Kenfuku-ji

📍 Nagano, Nagano Prefecture · Ueda

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Mountain 大寶山

Sect 臨済宗妙心寺派

Principal 釈迦如来

Founded 平安時代末〜鎌倉時代初（伝）

Founder 文覚上人（伝）、蘭渓道隆（中興開山・1256年）

Heritage 紙本墨画中観音左右竜虎図（国指定重要文化財）、建福寺の石仏群（市指定）

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History

Kenfuku-ji, a Rinzai Myoshinji-ha temple located in Takato-cho, Ina City, Nagano Prefecture, traces its origins to the late Heian or early Kamakura period. Tradition holds connections with the monk Mongaku, and in 1256 the Chinese monk Rankei Doryu came to revitalize the temple as its founding abbot of restoration, firmly establishing the Zen tradition here. The temple treasures a nationally designated Important Cultural Property—an ink painting of Kannon flanked by dragons and tigers. Amid the pure mountain air of Shinshu, the quiet of Zen continues to still the minds of all who visit.