Ankokuji Temple

Japanese: 安国寺 - あんこくじ

A Rinzai Tofukuji temple in Ayabe, Kyoto Prefecture. The main image is Shaka Nyorai. Originally called Kofukuji, it was renamed Ankokuji around 1342-1350 when Ashikaga brothers Takauji and Tadayoshi Ashikaga built Ankokuji and Rishoto. Takauji and Tadayoshi's mother Kiyoko was born and raised in Uesugi-sho (present-day Ayabe) and was a descendant of the Uesugi clan, whose family name was Uesugi-sho (present-day Ayabe). Kofukuji was her clan temple. It is likely that this connection led to the temple being called Ankokuji. As the head of the Ankokuji temples in various provinces, the temple was heavily protected by the Muromachi shogunate, and in 1371 it was included in the list of Shozan temples, and in 1414 it was included in the list of Kyoto's Ten Temples. It houses Ankokuji documents, including a letter from Uesugi Tomosada and a donation from Ashikaga Takauji.
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Ankokuji Temple

A temple of the Myoshinji school of the Rinzai sect in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture. The Amida Triad, the principal image, was first constructed in 1274 as a statue for Konpo-ji Temple, according to an inscription inside the temple. It is believed that during the Nanboku-cho period, Kakushin Hoto Kokushi was invited to be the temple's founder, and the temple was established as Ankoku-ji Temple in Bingo Province. During the Sengoku period, Ekei of Ankoku-ji Temple rebuilt the temple. The Shakado (current main hall), the principal image, the wooden statue of Amida Nyorai and items delivered inside the temple, the two standing attendant statues, the wooden seated statue of Hoto Kokushi and items delivered inside the temple are designated as Important Cultural Properties.

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京都府綾部市にある臨済宗東福寺派の寺。本尊釈迦如来。もと光福寺と称していたが，足利尊氏・足利直義(ただよし)兄弟の〈安国寺・利生塔〉建設のなかで，1342年〜1350年ころ安国寺と改称。尊氏・直義の母清子は上杉荘（現綾部市）を名字の地とする上杉氏の出で，ここで生まれ育ち，光福寺を氏寺とした。この関係から安国寺とされたのであろう。当寺は諸国安国寺の筆頭として室町幕府の保護が厚く，1371年には諸山，1414年には京都十刹に列した。上杉朝定書状・足利尊氏寄進状を含む安国寺文書を蔵する。
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安国寺【あんこくじ】

広島県福山(ふくやま)市にある臨済宗妙心寺派の寺。本尊阿弥陀三尊は胎内銘から1274年に金宝(こんぽう)寺の像として造作が始められたもの。南北朝期に法灯国師覚心を開山に招いて，備後(びんご)国安国寺としたと考えられる。戦国期安国寺恵瓊(えけい)が再興。釈迦堂（現本堂）・本尊の木造阿弥陀如来像と胎内納入品及び両脇侍立像・木造法灯国師座像と胎内納入品は重要文化財。

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