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 {{Japan-religious-struct-stub