Sengaku-ji

Sengaku-ji
泉岳寺
Sengaku-ji Hondō
Religion
AffiliationBuddhist
DeityShaka Nyōrai
RiteSōtō Zen
Location
Location11-1, Takanawa 2-chōme, Minato-ku, Tokyo
CountryJapan
Sengaku-ji is located in Tokyo
Sengaku-ji
Sengaku-ji
Sengaku-ji is located in Japan
Sengaku-ji
Sengaku-ji (Japan)
Geographic coordinates35°38′16″N 139°44′11″E / 35.63772°N 139.73630°E / 35.63772; 139.73630
Architecture
FounderMonnan Sōkan and Tokugawa Ieyasu
Completed1612
Website
Official website

Sengaku-ji (泉岳寺) is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Sōtō school of Japanese Zen located in the Takanawa neighborhood of Minato-ku, near Sengakuji Station and Shinagawa Station, Tokyo, Japan. It was one of the three major Sōtō temples in Edo during the Tokugawa shogunate, and became famous through its connection with the Akō incident of the forty-seven Rōnin in the 18th century.