Kaikoku-ji

• Established: 1539
• Other Names: 玉竜山 (Gyokuryuuzan)
• Japanese: 海国寺 (Kaikokuji)

Kaikoku-ji is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Nagoya, established in 1539.

The temple grounds contain the grave of Tokashiki peechin (1710-1749), who was a shisan (captain of the guard) in the 1748 Ryukyuan embassy to Edo. He died on 1/12 the following year during the return from Edo, and was buried at Kaikoku-ji.

References

• Watanabe Miki. "Nihon ni okeru Ryûkyû shiseki." (personal website)

External Links

• Kaikoku-ji on Google Maps