Shōjōkō-ji

Shōjōkō-ji
Shōjōkō-ji Main hall
Religion
AffiliationBuddhist
DeityAmida Nyorai
RiteJi-shu
Location
Location1-8-1Nishitomi, Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa-ken
CountryJapan
Shōjōkō-ji
Shōjōkō-ji (Japan)
Geographic coordinates35°20′54.65″N 139°29′19.12″E / 35.3485139°N 139.4886444°E / 35.3485139; 139.4886444
Architecture
FounderMatano Gorōkagehira
Completed1325
Website
Official website

Shōjōkō-ji (清浄光寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is the headquarters of the Ji-shu branch of Pure Land Buddhism, founded in the Kamakura period by Ippen. The formal name of the temple is Tōtaku-san Muryōkō-in Shōjōkō-ji (藤沢山 無量光院 清浄光寺), and its honzon is a statue of Amida Nyorai. As the head priest of the temple, Tōtaku Shōnin, also bears the inherited title Yugyō Shōnin (遊行上人), the temple has become familiarly known as Yugyō-ji (遊行寺) since the Edo period. The temple is also sometimes referred to as Fujisawa-dōjō.