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From de:Daijō-ji The Buddha Hall of Daijō-ji.

The Daijō-ji ( jap. 大乗寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Soto Shuu in the Japanese city of Kanazawa ( Ishikawa Prefecture ).

Originally, the temple belonged to the Shingon Shuu and was near the village Nonoichi (野々市) in the province of Kaga, built around 1261 by the local feudal lords Togashi Iehisa (富樫家尚).

As a result of the so-called dispute over the succession in the third generation within the Soto shū left Tettsū Gikai (徹通義介, 1219-1309) the Eihei-ji and moved with the help of former Daruma shū -Anhängers Chōkai and support from a fellow branch of the Fujiwara family the Daijō-ji (around 1292). Because Gikais good relations with the Shingon shū he soon received permission to convert the temple into a Zen monastery, what happened in the year 1293. In the following decades, the temple became the centre of the medieval Soto movement in Japan.

1303 was Keizan Jokin after the abdication Gikais second head on Daijō-ji and developed during his tenure from here strong activities in the northeastern provinces of the country. His successor was MEIHO Sotetsu (明峰素哲; 1277-1350).

In 1697 the temple under the auspices of the Toda family whose heads powerful followers of the family was Maeda presented, moved to its present location.

Literature

 * Heinrich Dumoulin: Geschichte des Zen-Buddhismus. Band II: Japan. Francke-Verlag, Bern 1986. ISBN 3-317-01596-9.