Buttsū-ji 佛通寺
Main Hall
Religion
Affiliation	Buttsū-ji Rinzai
Deity	Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni)
Status	Head Temple
Location
Location	22 Motoyama, Takasaka-chō, Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture
Country	Japan
Geographic coordinates	34°27′21.1″N 133°1′35.6″E / 34.455861°N 133.026556°E / 34.455861; 133.026556
Architecture
Founder	Kobayakawa Haruhira and Guchū Shūkyū
Completed	1397
Website
http://www.buttsuji.or.jp/

Buttsū-ji (佛通寺) is a Buddhist temple head one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism, founded in 1397 by the lord of Mihara; Kobayakawa Haruhira; its first Abbot was Buttoku Daitsu Zenji. The temple is named after its honorary founder, the Chinese master Buttsu Zenji. Located in Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, the temple is head of the Buttsū-ji branch of Rinzai Zen, governing forty-seven temples. ^{[1] [2]}

See also

• For an explanation of terms concerning Japanese Buddhism, Japanese Buddhist art, and Japanese Buddhist temple architecture, see the Glossary of Japanese Buddhism.

Notes

References

• Dumoulin, Heinrich (2005). Zen Buddhism: A History. World Wisdom, Inc. ISBN  0-941532-90-9.
• "Head Temples - Buttsu-ji". Official Site of the Joint Council for Japanese Rinzai and Obaku Zen. Retrieved 20 January 2008.

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