Ankokuji Temple
栃木県
One of the Ankoku-ji temples founded by Ashikaga Takauji in 1345 to pray for war dead, built adjacent to the ancient Yakushiji ruins
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1345
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A Shingon-sect temple located in Yakushiji, Shimotsuke City, established as one of the Ankokuji temples built throughout the country by Ashikaga Takauji and Tadayoshi. Founded to pray for the repose of those who died in the conflicts of the Nanbokucho period, it functioned as a place of prayer for national peace. Built adjacent to the site of the ancient Shimotsuke Yakushiji Temple, it also assume…
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Origins
Ankoku-ji temple was founded in 1345 (Jouwa 1) as one of more than sixty Ankoku-ji temples established across Japan by Ashikaga Takauji, the first shogun of the Muromachi shogunate, and his younger brother Tadayoshi. The temples were built to pray for the repose of those who perished in the conflict…
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Divine Benefits
Warding Off Evil
Purification
Rebirth in Pure Land
Averting disaster, directional protection, warding off epidemics. Central at Fudo, Kannon, and Gion-related sites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "釈迦如来"
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