Seihaku-ji
{{Infobox religious building
| name = Seihaku-ji
清白寺
| native_name =
| image = 清白寺仏殿.JPG
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| caption = Seihaku-ji Butsuden
| map_type = Japan Yamanashi Prefecture#Japan
| map_alt = Location in Japan
| relief = 1
| map_caption = Seihaku-ji
| location = 620 Sankasho, Yamanashi-shi, Yamanashi-ken
| coordinates = {{coord|35|41|38|N|138|42|30|E|source:kolossus-jawiki|display=inline, title}}
| religious_affiliation = Buddhism
| rite= Myōshin-ji branch of Rinzai Zen
| deity =Shaka Nyōrai
| country = {{flagicon|Japan}} Japan
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| website ={{url|1=http://seihakuji.com}}
| founded_by = Ashikaga Takauji
| year_completed = 1333 AD
}}
{{Nihongo|Seihaku-ji|清白寺}}, is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Myōshin-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen Buddhism, located in the city of Yamanashi, Japan. Its main image is a statue of Shaka Nyōrai.
History
Seihaku-ji was founded by Ashikaga Takauji in 1333 AD to pray for peace in the nation following the destruction of the Kamakura shogunate by Ashikaga forces in the Battle of Kamakura. Its founding priests were close disciples of Musō Soseki, and the temple's construction was supported by donations raised by Engaku-ji in Kamakura. Although Erin-ji in Kōshū was founded in 1330 by Musō Soseki himself, Saihaku-ji grew to become the leading temple of the Musō school in Kai Province during the Muromachi period. It transferred its allegiance to Kenchō-ji in Kamakura during the Muromachi period, and to Myōshin-ji in the early Edo period. Most of the temple burned down in 1682, with the exception of the Butsuden{{cite web |url=http://www.city.yamanashi.yamanashi.jp/sight/attract/history/culture/seihakuji_butsuden.html |title=National Treasure - Seihakuji Butsuden |publisher=Yamanashi City |accessdate=28 March 2011 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515145437/http://www.city.yamanashi.yamanashi.jp/sight/attract/history/culture/seihakuji_butsuden.html |archivedate=15 May 2011 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.pref.yamanashi.jp/gakujutu/bunkazaihogo/kokuhou.html |title=Yamanashi National Treasures - Seihakuji Butsuden |publisher=Yamanashi Prefecture |accessdate=28 March 2011}}
Cultural properties
=National Treasures=
==Seihaku-ji Butsuden==
The {{nihongo|Butsuden|仏殿}} at Seihaku-ji was built in 1415. It is a 3x3 bay irimoya-zukuri structure with mokoshi, and was designated a National Treasure in 1955.{{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/102/865 |title=Database of Registered National Cultural Properties |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=28 March 2011 }} Its precise construction date was learned from items found during dismantling for repairs in 1917. Its {{nihongo|ranma|[http://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/deta/r/ranma.htm 欄間]}} was damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake.{{cite web |url=http://www.bunka.go.jp/english/pdf/2011_Tohoku_ver5.pdf |archive-url=http://www.webcitation.org/5xriAjPmO?url=http://www.bunka.go.jp/english/pdf/2011_Tohoku_ver5.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 April 2011 |title=Damages to cultural properties in the '2011 Tohoku - Pacific Ocean Earthquake' |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=28 March 2011 }}
=Important cultural properties=
==Seihaku-ji Kuri==
The seigaku-ji {{nihongo|kuri|庫裏}} built in 1689-93 is representative of Edo period priests' quarters in the region and was designated an Important Cultural Property in 2005.{{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/102/00003915 |title=Database of Registered National Cultural Properties |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=28 March 2011 }}
Gallery
Image:TemplulSeihakuji .jpg|Butsuden (NT)
Image:Seihaku-ji Plan.jpg|Butsuden plan
Image:Seihakuji temple-02.JPG|Kuri (ICP)
Image:Seihaku-ji Temple main gate.JPG|Sanmon
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Category:Buddhist temples in Yamanashi Prefecture