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Kokutai-ji

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, originally , is one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen, founded in 1300 by the monk Jiun Myoi in Toyama, Japan. In 1327 Emperor Go-Daigo gave the temple the name Kokutai-ji, and Jiun Myoi became Seisen Zenji.Head Temples Read more on Wikipedia

• type: religious building
• date from: 1300

Source: en.wikipedia.org