Kuroda Clan Graveyard: Feudal Lords of Fukuoka

福岡藩主黒田家墓所

A historical graveyard on the northwest side of the grounds of Sofuku-ji, the Kuroda Clan temple. The ancestor of the Kurodas, Josui, as well as the first daimyo Nagamasa, the fourth daimyo Tsunamasa, the sixth daimyo Tsugutaka, the seventh daimyo Haruyuki, the ninth daimyo Naritaka and his family, are all enshrined here. It underwent reburial construction in Showa 25, part of some 20 stone pagodas were removed, including those of Josui, Nagamasa, and others, and new stone monuments were constructed for the Kuroda clan’s head family and branch families, and now a row of 12 stone pagodas stand there. Josui’s monument in particular contains an inscription by Genso Keitetsu (the 109th successor to Shofuku-ji Temple, a traveling priest who focused on relations with Korea and Ming China), and as the first erected, is valuable.

Address (Japanese)	812-0044　福岡県福岡市博多区千代4-7-79
Address	4-7-79, Chiyo, Hakata Ward, Fukuoka City
Telephone Number	092-733-5050（福岡観光コンベンションビューロー）
Open	Opening Hours ９：００～１７：００It is closed a gate for the year-end and New Year holidays from December 26, 2014 to January 4, 2015.
Access	From Nishi-Nippon Railroad bus Chiyo machitei, about 5 minutes on foot