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*''Japanese'': 大雄山仏日寺南泉院 ''(Daio-zan butsunichi-ji Nansen-in)''

*''Japanese'': 大雄山仏日寺南泉院 ''(Daio-zan butsunichi-ji Nansen-in)''

Nansen-in was a [[Tendai]] Buddhist temple in [[Kagoshima]], a branch temple of [[Enryaku-ji]], established in [[1710]] by [[Shimazu Yoshitaka]]. The temple served as the ''fure-gashira'' for [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]], [[Osumi province|Ôsumi]], and [[Hyuga province|Hyûga provinces]], communicating messages from Enryaku-ji to all other Tendai temples in that region.

Nansen-in was a [[Tendai]] Buddhist temple in [[Kagoshima]], a branch temple of [[Kan'ei-ji]], established in [[1710]] by [[Shimazu Yoshitaka]]. The temple served as the ''fure-gashira'' for [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]], [[Osumi province|Ôsumi]], and [[Hyuga province|Hyûga provinces]], communicating messages from [[Enryaku-ji]] or Kan'ei-ji to all other Tendai temples in that region.

The spirits of the first five [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa shoguns]] were enshrined there. In [[1862]], the spirit of [[Shimazu Nariakira]] was enshrined there as well, being relocated two years later to the then newly-completed [[Terukuni Shrine]].

The spirits of the first five [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa shoguns]] were enshrined there, in a [[Toshogu|Tôshôgû]] shrine established at the same time. The temple & shrine were regularly visited by [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] officials visiting or temporarily resident in Kagoshima.

 

In [[1862]], the spirit of [[Shimazu Nariakira]] was enshrined there as well, being relocated two years later to the then newly-completed [[Terukuni Shrine]].

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==References==

==References==

*Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 81.  

*Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 81.  

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