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[[File:Tomyoji-hondo.jpg|right|thumb|500px|The former main hall (''hondô'') of Tômyô-ji, now at [[Sankeien]] in [[Yokohama]]]]
*''Established: [[735]]''
*''Japanese'': 燈明寺 ''(toumyouji)''
Tômyô-ji is a Buddhist temple in Kamo Village, in [[Kyoto prefecture]]'s Soraku District, first established in [[735]], during the reign of [[Emperor Shomu|Emperor Shômu]]. A number of buildings from the temple, including the former ''hondô'' (Main Hall) and pagoda, mostly dating to the [[Muromachi period]], were relocated to [[Sankeien]] in [[Yokohama]] during the [[Meiji period|Meiji]] and Taishô periods.
The pagoda was moved to Sankeien in 1914, and is today the oldest pagoda in the [[Kanto|Kantô region]]. The temple's ''hondô'', meanwhile, remained at Tômyô-ji until 1947, when it was damaged in a typhoon and was disassembled and put into storage. The Hall was then reassembled at Sankeien in 1986.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at Sankeien.
[[Category:Temples]]
*''Established: [[735]]''
*''Japanese'': 燈明寺 ''(toumyouji)''
Tômyô-ji is a Buddhist temple in Kamo Village, in [[Kyoto prefecture]]'s Soraku District, first established in [[735]], during the reign of [[Emperor Shomu|Emperor Shômu]]. A number of buildings from the temple, including the former ''hondô'' (Main Hall) and pagoda, mostly dating to the [[Muromachi period]], were relocated to [[Sankeien]] in [[Yokohama]] during the [[Meiji period|Meiji]] and Taishô periods.
The pagoda was moved to Sankeien in 1914, and is today the oldest pagoda in the [[Kanto|Kantô region]]. The temple's ''hondô'', meanwhile, remained at Tômyô-ji until 1947, when it was damaged in a typhoon and was disassembled and put into storage. The Hall was then reassembled at Sankeien in 1986.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at Sankeien.
[[Category:Temples]]