Entsū-in (Matsushima)
| Entsū-in 円通院 |
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Entsū-in
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| Basic information | |
| Location | 67 Matsushima Chōnai, Matsushima-chō, Miyagi-gun, Miyagi Prefecture |
| Affiliation | Zen, Rinzai sect, Myōshin-ji school |
| Deity | Shō Kannon Bosatsu |
| Country | Japan |
| Website | Official website (Japanese) |
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| Founder | Date Tadamune |
| Completed | 1647 |
Entsū-in (円通院?) is a famous Myōshin-ji-branch Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It was founded next to Zuigan-ji in honour of the grandson of Date Masamune. His mausoleum of 1647 is decorated with Namban art, with |motifs inspired by contact with the West and has been designated an Important Cultural Property. There is also a Japanese garden attributed to Kobori Enshū.
The Main Hall has a thatched hip roof and is known as the Daihitei (大悲亭 lit. Great Sadness Cottage?). It was dismantled and moved from Edo. Inside is enshrined a Muromachi period statue of Kannon seated on a lotus throne. Made of Japanese cypress using the yoseki-zukuri technique, it is gilded over lacquer.
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