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Fukuju-ji (Kitakyushu)

is an Ōbaku Zen temple in Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is . Fukuju-ji is one of two bodaiji (菩提寺), or funeral temples, dedicated to Ogasawara Tadazane, the first daimyō of Kokura Domain. (The other is Toyokawa's Rinzai-ji.)

History

The temple was founded in 1665 by Ogasawara Tadazane with support from Sokuhi Nyoitsu, a Chinese monk. In 1669, Ogasawara Tadataka (), the second daimyō of Kokura, began planning the construction of the temple such as Kaisandō hall, the main hall, a bell tower and so on.

Many temple structures were destroyed by fire in the Summer War of 1866. However, much of the temple and its numerous annexes, include the , the Chinese style architecture rebuilt in 1802, was survived after the war.

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