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Tenkai-ji was a [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] temple in [[Shuri]], the capital of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]. It was one of three royal temples in the city, along with [[Engaku-ji (Okinawa)|Engaku-ji]] and [[Tenno-ji (Okinawa)|Tennô-ji]].

Tenkai-ji was a [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] temple in [[Shuri]], the capital of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]. It was one of three royal temples in the city, along with [[Engaku-ji (Okinawa)|Engaku-ji]] and [[Tenno-ji (Okinawa)|Tennô-ji]].

The temple is said to have been founded by King [[Sho Taikyu|Shô Taikyû]] around 1450-1456, and enshrined the unmarried princes and princesses of the Second [[Sho Dynasty|Shô Dynasty]], as well as holding the mortuary tablets of Kings Shô Taikyû and [[Sho Toku|Shô Toku]] of the First Shô Dynasty. The founding abbot was the Zen master Keiin (渓陰). The temple was destroyed in a fire in [[1576]], but was later reconstructed, the temple grounds covering an area of roughly 1,080 ''[[Japanese Measurements|tsubo]]''. A [[Kannon]] Hall, which came to be known as "Shuri Kannon-dô," was established a short distance away in [[1616]], as a branch temple of Tenkai-ji. It is today attached to the temple of [[Jigen-in]].

The temple is said to have been founded by King [[Sho Taikyu|Shô Taikyû]] around 1450-1456, and enshrined the unmarried princes and princesses of the Second [[Sho Dynasty|Shô Dynasty]], as well as holding the mortuary tablets of Kings Shô Taikyû and [[Sho Toku|Shô Toku]] of the First Shô Dynasty. The founding abbot was the Zen master [[Keiin]]. The temple was destroyed in a fire in [[1576]], but was later reconstructed, the temple grounds covering an area of roughly 1,080 ''[[Japanese Measurements|tsubo]]''. A [[Kannon]] Hall, which came to be known as "Shuri Kannon-dô," was established a short distance away in [[1616]], as a branch temple of Tenkai-ji. It is today attached to the temple of [[Jigen-in]].

Following the [[Ryukyu Shobun|overthrow of the kingdom]], the temple was transformed around 1913 into the ''Mitunchi'' (三殿内), a shrine incorporating shrines of the three ''Ufanshitari'' (大阿母志良礼), high priestesses of Shuri, Gibo, and Makabe. This shrine was destroyed in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, and the temple grounds became a residential area. However, when [[Shuri Castle]] was reconstructed in 1992, the former site of Tenkai-ji was incorporated into the Shurijo Castle Park. The temple has not been reconstructed, but a well dug in [[1697]] on the temple grounds does survive. The site is now home to a rest center and administrative building, and is identified as the former site of Tenkai-ji by a plaque.

Following the [[Ryukyu Shobun|overthrow of the kingdom]], the temple was transformed around 1913 into the ''Mitunchi'' (三殿内), a shrine incorporating shrines of the three ''Ufanshitari'' (大阿母志良礼), high priestesses of Shuri, Gibo, and Makabe. This shrine was destroyed in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, and the temple grounds became a residential area. However, when [[Shuri Castle]] was reconstructed in 1992, the former site of Tenkai-ji was incorporated into the Shurijo Castle Park. The temple has not been reconstructed, but a well dug in [[1697]] on the temple grounds does survive. The site is now home to a rest center and administrative building, and is identified as the former site of Tenkai-ji by a plaque.