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[[Image:Engakuji-Shuri.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Engaku-ji as it appears today, with elements of the entry area rebuilt. The central areas of the temple grounds remain completely unrestored.]]
*''Established: [[1492]]''
*''Established: [[1492]]''
*''Japanese'': 円覚寺 ''(Engakuji)''
*''Japanese'': 円覚寺 ''(Engakuji)''
The temple is named after the [[Zen]] temple [[Engakuji]] in [[Kamakura]], and was designed by an immigrant Japanese Zen priest based on, or at least inspired by, the pattern or layout of that temple. A temple bell which was to become much celebrated was cast in [[1496]], and a stone bridge immediately behind the main gate - one of the few elements reconstructed and intact today - was thrown across the pond two years later.
The temple is named after the [[Zen]] temple [[Engakuji]] in [[Kamakura]], and was designed by an immigrant Japanese Zen priest based on, or at least inspired by, the pattern or layout of that temple. A temple bell which was to become much celebrated was cast in [[1496]], and a stone bridge immediately behind the main gate - one of the few elements reconstructed and intact today - was thrown across the pond two years later.
Engaku-ji was also closely tied to a [[Bentendo|Benten-dô]] located in a pond nearby on the castle grounds; a particularly important set of Buddhist texts from Korea, gifted to the kingdom by Korea, were kept here until they were stolen and taken back to Japan during the [[1609]] [[invasion of Ryukyu|invasion of Ryûkyû]].
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