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| [[Image:Hokaiji.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Hôkai-ji as seen from the street.]] | | [[Image:Hokaiji.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Hôkai-ji as seen from the street.]] |
− | *''Established: [[1335]], [[Emperor Go-Daigo]]'' | + | *''Established: [[1335]], [[Ashikaga Takauji]]'' |
| *''Japanese'': 宝戒寺 ''(houkai-ji)'' | | *''Japanese'': 宝戒寺 ''(houkai-ji)'' |
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− | Hôkai-ji is a [[Tendai]] Buddhist temple in [[Kamakura]], founded by [[Emperor Go-Daigo]] in [[1335]]. It was built to replace the [[Hojo clan|Hôjô clan's]] family temple, [[Tosho-ji|Tôshô-ji]], following the [[1333]] [[siege of Kamakura]] and destruction of the Hôjô clan's hold on power, i.e. the fall of the [[Kamakura shogunate]]. The temple was completed in 1335, on the site of the Hôjô clan's mansion. | + | Hôkai-ji is a [[Tendai]] Buddhist temple in [[Kamakura]], founded in [[1335]] by [[Ashikaga Takauji]] at the suggestion of [[Emperor Go-Daigo]]. It was built to replace the [[Hojo clan|Hôjô clan's]] family temple, [[Tosho-ji|Tôshô-ji]], and to console the spirits of the fallen Hôjô, following the [[1333]] [[siege of Kamakura]] and destruction of the Hôjô clan's hold on power, i.e. the fall of the [[Kamakura shogunate]]. The temple was completed in 1335, on the site of the Hôjô clan's mansion. |
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| Hôkai-ji is also the location of one of the [[Seven Lucky Gods of Kamakura]] - [[Bishamonten]]. | | Hôkai-ji is also the location of one of the [[Seven Lucky Gods of Kamakura]] - [[Bishamonten]]. |
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| *"[http://www.kamakura-burabura.com/meisyokamakurahoukaiji.htm Hôkai-ji]." Kamakura-burabura.com. | | *"[http://www.kamakura-burabura.com/meisyokamakurahoukaiji.htm Hôkai-ji]." Kamakura-burabura.com. |
| *Plaques onsite. | | *Plaques onsite. |
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| + | ==External Links== |
| + | *[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E5%AE%9D%E6%88%92%E5%AF%BA&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sll=35.012446,135.752435&sspn=0.002351,0.005284&t=h&hq=%E5%AE%9D%E6%88%92%E5%AF%BA&z=15 Hôkai-ji on Google Maps] 神奈川県鎌倉市小町3丁目5ー22 |
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| [[Category:Temples]] | | [[Category:Temples]] |
| [[Category:Muromachi Period]] | | [[Category:Muromachi Period]] |