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Sōji Temple

temple, Yokohama, Japan
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The Sōji Temple, now located in Yokohama, Japan, is one of the two head temples of the Sōtō sect of Zen Buddhism. This sect was founded in China and transmitted to Japan by Dōgen, who established the Eihei Temple. Keizan Jōkin further popularized the Sōtō sect in the 13th and 14th centuries, founding the Sōji Temple in 1321. Keizan is revered as the restorer of the Sōtō sect, which experienced rapid growth and expansion throughout Japan under his influence. The Sōji Temple was destroyed by fire in 1898 and subsequently rebuilt in Yokohama.12

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