Shōgen-ji (Gifu)
| Shōgen-ji 正眼寺 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Myōshin-ji Rinzai |
| Location | |
| Location | 872-2 Ibuka-chō, Minokamo, Gifu Prefecture |
| Country | Japan |
| Geographic coordinates | 35°30′17″N 137°0′28″E / 35.50472°N 137.00778°E |
| Architecture | |
| Founder | Taikyoku Iitsu |
| Completed | 1658 |
Shōgen-ji (正眼寺) is a monastery of the Myōshin-ji branch of Japanese Rinzai School of Zen Buddhism in Minokamo, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] It was originally a place of practice of Kanzan Egen Zenji in 1330. The training monastery was established at Shōgen-ji by Settan, the dharmic successor of Tōrin.[3] Shōgen-ji's post–World War II monastic life is described concretely with the highest quality of literature in the novel Mind to Mind (1999) by author Seikan Hasegawa.
Around the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, Shogenji was famed between monks as one of the two most demanding zen monasteries in Japan (the other one being Bairinji in Fukuoka Prefecture).[4]
References
- ^ 岐阜県観光連盟. "正眼寺｜観光スポット｜岐阜県観光公式サイト 「岐阜の旅ガイド」". ぎふの旅ガイド (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- ^ 第２版,日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ),事典・日本の観光資源, 世界大百科事典. "正眼寺(しょうげんじ)とは？ 意味や使い方". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-25.
{cite web}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. Nanzan Institiute for Religion and Culture. 1997. p. 152.
- ^ Living and Dying in Zazen - Book written by Arthur Braverman (Living and Dying in Zazen - Five Zen Masters of Modern Japan pp.99-100)