Kōshōhōrin-ji

First independent zen temple in Japan

Kōshōhōrin-ji, more commonly known by its abbreviated name Kōshō-ji and sometimes by its full formal name Kannondori Kōshōhōrin-ji, was the first independent zen temple in Japan. While Kennin-ji was established in 1202 and is usually considered the first zen temple in Japan, it was under the control of the powerful Tendai School based on Mount Hiei, resulting in the imposition of certain norms that were not present at Kōshō-ji. The short-lived temple was officially established in 1236 by Dōgen Zenji, the founder of the Sōtō school of zen in Japan. It was abandoned only seven years later in 1243 when Dōgen and his students left under poorly documented but possibly hostile circumstances to found Eihei-ji in modern-day Fukui Prefecture. A temple that exists today also uses the abbreviated name of Dōgen's temple, Kōshō-ji; it was established in 1649 in nearby Uji as an homage to Dōgen's original temple, but there is no direct continuity between the two.

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