Shōkoku-ji

Shōkoku-ji
相国寺
Religion
AffiliationShōkoku-ji Rinzai
DeityShaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni)
StatusHead Temple, Five Mountain Temple (Kyoto)
Location
Location701 Shōkokuji Monzen-chō, East of Karasuma and Imadegawa Street, Kamigyō-ku, Kyōto, Kyoto Prefecture
CountryJapan
Geographic coordinates35°1′59″N 135°45′44.45″E / 35.03306°N 135.7623472°E / 35.03306; 135.7623472
Architecture
FounderAshikaga Yoshimitsu and Musō Soseki
Date established1382
Completed1807
Website
https://www.shokoku-ji.jp/en/

Shōkoku-ji (相国寺), formally identified as Mannen-zan Shōkoku Shōten Zenji (萬年山相國承天禅寺), is a Buddhist temple in northern Kyoto, first founded in 1382 by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, with the existing temple complex having undergone several periods of extensive reconstruction and rebuilding in the succeeding eras.