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The temple was founded in 740 as a Shingon Buddhist temple. Keizan , later known as Sōtō's great patriarch Taiso Jōsai Daishi, founded the present temple in 1321, [ 3 ] when he renamed it Sōji-ji with the help and patronage of Emperor Go-Daigo .
The temple ground covers an area of nearly 50000 square meters. Soji-ji was rebuilt in Yokohama in 1911, after it burned down at its old location in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture. Address: Sojiji Temple, 2-1-1 Tsurumi, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken Tsurumi University - The university was founded in 1925. It has a great campus with ...
Founder of Daijoji Temple (義介, 1219-1309) Jakuen (寂円, 1207-1299) Keizan "Second founder" of Soto Zen 2nd head of Daijōji Temple Founder of Sojiji Temple (瑩山, 1264-1325) Giun, 5th head of Eiheiji (義雲, 1253-1333) Gasan Jōseki 2nd head of Sojiji Temple (峨山韶碩, 1276-1366) Meihō Sotetsu 3rd head of Daijōji Temple ...
Freight services started on 1 April 1898. The Keihin Line began operations to Tsurumi from 20 December 1914. On 23 December 1934, the Tsurumi Rinkō Railway (present-day Tsurumi Line) connected to Tsurumi Station. The station was the location of a major railway accident, the Tsurumi Accident on 9 November 1963. It was one of the five major post ...
Kagetsu-sōjiji Station (花月総持寺駅, Kagetsu-sōjiji-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keikyū.
Nonetheless, in 1923, land was purchased and construction of a temple was eventually completed in 1926. In 1927, Zenshuji was recognized as a non-profit organization by the United States. In 1937, Zenshuji formally became the North America Headquarters for Soto Zen and a direct branch of Eiheiji and Sojiji.
At the time of foundation it was a large temple forming a complete Shichidō garan, many attached buildings, twelve houses for monks and more than 100 sub-temples. Today, the temple consists among others of the original auditorium (Yakushi Hall), the residence of the head priest (reception hall), the kitchen, the central gate ( chūmon ) and ...
reinforced concrete structure to house temple treasures, including texts by Nichiren, founder of the Nichiren School (On Establishing the Correct teaching for the Peace of the Land and The Object of Devotion for Observing the Mind) Sōji-ji Daisodo [30] 1933: Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama: Monks' training center: Shinmon (神門), Yasukuni Jinja [31 ...