Seichō-ji

Seichō-ji
清澄寺
Great Hall (大堂) of Seichō-ji
Religion
AffiliationBuddhism
DeityGreat Mandala of the Ten Spiritual Realms
RiteNichiren Shū
Location
LocationKamogawa, Chiba Prefecture
CountryJapan
Shown within Chiba Prefecture
Seichō-ji (Japan)
Geographic coordinates35°9′39.5″N 140°9′4.8″E / 35.160972°N 140.151333°E / 35.160972; 140.151333
Architecture
Completed771

Seichō-ji (Japanese: 清澄寺), also known as Kiyozumi-dera (清水寺), is a Nichiren Buddhist temple located in the city of Kamogawa in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Along with Kuon-ji in Yamanashi Prefecture, Ikegami Honmon-ji in the south of Tokyo, and Tanjō-ji also in Kamogawa City, Seichō-ji is one of the "Four Sacred Places of Nichiren Shū."

The Buddhist priest Nichiren was once educated at the temple, and was chosen at one time to be a successor to its priesthood before he began his own ministry which later became Nichiren Buddhism. At the time, the temple was dedicated to the Pure Land sect, prior to being a Tendai temple, then later changed into Shingon, and now designated a Nichiren Shu temple.