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Sōji Temple

temple, Yokohama, Japan

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establishment by Keizan

In Keizan Jōkin
…Zen Buddhism, who founded the Sōji Temple (now in Yokohama), one of the two head temples of the sect.
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significance to Sōtō sect

In Sōtō
…the Eihei Temple and the Sōji Temple (founded in 1321 in what is now Ishikawa prefecture and in 1911 moved to Yokohama). Compare Rinzai.
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