Manpuku-ji

The temple was founded in 1661 by the Chinese monk Yinyuan Longqi (Ingen), officially opening in 1663.{{cite book |last= |first= |author-link= |editor-last1=Winfield |editor-first1=Pamela D. |editor-last2=Heine | editor-first2=Steven |date=June 7, 2017 |title= Zen and Material Culture|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=aykmDwAAQBAJ |location= |publisher= Oxford University Press|pages= 139–140|isbn= 9780190469313}}

In 1664, control of the temple passed to Muyan, after which many Chinese monks followed as head priests.{{cite book |last1= Buswell Jr.|first1=Robert E. |last2= Lopez Jr.|first2=Donald S. |author-link= |date=November 24, 2013 |title= The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=DXN2AAAAQBAJ |location= |publisher=Princeton University Press |page=529 |isbn= 9781400848058}} Only the fourteenth priest and his successors are Japanese.{{cite book |last= Hershock|first= Peter D.|author-link= |date= March 14, 2014|title=Public Zen, Personal Zen: A Buddhist Introduction |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=7zsfAwAAQBAJ |location= |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |page= 134|isbn= 9781442216143}}

On May 21, 1673 (Enpō 1, 5th day of the 4th month) Yinyuan (Ingen) died at the temple.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 414.

The art of Senchadō is closely tied to the temple due to its founder.{{cite magazine |last= |first= |date=1989 |title=Volume 5 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=i7gTAQAAMAAJ |magazine= Intersect|page=25 |location=University of Michigan |publisher=PHP Institute |access-date=January 2, 2024}}

The temple structures were constructed in Ming China's architectural style.{{cite book|last=Yanagida|first=Seizan|title=The Record of Linji|year=2009|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|location=Honolulu|isbn=9780824833190|page=115|chapter=Historical Introduction to The Record of Linji}}

The arrangement of buildings also follows Ming Dynasty architectural style, representing an image of a dragon.

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The temple features an exemplary gyoban (fish board, used to toll the hours).{{cite book |author=秋山光和 |author-link= |date= 1967|title= 原色日本の美術: 禅寺と石庭 |url= |location=University of California |publisher= 小学館|page=236 |isbn=}}

The temple's main statue is a seated Gautama Buddha. Sculptures by the Chinese sculptor known as Han Do-sei{{cite magazine |last= |first= |date=1916 |volume=7 |title= A Representative Magazine of Things Japanese|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0E4k_SosZK8C |magazine=The Japan Magazine |location=New York Public Library |publisher=Japan Magazine Company |access-date=January 4, 2024}} and latticed balustrades can also be seen.

Above the gate of the temple is a carving of the Chinese Characters "義一第", (read right-to-left, "The First Principle") carved from the writing of Imakita Kosen and said to have been the artist's eighty-fifth attempt before he finally wrote with a mind free from the distraction of a pupil's criticism.{{cite book

| last = Reps

| first = Paul

|author2=Nyogen Senzaki

| title = Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings

| year = 1998

| url = https://archive.org/details/zenfleshzenbones00paul

| url-access = registration

| isbn = 0-8048-3186-6

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The temple treasure house contains a complete collection of Buddhist scriptures commissioned by Tetsugen Doko and completed in 1678, comprising approximately 60,000 printing blocks which are still in use.{{cite news |last=Konishi|first=Yoshiaki |date=January 3, 2023 |title=Kyoto Zen temple seeks to preserve history a ramen bowl at a time |url= https://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/articles/14792700|work= The Asahi Shimbun|location= Uji, Kyoto Prefecture|access-date=January 3, 2024}}{{cite book |last=Gustav |first=Konang |author-link= |date= 1972|title=A Millennium of Printing in China, Korea and Japan |url= |location= |publisher=Royal Library |page=10 |isbn=9789170000119}} The production of the printing blocks was funded by donations collected throughout the country for many years and through many troubles.

Image:ManpukujiBalustrades.jpg|Balustrades, in {{Nihongo||卍崩し|manji-kuzushi|simplified swastika}} style

Image:Manpukuji2.jpg|Gate

Image:ManpukujiAltar.jpg|Altar to Kansei Teikun

Image:ManpukujiHotei1.jpg|Statue of Hotei

• Japanese Buddhism
• Zen
• Egoku Dōmyō

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• Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/251800045&referer=brief_results OCLC 251800045]; see also Imprimerie Royale de France, {{OCLC|311322353}}

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• [http://www.obakusan.or.jp/ Manpuku-ji] – official page ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120504062053/http://www.obakusan.or.jp/haikan/index.html map]) {{in lang|ja}}

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