Enkaku-ji (Okinawa)

Enkaku-ji 円覚寺
sōmon (general gate), Hōjō bridge (放生橋) and Hōjō pond (放生池)
Religion
Affiliation	Rinzai Zen
Status	Closed as of 1945
Location
Location	Shuri Tōnokura 2-1, Naha, Okinawa prefecture
Country	Japan
Architecture
Founder	Kaiin Shōko [ja]
Completed	1494

Enkaku-ji (円覚寺, Okinawan: ウフティラ ufutira, lit. "the great temple"^[1]) was a Rinzai Buddhist temple and royal bodaiji of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, in Naha, Okinawa.

The temple was erected during the reign of King Shō Shin (r. 1477–1526), the first abbot being Kaiin Shōko (芥隠承琥). It was also used as bodaiji of Ryukyuan kings. Ryukyuan kings would visit Enkaku-ji, Tennō-ji and Tenkai-ji after their genpuku and investiture.^[2]

Enkaku-ji was recognized as a national treasure of Japan in 1933, but it was destroyed in the 1945 battle of Okinawa. Only the sōmon (general gate) and Hōjō Bridge (放生橋) were reconstructed in 1968 because of lack of historical records. The government of Okinawa Prefecture began plans to reconstruct its sanmon in 2014.^[3][4]

• Tennō-ji (Okinawa)
• Tenkai-ji
• Sōgen-ji

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