The temple, located in
Taku
Taku may refer to:
Places North America
* the Taku River, in Alaska and British Columbia
** Fort Taku, also known as Fort Durham and as Taku, a former fort of the Hudson's Bay Company near the mouth of the Taku River
** the Taku Glacier, in Al ...
,
Saga Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. Saga Prefecture has a population of 809,248 (1 August 2020) and has a geographic area of 2,440 km2 (942 sq mi). Saga Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northeast and Nagasa ...
is one of the oldest
Confucian temple
A temple of Confucius or Confucian temple is a temple for the veneration of Confucius and the sages and philosophers of Confucianism in Chinese folk religion and other East Asian religions. They were formerly the site of the administration ...
s in Japan. Built in 1708, Taku Seibyō has been designated as an
Important Cultural Property.
External links
Taku City Website: Taku Seibyō
Confucian temples in Japan
Religious buildings and structures in Saga Prefecture
Important Cultural Properties of Japan
Temples in Japan
Religious buildings and structures completed in 1708
1708 establishments in Asia
18th-century Confucian temples
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