Raw data
"Chikuzen Kokubunji Temple (which is located in the northwest part of the city, at the foot of Mt. Shioji) was one of the national temples constructed in each province in accordance with Emperor Shomu’s imperial decree of 741 A.D. It was a large temple with many buildings. All that remains today are foundation stones from the pagoda, lecture hall, and one statue of a sitting Yakushi Buddha, or “Bhaisajyagura”, which was the temple’s principle image.
When Kokubunji Temple was built, a provincial nunnery was also established. Its ruins are said to lay about 300 meters west of the temple."
http://www.city.dazaifu.lg.jp/data/open/cnt/3/2644/1/chikushimanyou-e1.pdf
Input by: tmciolek Aug 08 2014
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 08 Aug 2014
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 2km from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Kokubunji-2 nunnery, JP.
Lat 33.52060 Long 130.50366
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2014.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Kokubunji-2 nunnery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- Japan:Fukuoka-ken
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- [missing data]
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx. Lat 33.52060 Long 130.50366 - based on visual identification of the probable Kokubuji-2 nunnery site, approx 300 m W of Kokubunji-1 monastery in maps/satellite imagery, maps.google.com - tmciolek, 08 Aug 2014.
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- Kokubunji-1 monastery
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- [missing data]
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx. Lat 33.516667 Long 130.516667 - https://maps.google.com/
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- [missing data]
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- Mahayana
11. Date-early
- Nunnery constructed about 741 AD - http://www.city.dazaifu.lg.jp/data/open/cnt/3/2644/1/chikushimanyou-e1.pdf
MBM chrono-tag 0733-66c - tmciolek 08 Aug 2014
0733-66c 0667-99p dated-e
12. Date-intermediate
- [missing data]
13. Date-late
14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
- [missing data]
15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- [missing data]
16. Additional notes
- [missing data] (incl. details of the size of the monastic population)
17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
- [missing data]
18. Known monks and nuns associated with this monastery
19. Available Printed Literature
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 1]
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 2]
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 3]
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