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Hôfuku-ji is a Buddhist temple in [[Shimoda]] which served for a time as lodgings for the ''[[Shimoda bugyo|Shimoda bugyô]]'' and as his temporary administrative office.
Hôfuku-ji is a Buddhist temple in [[Shimoda]] which served for a time as lodgings for the ''[[Shimoda bugyo|Shimoda bugyô]]'' and as his temporary administrative office.
The temple was later the site of a notable meeting between [[Yamauchi Yodo|Yamauchi Yôdô]] and [[Katsu Kaishu|Katsu Kaishû]], and further boasts a statue of [[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma]], who stayed there for a time while on the run.
[[Okichi]], a geisha or servant associated with [[Townsend Harris]], is buried at Hôfuku-ji.
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==References==
==References==
*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 600.
*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 600.
*Plaques on-site.
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
