Eishō-ji, Buddhist temple in Higashi-Ueno, Japan.
Eishō-ji is a Jōdo-sect Buddhist temple in Higashi-Ueno 5-chōme, Tokyo, known by the mountain name Chōzan and the temple name Ganjō-in. It stands just north of Inarichō Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line. Its grounds hold the hall where Kanō Jigorō opened the Kōdōkan in 1882.
Eishō-ji belongs to the Jōdo (Pure Land) school of Buddhism and carries the mountain name Asahiyama and the temple name Ganjō-in. The source records no founding date or relocation; its documented history centres on 1882, when Jigorō Kanō opened the Kōdōkan in a twelve-mat training hall within the temple grounds.
Eishō-ji belongs to the Jōdo (Pure Land) school of Buddhism and carries the mountain name Asahiyama and the temple name Ganjō-in. Its grounds sit just north of Inari-chō Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, and the temple is known as the birthplace of Kōdōkan judo.
Eishō-ji sits just north of Inarichō Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line; exit 3 is about a one-minute walk away. From JR Ueno Station the temple is roughly eight minutes on foot. The grounds lie in Higashi-Ueno 5-chōme, close to the station's north side.
The Kodokan's first dojo was a 12-tatami-mat room inside Eishō-ji's precincts, founded by Jigoro Kano in 1882. The temple, of the Jodo sect, stands just north of Inaricho Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line.
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