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Ankoku ji

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Ankoku-ji (安国寺, Ankoku-ji) is a kind of Buddhist temple. Ankoku-ji may mean "Temple for National Pacification". There are numerous Ankoku-ji throughout Japan and the world.

The Ankoku-ji system was developed under the Ashikaga shogunate, as part of its stabilizing the country. The Fudoin Temple within Higashi-ku, Hiroshima, for example, was built by Shogun Takauji Ashikaga as one of 60 Ankoku-ji temples which were constructed in all provinces across Japan, in the 14th century.

Specific ones in Japan include:

  • Ankoku-ji (Fukuyama), located in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture
  • Fudoin Temple in Higashi-Ku, Ushita-shinmachi, Hiroshima.
  • Ankoku-ji (Fukuoka), located in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
  • Ankoku-ji (Kurume), located in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture
  • Ankoku-ji (Kitakyushu), located in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture
  • Ankoku-ji (Shimotsuke), located in Shimotsuke, Tochigi Prefecture
  • Ankoku-ji (Takayama), located in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture

    • References

    Ankoku-ji Wikipedia
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