''Kōshō-ji'' () is a

Sōtō Zen Sōtō Zen or is the largest of the three traditional sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism (the others being Rinzai and Ōbaku). It is the Japanese line of the Chinese Cáodòng school, which was founded during the Tang dynasty by Dòngshān ...

in temple in Japan. It bears an abbreviated form of the name of the temple established by Eihei Dōgen in Kyoto,

Kōshōhōrin-ji ''Kōshōhōrin-ji'' (), more commonly known by its abbreviated name ''Kōshō-ji'' () and sometimes by its full formal name ''Kannondori Kōshōhōrin-ji'' (), was the first independent zen temple in Japan. While Kennin-ji was established in 120 ...

, but it was established four centuries after that temple was destroyed, and in a different location.

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{{Authority control Religious organizations established in the 1230s Soto temples Buddhist temples in Kyoto Prefecture 1230s establishments in Japan 1236 establishments in Asia Dōgen