Ryōtan-ji (Hamamatsu)
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Ryōtan-ji (龍潭寺) is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Myōshin-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. located in Kita-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is the head temple of one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school. Its main image is a hibutsu statue of Kokūzō Bosatsu. The temple, including its famed Japanese garden is not open to the general public.
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Ryōtan-ji | |
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龍潭寺 | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Buddhism |
Deity | Kokūzō Bosatsu |
Rite | Rinzai school of Zen |
Location | |
Location | 1989 Inasachō Iinoya Kita-ku, Hamamtasu-shi, Shizuoka-ken |
Country | Japan |
Geographic coordinates | 34°49′43.1″N 137°40′05.3″E |
Architecture | |
Founder | unknown |
Completed | c. Nara period? |
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