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*''Japanese'': 燈明寺 ''(toumyouji)''

*''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.

Tômyô-ji is a Buddhist temple in Kamo-chô, 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.

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.

==References==

==References==

*Plaques on-site at Sankeien.

*Plaques on-site at Sankeien.

[[Category:Temples]]

[[Category:Temples]]