Jōkō-ji (Seto)

Jōkō-ji
定光寺
Hondō
Religion
AffiliationBuddhist
DeityJizō Bosatsu
RiteRinzai school
Location
LocationSeto, Aichi
Country Japan
Jōkō-ji
Jōkō-ji (Seto) (Japan)
Geographic coordinates35°16′48.4″N 137°5′29.0″E / 35.280111°N 137.091389°E / 35.280111; 137.091389
Architecture
Completed1336

Jōkō-ji (定光寺) is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Myōshin-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen, Buddhism located in the city of Seto, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Its main image is a statue of Jizō Bosatsu. The temple is noted for the mausoleum of Tokugawa Yoshinao, the son of Tokugawa Ieyasu and founding daimyō of Owari Domain; however it was not the bodaiji of the clan.