Shōkoku-ji
Shōkoku-ji (相国寺), formally identified as Mannen-zan Shōkoku Shōten Zenji (萬年山相國承天禅寺), is a Buddhist temple in northern Kyoto, first founded in 1382 by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, with the existing temple complex having undergone several periods of extensive reconstruction and rebuilding in the succeeding eras.
| Shōkoku-ji 相国寺 | |
|---|---|
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Shōkoku-ji Rinzai |
| Deity | Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni) |
| Status | Head Temple, Five Mountain Temple (Kyoto) |
| Location | |
| Location | 701 Shōkokuji Monzen-chō, East of Karasuma and Imadegawa Street, Kamigyō-ku, Kyōto, Kyoto Prefecture |
| Country | Japan |
| Geographic coordinates | 35°1′59″N 135°45′44.45″E |
| Architecture | |
| Founder | Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and Musō Soseki |
| Date established | 1382 |
| Completed | 1807 |
| Website | |
| https://www.shokoku-ji.jp/en/ | |
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