:Enpuku-ji
{{Infobox religious building
| name = Enpuku-ji (Chōshi, Chiba)
{{nihongo2|円福寺}}
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| image = Iinuma Kannon ac (1).jpg
| image_upright = 1
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| caption = Hondō, the Main Hall
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| location = 293 Babachō Chōshi, Chiba Prefecture
| coordinates = {{coord|35|43|55|N|140|50|26.2|E|region:JP_type:landmark|display=inline, title}}
| religious_affiliation = Buddhism
| rite = Shingon
| deity = Eleven-Faced Kannon
| country = Japan
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| year_completed = ca. 810-824 (traditionally)
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File:Iinuma-kannon,Enpukuji-temple,Choshi-city,Japan.JPG
{{nihongo| Enpuku-ji|円福寺|}} is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Chōshi in Chiba Prefecture. According to tradition, the temple was founded by Kūkai between 810 and 824 AD, and possibly sits on the site of a former temple called Iinuma-ji. According to tradition, in this period Kūkai built a {{nihongo|dōu|堂宇}} main hall and conducted services at the temple.{{Citation | last = Fukuda | first = Yūsen | year = 1935 | title = Bōsō ni odoru hitobito (房總に躍る人々) | chapter = Bōsō ni odoru hitobito (房總の概觀)| publisher = Bōsō Jidaisha Shuppanbu | place = Chiba | language = Japanese | page = 7 | oclc = 672553619}} Enpuku-ji is the 27th station on the Bandō Sanjūsankasho circuit of temples in Eastern Japan, sacred to Goddess Kannon. The majority of buildings in the temple complex were destroyed during the aerial bombing of Chōshi in World War II.{{citation needed|reason=No doubt this is "true", but the way it is placed here (at essentially the end of the article's running prose) it bears a strong implication of "...and were not rebuilt", which is a dubious claim one would not find in a source unless it were accurate.|date=November 2017}}
Cultural Treasures
- Important Cultural Property of Japan
- {{nihongo|Nyō|鐃|}}, a Heian period cast-bronze gong used for Buddhist rituals. Currently housed at the Nara National Museum
- Chiba Prefectural Cultural Property
- {{nihongo|Temple bell|梵鐘|bonshō}} carrying the nengō "Kyōtoku 11" (i.e., the 11th year of the Kyōtoku period, 1462)
- Shaka Nehan-zu, a Buddhist scroll in three parts
Order in Buddhist [[pilgrimage]]s
Enpuku-ji is the 27th temple in the Bandō Sanjūsankasho, a pilgrimage circuit of 33 Buddhist temples in the Kantō region of eastern Japan dedicated to the Bodhisattva Kannon.
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{{s-bef|before=Kiyotaki-ji
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{{s-ttl|title=Bandō Sanjūsankasho
|years=Enpuku-ji
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{{s-aft|after=Ryushō-in
#29}}
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Sources
- {{cite encyclopedia
|encyclopedia=Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei (日本歴史地名大系 “Compendium of Japanese Historical Place Names”)
|title=Enpuku-ji
|url=http://rekishi.jkn21.com/
|accessdate=2010-07-15
|year=2010
|publisher=Netto Adobansusha
|location=Tokyo
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/
|archivedate=2007-08-25
}}
- {{cite book
| last1 = Chiba-ken Kōtō Gakkō Kyōiku Kenkyūkai. Rekishi Bukai.
| title = Chiba-ken no rekishi sanpo (千葉県の歴史散步 "A Walk of Chiba Prefecture's History")
| publisher = Yamakawa Shuppansha
| year = 1989
| location = Tokyo
| isbn = 978-4-634-29120-1}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.tcs-net.ne.jp/~enpukuji/ 真言宗飯沼山 円福寺] {{in lang|ja}}
- [http://www.bandou.gr.jp/temple/chiba.php 第27番 飯沼山 円福寺(飯沼観音)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303023616/http://www.bandou.gr.jp/temple/chiba.php |date=2012-03-03 }} {{in lang|ja}}
{{Buddhist temples in Japan}}
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Category:9th-century Buddhist temples
Category:Buddhist temples in Chiba Prefecture
Category:Buildings and structures in Japan destroyed during World War II
Category:Chiba Prefecture designated tangible cultural property