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[[File:Tofukuji-model.JPG|right|thumb|320px|A 1/10th scale model of the temple's main gate, at the [[National Museum of Japanese History]] in [[Chiba prefecture]]]]
::''Not to be confused with [[Tofukuji castle]] in [[Kagoshima]].''
*''Founded: [[1236]], [[Kujo family|Kujô family]]''
*''Founded: [[1236]], [[Kujo family|Kujô family]]''
*''Japanese'': 東福寺 ''(toufuku-ji)''
*''Japanese'': 東福寺 ''(toufuku-ji)''
Tôfuku-ji is a major [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] temple in eastern [[Kyoto]], founded in [[1236]] by the [[Kujo family|Kujô family]].
Tôfuku-ji is a major [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] temple in eastern [[Kyoto]], founded in [[1236]] by the [[Kujo family|Kujô family]].
The main gate of the temple, dating in its latest reconstruction to [[1425]], has been designated a [[National Treasure]]. The two-story gate is five bays wide, with three doors and ladders on either end leading up into the second story. Though fundamentally a ''wayô'' ("Japanese-style") structure, the gate features elements of ''daibutsuyô'' ("Great Buddha Style") and [[Zen architecture]].<ref>Gallery labels, National Museum of Japanese History.</ref>
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==References==
==References==
*Amino Yoshihiko, Alan Christy (trans.), ''Rethinking Japanese History'', Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan (2012), 147n5.
*Amino Yoshihiko, Alan Christy (trans.), ''Rethinking Japanese History'', Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan (2012), 147n5.
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[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Kamakura Period]]
[[Category:Kamakura Period]]
