Enkaku-ji (Okinawa)

Enkaku-ji (円覚寺, Okinawan: ウフティラ ufutira, lit. "the great temple"[1]) was a Rinzai Buddhist temple and royal bodaiji of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, located in Naha, Okinawa.

Enkaku-ji
円覚寺
sōmon (general gate), Hōjō bridge (放生橋) and Hōjō pond (放生池)
Religion
AffiliationRinzai Zen
StatusClosed as of 1945
Location
LocationShuri Tōnokura 2-1, Naha, Okinawa prefecture
CountryJapan
Architecture
FounderKaiin Shōko
Completed1494

The temple was erected during the reign of King Shō Shin (r. 1477-1526), the first abbot being Kaiin Shōko (芥隠承琥). It was also used as bodaiji of Ryukyuan kings. Ryukyuan kings would visit Enkaku-ji, Tennō-ji and Tenkai-ji after their genpuku and investiture.[2]

Enkaku-ji was recognized as a national treasure of Japan in 1933, but it was destroyed in the 1945 battle of Okinawa. Only the sōmon (general gate) and Hōjō Bridge (放生橋) were reconstructed in 1968 because of lack of historical records. The government of Okinawa Prefecture began plans to reconstruct its sanmon in 2014. It is scheduled to be completed in 2018.[3][4]

See also

References
  1. ウフティラ 首里・那覇方言データベース
  2. Kyūyō, vol. 10
  3. Ryūkyū Shimpō (2014-10-27). "県、円覚寺「山門」復元へ　戦災で焼失、１８年度完工".
  4. Okinawa Times (2014-10-16). "首里の円覚寺山門、18年にも復元へ".

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