Chōraku-ji

Chōraku-ji
Chōraku-ji
長楽寺
Chorakuji shimoda 2007-02-24.jpg
Chōraku-ji in Shimoda
Information
Mountain Name Daihozan (大浦山)
Denomination Shingon
Venerated Kannon Bosatsu
Founded 1555
Address Shimoda-shi, Shizuoka
Country Japan Japan
Website http://www.izu.co.jp/~p-boo/chorakuji.html

Dharma Wheel.svg Portal:Buddhism

Chōraku-ji (長楽寺?) is a small Shingon sect Buddhist temple in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is noteworthy in that it was the location of the signing of the Treaty of Shimoda in 1855, which officially established diplomatic relations between Bakumatsu Japan and the Russian Empire.

History

Chōraku-ji was founded in 1555, but much of its subsequent history is uncertain.

The temple was commandeered by the Tokugawa shogunate for use as a conference hall during negotiations to end Japan’s national isolation policy. The Russian delegation under Vice-Admiral Euphimy Vasil'evich Putiatin, was trapped in Shimoda at the end of 1854 when a tsunami caused by the Ansei Tokai Earthquake destroyed their fleet. While a new ship was being constructed in nearby Heda, negotiations proceeded towards a treaty, and on February 7, 1855, the Russo-Japanese treaty of friendship was signed at Chōraku-ji by Putiatin as Russian Imperial Ambassador and Japanese representative Kawaji Toshiakira. The treaty comprised a trade agreement which opened three Japanese harbors (Hakodate, Nagasaki, and Shimoda) to Russia, one more than had been opened to the Americans. Furthermore, the treaty also partially defined the northern borders of Japan in the Kurile Islands with the Russo-Japanese border drawn between Etorofu and Uruppu.

References

  • Statler, Oliver. Shimoda Story. Tuttle International (1971).
  • Van Zandt, Howard F. Pioneer American Merchants in Japan. Lotus Press (1981).

External links

34°40′16″N 138°56′33″E / 34.671245°N 138.942431°E / 34.671245; 138.942431Coordinates: 34°40′16″N 138°56′33″E / 34.671245°N 138.942431°E / 34.671245; 138.942431


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Ginsuisou Choraku — (Кобе,Япония) Категория отеля: 3 звездочный отель Адрес: 651 1401 Хёго, Кобе, Kita k …   Каталог отелей

  • Taira no Tokuko — was the last Heike Imperial survivor from the modest vessel carrying the emperor in the great naval battle of Dan no ura. [Kitagawa, Hiroshi et al. (1975). The Tale of the Heike, pp. 652 678; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du… …   Wikipedia

  • An'yō-in — Infobox Buddhist temple name = Gionzan An’yō in Chōraku ji img size = img capt = An yō in, Kamakura. The Main Hall landscape = Yes denomination = Jōdōshū founded = 1225 closed = Hōjō Masako founder = teacher = director = roshi = abbot = priest =… …   Wikipedia

  • Shimoda, Shizuoka — Infobox City Japan Name= Shimoda JapaneseName= 下田市 Map Region=Chūbu (Tōkai) Prefecture=Shizuoka District= Area km2=104.70 PopDate=May 2008 Population=25,541 Density km2=244 Coords= LatitudeDegrees= 34 LatitudeMinutes= 41 LatitudeSeconds=… …   Wikipedia

  • Treaty of Shimoda — The Treaty of Shimoda of 1855 was signed between the Russian Vice Admiral Euphimy Vasil evich Putiatin and Toshiakira Kawaji of Japan in the city of Shimoda, Izu Province, Japan, on February 7, 1855. It marked the start of official relations… …   Wikipedia

  • Chōrakuji Station — Chorakuji Station 長楽寺駅 Location 1 28 37, Chorakuji, Asaminami ku …   Wikipedia

  • List of Nyoin — The following is the list of Nyoin (女院).*Higashi sanjō In (東三条院): Fujiwara no Senshi (藤原詮子) consort of Emperor En yū *Jōtō mon In (上東門院): Fujiwara no Shōshi (藤原彰子) (988 1074) consort of Emperor Ichijō *Yōmei mon In (陽明門院): Imperial Princess… …   Wikipedia

  • The Nose (short story) — Infobox short story | name = The Nose title orig = Hana translator = Ivan Morris, Jay Rubin author = Akutagawa Ryūnosuke country = Japan language = Japanese series = genre = Short story published in = The Tokyo Imperial University student… …   Wikipedia

  • Enni Ben'en — Enni Ben’en (auch Enni Bennen; jap. 円爾弁円 (Shinjitai) oder 圓爾辯圓 (Kyūjitai); * 1202 in der Provinz Suruga; † 1280 am Tōfuku ji) war ein buddhistischer Mönch aus Japan, der entscheidende Anteile bei der Etablierung des Zen als eigener Schule in… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Enni Benen — Enni Ben’en (auch Enni Bennen; jap. 円爾弁円 (Shinjitai) oder 圓爾辯圓 (Kyūjitai); * 1202 in der Provinz Suruga; † 1280 am Tōfuku ji) war ein buddhistischer Mönch aus Japan, der entscheidende Anteile bei der Etablierung des Zen als eigener Schule in… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”