Zenpuku-ji

Zenpuku-ji (善福寺), also known as Azabu-san (麻布山), is a Jōdo Shinshū temple located in the Azabu district of Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the oldest Tokyo temples, after Asakusa.

History

Founded by

Under the 1859

• There is a monument to Townsend Harris and the First American Legation in Tokyo.
• A 750-year-old ginkgo tree at the entry to the cemetery, purportedly planted by Shinran and called "the upside down tree" (the largest ginkgo in Tokyo today), is a registered National Natural Monument
• A well in the approach to the shrine is supposed to have been struck by Kukai's bishop's staff. This well served the community during the Great Kantō earthquake and the Great Tokyo Air Raid.

People associated with Zenpukuji

• bakufu and the foreign legations.^[1]
• Masuda Takashi, founder of Mitsui, served as an interpreter there at the age of 14.

Notable interments

• Fukuzawa Yukichi, founder of Keio University

See also

• For an explanation of terms concerning Japanese Buddhism, Japanese Buddhist art, and Japanese Buddhist temple architecture, see the Glossary of Japanese Buddhism.

References

External links

• Official website

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