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*''Japanese'': 本立寺 ''(honryuu ji)''
Honryû-ji was a Buddhist temple in [[Kagoshima]] where the first five heads of the [[Shimazu clan]] were buried. Today, only a small portion of the temple grounds (including the Shimazu graves) survives.
A branch temple of the [[Ji sect]] temple [[Jokomyo-ji|Jôkômyô-ji]], it was originally known as Godô-in, a reference to the five lords buried there.<ref>The five all bore Buddhist posthumous names including the character 道 (''dô'').</ref> The temple was renamed Honryû-ji during the time of the 19th clan head, [[Shimazu Mitsuhisa]], and was expanded under the 18th ([[Shimazu Tadatsune|Shimazu Iehisa]]), 20th ([[Shimazu Tsunataka]]), and 21st ([[Shimazu Yoshitaka]]).
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==References==
*"[http://kagoshima.digital-museum.jp/index.php?app=shiryo&mode=detail&list_id=614433&data_id=10000360 Honryû-ji ato]," Kagoshima Digital Museum, 2011.
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[[Category:Temples]]
Honryû-ji was a Buddhist temple in [[Kagoshima]] where the first five heads of the [[Shimazu clan]] were buried. Today, only a small portion of the temple grounds (including the Shimazu graves) survives.
A branch temple of the [[Ji sect]] temple [[Jokomyo-ji|Jôkômyô-ji]], it was originally known as Godô-in, a reference to the five lords buried there.<ref>The five all bore Buddhist posthumous names including the character 道 (''dô'').</ref> The temple was renamed Honryû-ji during the time of the 19th clan head, [[Shimazu Mitsuhisa]], and was expanded under the 18th ([[Shimazu Tadatsune|Shimazu Iehisa]]), 20th ([[Shimazu Tsunataka]]), and 21st ([[Shimazu Yoshitaka]]).
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==References==
*"[http://kagoshima.digital-museum.jp/index.php?app=shiryo&mode=detail&list_id=614433&data_id=10000360 Honryû-ji ato]," Kagoshima Digital Museum, 2011.
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[[Category:Temples]]