is a
Buddhist temple
A Buddhist temple or Buddhist monastery is the place of worship for Buddhists, the followers of Buddhism. They include the structures called vihara, chaitya, stupa, wat and pagoda in different regions and languages. Temples in Buddhism represen ...
head one of fourteen autonomous branches of the
Rinzai school of
Zen Buddhism, founded in 1397 by the lord of Mihara; Kobayakawa Haruhira; its first Abbot was
Buttoku Daitsu Zenji. The temple is named after its honorary founder, the
Chinese master
Buttsu Zenji. Located in
Mihara,
Hiroshima Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Hiroshima Prefecture has a population of 2,811,410 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 8,479 km² (3,274 sq mi). Hiroshima Prefecture borders Okayama ...
,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, the temple is head of the Buttsū-ji branch of
Rinzai Zen, governing forty-seven temples.
[Head Temples]
See also
* For an explanation of terms concerning Japanese Buddhism, Japanese Buddhist art, and Japanese Buddhist temple architecture, see the
Glossary of Japanese Buddhism.
Notes
References
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Buddhist temples in Hiroshima Prefecture
Buttsū-ji temples
1390s establishments in Japan
Hiroshima Prefecture designated important cultural property
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