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Kōfuku-ji 興福寺
Main Hall
Religion
Affiliation	Ōbaku Zen
Deity	Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni)
Location
Location	4-32 Teramachi, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture
Country	Japan
Geographic coordinates	32°44′52.3″N 129°53′2.0″E / 32.747861°N 129.883889°E / 32.747861; 129.883889
Architecture
Founder	Shin'en (Zhenyuan)
Completed	1624
Website
http://kofukuji.com/

Kōfuku-ji or Tōmeizan Kōfuku-ji (Japanese: 東明山興福寺, Tōmeizan Kōfuku-ji) is a Buddhist temple of the Ōbaku school of Zen established in 1624 in Nagasaki, Japan. It is an important cultural asset designated by the government.

Its Mazu Hall (Masu-do) or Bodhisattva Hall (Bosa-do) is one of the few temples located in Japan of the Chinese sea goddess known as Mazu, the deified form of the medieval Fujianese shamaness Lin Moniang (Chinese: 林默孃).

Gallery

• Main hall
• Bell and drum tower

References

1. "History", Official site, Nagasaki: Tohmeizan Kofukuji, retrieved 23 December 2016.
2. "Cultural Properties", Official site, Nagasaki: Tohmeizan Kofukuji, retrieved 23 December 2016.

External links

• Official site. (in Japanese) & (in English)
• "Kōfuku-ji" at Nagasaki University (in Japanese)
• "Toumeizan Koufukuji" (in Japanese)

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