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Created page with "*''Other Names'': 目白不動 ''(Mejiro fudou)'' *''Japanese'': 金乗院 ''(Konjou-in)'' Konjô-in is a Shingon Buddhist temple in the Mejiro area of Tokyo. Th..."
*''Other Names'': 目白不動 ''(Mejiro fudou)''
*''Japanese'': 金乗院 ''(Konjou-in)''
Konjô-in is a [[Shingon]] Buddhist temple in the [[Mejiro]] area of [[Tokyo]].
The temple was originally built in the late 16th century by a monk named [[Eijun]] (d. [[1594]]/6), to house a sculpture of [[Kannon]]. Though originally founded as a branch of [[Hosen-ji|Hôsen-ji]]<!--宝仙寺--> in the Nakano area, it was later renamed and became a branch temple of [[Gokoku-ji (Tokyo)]].
Many of the temple's buildings and treasures were destroyed in fires in World War II. The Main Hall that stands today dates to 1970. A nearby temple known as Shin-Hasedera also burned down in the war, and rather than being rebuilt was combined with Konjô-in. The temple then came to be also known as "Mejiro Fudô," for the statue of [[Fudo myoo|Fudô myôô]] formerly belonging to Shin-Hasedera and now housed at Konjô-in.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15133320522/sizes/k/]
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]
*''Japanese'': 金乗院 ''(Konjou-in)''
Konjô-in is a [[Shingon]] Buddhist temple in the [[Mejiro]] area of [[Tokyo]].
The temple was originally built in the late 16th century by a monk named [[Eijun]] (d. [[1594]]/6), to house a sculpture of [[Kannon]]. Though originally founded as a branch of [[Hosen-ji|Hôsen-ji]]<!--宝仙寺--> in the Nakano area, it was later renamed and became a branch temple of [[Gokoku-ji (Tokyo)]].
Many of the temple's buildings and treasures were destroyed in fires in World War II. The Main Hall that stands today dates to 1970. A nearby temple known as Shin-Hasedera also burned down in the war, and rather than being rebuilt was combined with Konjô-in. The temple then came to be also known as "Mejiro Fudô," for the statue of [[Fudo myoo|Fudô myôô]] formerly belonging to Shin-Hasedera and now housed at Konjô-in.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15133320522/sizes/k/]
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]