Enkaku-ji (Okinawa)

Enkaku-ji
Native name
円覚寺
Ufutira
 (Okinawan)
Sōmon (general gate), Hōjō bridge (放生橋) and Hōjō pond (放生池)
TypeBuddhist temple ruins
LocationNaha, Okinawa, Japan
Coordinates26°13′6″N 127°43′10″E / 26.21833°N 127.71944°E / 26.21833; 127.71944
FounderKing Shō Shin
Built1494 AD
Location of Enkaku-ji in Okinawa Prefecture
Enkaku-ji (Okinawa) (Japan)

Enkaku-ji (円覚寺; Okinawan: ウフティラ ufutira, lit. "the great temple") was a Buddhist temple located in the Shuritonokuracho neighborhood of the city of Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It belonged to the Rinzai school sect of Japanese Zen and its honzon is a Shaka Sanzon trinity of Shaka Nyorai, Monju Bosatsu and Fugen Bosaatsu. The temple's full name is Tentoku-san Enkaku-ji (Okinawan: 天徳山 円覚寺). It was the bodaiji of the kings of Second Shō dynasty of the Ryūkyū Kingdom. The site of the temple was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1972.