have been established in the late 16th or early 17th century.
Though originally known as Ganchô-zan Banshô-in, it was moved onto a peninsula in the Ringumui (蓮小堀, Little Lotus Pond) in the area in the mid-18th century, and came to be known as Myôhô-zan Renge-in. The pond was built in the early 15th century under King [[Sho Hashi|Shô Hashi]], during construction work on [[Shuri castle]]. It was about 2,000 ''[[Japanese Measurements|tsubo]]'' in size, and the peninsula was about 800 ''tsubo''.
The temple was moved to [[Itoman]] in [[1907]], and the site made a private home. When the University of the Ryukyus was being constructed on the site of Shuri castle in 1958, construction work recreated the pond, and built a bus terminal, public library, and community center which form the core of the Shuri Tônokura neighborhood today. A different temple called Banshô-in stands on the site today.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at the original Shuri location of the temple.
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]