- Tōzen-ji
Tōzen-ji (東禅寺) is a temple in
Takanawa ,Minato, Tokyo ,Japan . It belongs to the Rinzai sect ofZen Buddhism which has its headquarters atMyoshin-ji in Kyoto.Cortazzi, Hugh. (2000). [http://books.google.com/books?id=G2fQYReqBNIC&pg=PA211&lpg=PA211&dq=inaba+clan&source=web&ots=l8_AFpaa0N&sig=8AndvYGX-Q-3gzvvEmQdx0fAOf0&hl=en#PPA210,M1 "Collected Writings of Sir Hugh Cortazzi", Vol. II, pp. 210] -211.]In 1610, Ryonan-zenji founded it at
Akasaka and in1636 it was relocated to its present location. The temple was located directly on the Tokaido Road to the sea, and for that reason it was named "Kaijō Zenrin" (literally, "the Zen forest above the sea"). The words were embazoned prominently on the Sanmon or main gate which long ago disappeared. In the Edo period, Tōzen-ji was considered the family temple of various clans, including theDate clan ofSendai , theIkeda clan ofOmi province , theInaba clan ofUsuki Domain inBungo province , theSuwo ofShinshu , theTamura ofIchinoseki , and theMori clan ofSaeki inBungo . [see above] ]In 1859, the first British legation in Japan was built in the precincts of the temple. Even now, the sword cuts and bullet marks in the attack of the
samurai of the Mito han remain in the pillar of the Okushoin (the drawing room in the back) and thegenkan . [Alcock, Rutherford. (1863). [http://books.google.com/books?id=NnMzAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA413&vq=tozen-ji&dq=The+Capital+of+Tycoon&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=0_0#PPA146,M1 "The Capital of Tycoon," pp. 146] -158.]Rutherford Alcock , the first British Minister to Japan, recorded his impressions of Tōzen-ji in his book, "The Capital of Tycoon" (1863). [see above] ]Notes
References
* Alcock, Rutherford. (1863). [http://books.google.com/books?id=NnMzAAAAMAAJ&dq=The+Capital+of+Tycoon&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 "The Capital of Tycoon."] London: Harper & Brothers.
* Cortazzi, Hugh. (2000). [http://books.google.com/books?id=G2fQYReqBNIC&dq=inaba+clan&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 "Collected Writings of Sir Hugh Cortazzi", Vol. II.] London:Routledge . 10-ISBN 1-873-41092-1See also
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Touzenji jiken 「東禅寺」
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