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*''Established: [[745]]''
*''Japanese'': 法華寺 ''(hokke-ji)''

Hokke-ji is a [[Shingon]] [[Ritsu]] Buddhist nunnery in [[Nara]]. It was originally established in the 8th century by [[Empress Komyo|Empress Kômyô]], on the site of the mansion of her father, [[Fujiwara no Fuhito]]. It was for a long time a state-sponsored nunnery, the chief nunnery of [[Yamato Province]].

The temple's name appears in the record for the first time in the [[747]] ''Shôsôin bunsho''.

==References==
*Plaques on-site.
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%B3%95%E8%8F%AF%E5%AF%BA Hokke-ji]." ''Sekai daihyakka jiten'' 世界大百科事典. Hitachi Solutions, 2012.

==External Links==
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E6%B3%95%E8%8F%AF%E5%AF%BA%E6%9C%AC%E5%A0%82&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=34.693109,135.805199&spn=0.009562,0.009291&sll=34.690957,135.805328&sspn=0.009563,0.009291&t=h&hq=%E6%B3%95%E8%8F%AF%E5%AF%BA%E6%9C%AC%E5%A0%82&z=16&iwloc=A Hokke-ji on Google Maps]

[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Nara Period]]