增上寺

Readings

Pinyin: Zēngshàngsì

Wade-Giles: Tseng-shang ssu

Hangul: 증상사

Korean MC: Jeungsangsa

Korean MR: Chŭngsangsa

Katakana: ゾウジョウジ

Hepburn: Zōjōji

Zōjōji

• One of the six major head temples of the Japanese Pure Land school 淨土宗, located in Shiba Kōen 芝公園 in Tokyo. It was originally a Shingon temple founded by Shōei, one of Kūkai's disciples, and was turned into a Jōdo temple in 1393, later receiving the support of the Tokugawa Shogunate. It was removed to its present site in 1598 and later designated as a temple for national prayer. [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Iwanami, JEBD, FGD]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 670

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)3071b,739c,1459a

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 1094-2

Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 513

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 339a/376

Fo Guang Dictionary, 5964

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

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