Founded by ancestors of Nagasaki's Chinese interpreters — a temple at the heart of Edo-period Sino-Japanese diplomacy
Founded
1677
Type
Temple
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長崎電軌新地中華街駅から徒歩10分
長崎県長崎市玉園町3-77
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Temple
Founded 1677
349 years
Buddhist Sect
黄檗宗
Overview
Founded in 1677 by an ancestor of the tōtsūji — Chinese-language interpreters who served as key intermediaries in the Edo shogunate's relations with China — Shofukuji is an Obaku Zen temple and one of the Three Fukuji Temples of Nagasaki. Its vermilion gate and Chinese-style halls evoke the deep ties between Nagasaki and China, and the precinct preserves scrolls and artifacts associated with the O…
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Origins
Shofukuji Temple was founded in 1677 (the 5th year of the Enpō era) by an ancestor of the tōtsūji—Chinese-language interpreters who served as key intermediaries in the Edo shogunate's diplomatic and commercial relations with China. The temple belongs to the Ōbaku sect of Zen Buddhism and is counted …