Zuisen-ji
| Kinbyōzan Zuisen-ji | |
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The Main Hall (Butsuden)
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| Basic information | |
| Location | 710 Nikaidō, Kamakura, Kanagawa 248-0002 |
| Affiliation | Rinzai, Engaku-ji school |
| Country | Japan |
| Website | None |
| Architectural description | |
| Founder | Nikaidō Dōun and Musō Soseki (founding priest) |
| Completed | 1327 |
Kinbyōzan Zuisen-ji (錦屏山瑞泉寺?) is a Buddhist temple of the Rinzai sect in Nikaidō's Momijigayatsu Valley (紅葉ヶ谷 Valley of the Autumn Leaves?) near Kamakura, Japan. During the Muromachi period it was the family temple of the Ashikaga rulers of Kamakura (the Kantō kubō): four of the five kubō are buried there in a private cemetery closed to the public and first kubō Ashikaga Motouji's is also known with the name Zuisen-ji-den (瑞泉寺殿?). Designed by prominent Zen religious figure, poet and Zen garden designer Musō Soseki (also known as Musō Kokushi), the temple lies on top of an isolated hill and is famous for both its garden and its Zen rock garden. The beauty and the quantity of its plants have gained it since antiquity the nickname "Temple of Flowers" (花の寺?). The main object of worship is Jizō Bosatsu. Zuisen-ji is an Historic Site and contains numerous objects classified as Important Cultural Properties and Places of Scenic Beauty.
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