Rinzaishu Daihonzan Tofukuji

Rinzaishu Daihonzan Tofukuji

Rinzai sect Tofukuji - Japan's oldest and largest cathedral -

Tofukuji is the Tofukuji temple Daihonzan of Rinzai sect. It was founded by Sessho Kanpaku Kuyou Michiie during the year of Katei, and it was opened by Enni Benen (Shoichi Kokushi). It is the Great Cathedral who oversees the 360 municipal temples counted as one of the Kyoto Gozan, with the mountain number as Enichisan.

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