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In [[1698]], on the orders of the [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]], the temple was converted from [[Nichiren Buddhism|Nichiren-shû]] to Tendai; it was then renamed Gokokuzan Tennô-ji in [[1833]]. Much of the surrounding neighborhood was, during the Edo period, within the grounds of the temple. In the early [[Meiji period]], a portion of the temple's grounds was given over to the City of Tokyo, and made into Yanaka Cemetery.
In [[1698]], on the orders of the [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]], the temple was converted from [[Nichiren Buddhism|Nichiren-shû]] to Tendai; it was then renamed Gokokuzan Tennô-ji in [[1833]]. Much of the surrounding neighborhood was, during the Edo period, within the grounds of the temple. In the early [[Meiji period]], a portion of the temple's grounds was given over to the City of Tokyo, and made into Yanaka Cemetery.
The temple's five-story pagoda was first built in [[1644]]. Destroyed in a fire in [[1772]], it was rebuilt in [[1791]] by a group of 48 artisans led by one Hotta Seibei from [[Omi province|Ômi province]]. A tower of zelkova (''keyaki'') over 34 meters high, it was for some time the tallest Buddhist structure in the [[Kanto|Kantô]]. Donated to the City of Tokyo in [[1908]], the pagoda survived the 1923 earthquake, and Allied air raids, but was destroyed by arson in 1957. Foundation stones and some other artifacts were discovered in archaeological excavation of the former site, which can still be found today on the edge of [[Yanaka Cemetery]].
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