Tennō-ji (Okinawa)

Tennō-ji (天王寺) was a Rinzai Buddhist temple and royal bodaiji of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, located in Naha, Okinawa.

Tennō-ji
天王寺
Religion
AffiliationRinzai Zen
DeityVaiśravaṇa
StatusClosed as of 1879
Location
LocationShuri Tōnokura 2-18, Naha, Okinawa prefecture
CountryJapan
Architecture
Completedc. 1465 - 1487

Tennō-ji was the house of Shō En before he ascended the throne. Shō Shin was born here. The house changed in usage and became a Buddhist temple during the reign of King Shō Shin (r. 1477–1526). It also used as bodaiji of Ryukyuan queens. Ryukyuan king should visit Enkaku-ji, Tennō-ji and Tenkai-ji after his genpuku and investiture.[1][2][3]

Ryukyu was annexed by Japan in 1879, and Tennō-ji was closed in the same year and buddharupa, spirit tablets and bonshō were moved to Enkaku-ji. The main hall (本殿, Honden) was used as a classroom of a school; the western part of the temple was bought by Methodists who built a church on it.[3] It was destroyed in the 1945 battle of Okinawa.[4]

See also

References
  1. Kyūyō, vol.3
  2. Kyūyō, vol.10
  3. 天王寺跡(テンノウジアト)
  4. 天王寺跡

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