Seichō-ji Temple
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', also known as ', is a Nichiren Buddhist temple located in the city of Kamogawa in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Along with Kuon-ji in Yamanashi Prefecture, Ikegami Honmon-ji in the south of Tokyo, and Tanjō-ji also in Kamogawa City, Seichō-ji is one of the "Four Sacred Places of Nichiren Shū."
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Buddhist temple
- Religion
- Nichiren Shū
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Kamogawa
- Official website
- www.seichoji.com
- Image
- Seityouji.jpg
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- postal code
- 299-5505
- Commons category
- Seicho-ji (Kamogawa)
- located in protected area
- Minami Bōsō Quasi-National Park
- inception
- 0771-00-00
- name in kana
- せいちょうじ
- street address
- 千葉県鴨川市清澄322-1
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Location
- History
- Early history
- Association with Nichiren
- Later history
- Important structures and cultural treasures
- References
- External links
', also known as ', is a Nichiren Buddhist temple located in the city of Kamogawa in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Along with Kuon-ji in Yamanashi Prefecture, Ikegami Honmon-ji in the south of Tokyo, and Tanjō-ji also in Kamogawa City, Seichō-ji is one of the "Four Sacred Places of Nichiren Shū."
The Buddhist priest Nichiren was once educated at the temple, and was chosen at one time to be a successor to its priesthood before he began his own ministry which later became Nichiren Buddhism. At the time, the temple was dedicated to the Pure Land sect, prior to being a Tendai temple, then later changed into Shingon, and now designated a Nichiren Shu temple.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Seichō-ji Temple” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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