Gokoku-ji

Infobox Buddhist temple
name = Gokoku-ji
護国寺


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denomination = Shingon Buzan-ha
founded = 1681
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founder = Keishō-in, Ryōkei
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address = 5-40-1 Ōtsuka, Bunkyō, Tokyo
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website = [http://www.gokokuji.or.jp/ Gokoku-ji homepage] nihongo|Gokoku-ji|護国寺 is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Tokyo's Bunkyō. It was established by the mother of the Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi.

In 1873, Emperor Meiji declared Gokoku-ji the Imperial mausoleum and several of his children are buried there, as well as Emperor Meiji himself. It remains the Imperial mausoleum today.

Gokoku-ji is also famous as the central temple that oversees the practice of Japanese tea ceremony in all the country's temples.

Famous People Buried

*Sanjō Sanetomi (1837–1891), the last Daijō Daijin.
*Akiyoshi Yamada (1844–1892), a Minister of Justice and Lieutenant General in the Imperial Japanese Army, and the founder of "Nihon Law School" (current Nihon University) and "Kokugakuin" (current Kokugakuin University).
*Josiah Conder (1852–1920), a British architect and oyatoi gaikokujin.
*Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838–1922), the 8th (1898) and 17th (1914–1916) Prime Minister of Japan.
*Yamagata Aritomo (1838–1922), Field Marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army and the 3rd (1889–1891) and 9th (1898–1900) Prime Minister of Japan.
*Okura Kihachiro (1837–1928), an entrepreneur.
*Dan Takuma (1858–1932), a former Director-General of Mitsui (Mitsui Group).
*Seiji Noma (1878–1938), the founder of Kodansha.
*Takashi Masuda (1848–1938), the founder of Mitsui & Co. (Mitsui Bussan) and "Chugai-Bukka-Sinpo" (current Nihon Keizai Shimbun), and also known as a tea master.
*Shigeaki Ikeda (1867–1950), a politician and former governor of the Bank of Japan.
*Tempu Nakamura (1876–1968), a martial artist and preacher of yoga to Japan.
*Masutatsu Ōyama (1923–1994), a karate master and the founder of Kyokushin kaikan.
*Ikuma Dan (1924–2001), a composer. A grandson of Dan Takuma.

External links

* [http://www.gokokuji.or.jp/ Gokoku-ji official website] - ja