Jukyō-ji (樹敬寺) is a Jōdo-shū Buddhist temple in the Shinmachi neighborhood of the city of Matsusaka, Japan.
[1] Jukyō-ji traces it history to a hermitage built in 1195 by a priest named Shunjōbō Chōgen in order to promote the reconstruction of Tōdai-ji's Daibutsuden in Nara.
The hermitage burned down in 1428 but was restored by another Jōdō prelate named Kyōyo to promote Pure Land Buddhism at Ise Grand Shrine.
During the Sengoku period, when Gamō Ujisato relocated his seat to Matsusaka Castle, the temple was rebuilt.
Located about twelve minutes from his residence, Motoori Norinaga often came to this temple to hear sermons by its priest and to participate in poetry readings.