福勝寺, Sōtō Zen Buddhist temple in Shibata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Fukusho-ji is a Soto Zen temple in Chuo-machi, Shibata, Niigata Prefecture. Its main hall enshrines a wooden Shakyamuni Buddha flanked by Monju and Fugen Bosatsu. The current buildings were rebuilt after a fire on September 7, 1857. The grounds also contain a Rakan-do hall with sixteen arhats and a Sasaki-do hall dedicated to Shibata Shigeie.
Founded in 1394 by the monk Soin, third abbot of Undo-an in Minami-Uonuma, Fukusho-ji is a Soto Zen temple. It became the family temple of Shibata Shigeie, a Sengoku-period warlord, and his grave stands in the cemetery beside the main hall. The current buildings were rebuilt after a fire on 7 September 1857.
The temple is the family temple (bodai-ji) of Shibata Shigeie, a Sengoku-period warlord, and the Sasaki-dō hall on the grounds is his spirit hall (tamaya), holding a wooden statue of him along with portraits and related items. His grave stands in the cemetery beside the main hall, under the posthumous name Zen'in-shu Taishu Isshō Dōka Koji. The Rakan-dō hall enshrines Shakyamuni with the Sixteen Arhats.
Fukusho-ji stands in Chuo-machi, Shibata, about a 15-minute walk from Shibata Station. The temple belongs to the Soto school and is a branch temple of Undo-an in Minamiuonuma. Visitors enter through the mountain gate, where a bronze statue of Shibata Shigeie stands before the grounds.
The bronze statue standing before the temple gate depicts Shibata Shigeie, the Sengoku-period warlord whose family temple this was. Inside, the Sasaki Hall serves as his spirit hall, holding a wooden image of him along with portraits and related items. His grave stands in the cemetery beside the main hall, under the posthumous name Zen'in-shu Taishu Issei Dōka Koji.
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