is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is the headquarters of the Ji-shu branch of Pure Land Buddhism, founded in the Kamakura period by Ippen. The formal name of the temple is Tà Âtaku-san Muryà Âkà Â-in Shà Âjà Âkà Â-ji (è¤沢山 ç¡éÂÂå Âé¢ 渠æµÂå Â寺), and its honzon is a statue of Amida Nyorai. As the head priest of the temple, Tà Âtaku Shà Ânin, also bears the inherited title Yugyà  Shà Ânin (éÂÂè¡Âä¸Â人), the temple has become familiarly known as Yugyà Â-ji (éÂÂè¡Â寺) since the Edo period. The temple is also sometimes referred to as Fujisawa-dà Âjà Â.
The temple was founded in 1325 by the local Matano clan, whose estates extended from present-day Nishimatano, Fujisawa to Matano-chà  and Higashimatano-chà  in Totsuka-ku, Yokohama and the 4th head of the sect, Dà Ânkai. However, it was located on the site of a much older temple called Gokuraku-ji, were Ippen had stayed while preaching in Kamakura and making a pilgrimage to Enoshima. The temple was supported by the kanrei Ashikaga Mochiuji in 1435. The temple was destroyed in 1513 in a battle between Hà Âjà  Soun, Miura Dosun, and à Âta Sukeyasu. Shà Âjà Âkà Â-ji had bad relations especially with the Later Hà Âjà  clan after the castellan of Tamanawa Castle had seized temple properties. In 1591, the 32nd Yugyà  Shà Ânin was invited by Satake Yoshinobu of Hitachi Province to build the Mito Fujisawa Dà Âjà  (later known as Jinnà Â-ji) in Mito, making it the headquarters of the Ji-shu sect. Shà Âjà Âkà Â-ji was finally rebuilt in 1607, almost after a century.
In 1631, the temple received official recognition from the Tokugawa shogunate as the head temple of the 274 Ji-shu temples in the country. It burned down in 1661, but the new Main Hall was completed in 1664. In 1694, in accordance with Shà Âgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi's Shà Âjà Âkà Â-ji became a sanctuary for goldfish in the city of Edo. On October 15, 1737, the current principal image of the temple, a seated Amida Nyà Ârai, was moved from Hà Âjà «-in, a sub-temple of Nirin-ji Temple in Asakusa. Following the Meiji restoration, the temple lost the estates that had been granted it by the shogunate for its upkeep, as well as its official red seal which had permitted its priests to travel freely anywhere in the country. However, the temple gained prestige when Emperor Meiji made it his lodging on October 10, 1868 en route to Tokyo. Most of the temple was destroyed by a fire in 1880, leaving only the Chujakumon Gate. Although quickly rebuilt, the temple again burned down on July 6, 1911, which also destroyed its National Treasure "Ippen Shà Ânin Ekotà Âba-den" (Illustrated Tales of Yugyà  Shà Ânin) scrolls. The temple suffered further damage in the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake, which collapsed its Main Hall. The current Main Hall was rebuilt in 1937.
In 1977, the Yugyà Âji Treasure Museum was established, displaying picture scrolls related to Ippen that had previously been scattered throughout the country.
The is a kuyà Âtà Â, or a form of stupa built for the purpose of memorial service so that the deceased can rest in peace, and is thus slightly different from the more secular cenotaph. It was built by the 14th head of the sect, Taikà «, to commemorate the people and animals who died in the Uesugi Zenshu Rebellion of 1416. This was a civil war between the Kantà  Kubà  Ashikaga Mochiuji and the kanrei Uesugi Zenshà «. The disturbance cumulated in the Eikyà  Rebellion in 1438. Also called the "Enshin Byà Âdà  Monument" is 130-cm high and 28-cm wide. It was designated a National Historic Site in 1926.