Shokoku-ji
| Shōkoku-ji 相国寺 |
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| Basic information | |
| Location | 701 Shokokuji Monzen-chō, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, 602-0898 |
| Affiliation | Rinzai |
| Country | Kyoto, Japan |
| Website | http://www.shokoku-ji.or.jp http://www.shokoku-ji.or.jp |
| Architectural description | |
| Founder |
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu Muso Soseki |
| Completed | 1382 |
Shōkoku-ji (相国寺?), formally identified as Mannen-zan Shōkoku Shōten Zenji (萬年山相國承天禅寺?), is a Buddhist temple in northern Kyoto, founded in 1382 by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
Shōkoku-ji was founded in the middle Heian period. Initial construction of the central temple structures was begun in 1383, and the entire temple complex was initially dedicated in 1392. In the eighth month of the third year of Meitoku, Yoshimitsu organized a great banquet attended by all the great officers of the Imperial court and the military leaders of that time. The pomp and ceremony of the affair was said to have equaled an Imperial event.
In 1383, the Zen master Shun’oku Myōha (春屋妙葩?) (1311–1388) was designated by Yoshimitsu as founding abbot, however, Myōha insisted that the official honor be posthumously accorded to his own teacher, Musō Soseki. The formal decision to grant this posthumous honor was proclaimed in 1385.
The entire temple complex was destroyed by fire in 1394; but reconstruction financed by Yoshimitsu followed soon after. The temple complex has been rebuilt many times over the centuries, notably during the Onin War.
After the Muromachi period, Shōkoku-ji was supported by several national leaders such as Toyotomi Hideyoshi, his son Toyotomi Hideyori, and Tokugawa Ieyasu, all of whom helped finance the temple’s various reconstruction projects.
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