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Created page with "*''Established: 1265'' *''Other Names'': 龍福寺 ''(Ryûfuku-ji)'' *''Japanese'': 極楽寺 ''(Gokuraku-ji)'' Gokuraku-ji was a Buddhist temple established near [[Uraso..."
*''Established: [[1265]]''
*''Other Names'': 龍福寺 ''(Ryûfuku-ji)''
*''Japanese'': 極楽寺 ''(Gokuraku-ji)''
Gokuraku-ji was a Buddhist temple established near [[Urasoe gusuku]] on [[Okinawa Island]] in [[1265]] by the monk [[Zenkan]], during the reign of King [[Eiso]]. It is generally believed to have been the first Buddhist temple established on Okinawa.
The temple was later relocated, burned down, and was reconstructed to the south of Urasoe gusuku by King [[Sho En|Shô En]] (r. [[1469]]-[[1476]]), who renamed it Ryûfuku-ji and installed a [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] monk from Kyoto named [[Kaiin]] to serve as abbot.
The temple was burned down again in [[1609]], during the [[Shimazu clan]] [[invasion of Ryukyu]].
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==References==
*Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 141.
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Kamakura Period]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
*''Other Names'': 龍福寺 ''(Ryûfuku-ji)''
*''Japanese'': 極楽寺 ''(Gokuraku-ji)''
Gokuraku-ji was a Buddhist temple established near [[Urasoe gusuku]] on [[Okinawa Island]] in [[1265]] by the monk [[Zenkan]], during the reign of King [[Eiso]]. It is generally believed to have been the first Buddhist temple established on Okinawa.
The temple was later relocated, burned down, and was reconstructed to the south of Urasoe gusuku by King [[Sho En|Shô En]] (r. [[1469]]-[[1476]]), who renamed it Ryûfuku-ji and installed a [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] monk from Kyoto named [[Kaiin]] to serve as abbot.
The temple was burned down again in [[1609]], during the [[Shimazu clan]] [[invasion of Ryukyu]].
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==References==
*Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 141.
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Kamakura Period]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]