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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]], [[ | + | *''Established: [[1335]], [[Ashikaga Takauji]]'' |
*''Japanese'': 宝戒寺 ''(houkai-ji)'' | *''Japanese'': 宝戒寺 ''(houkai-ji)'' | ||
| − | Hôkai-ji is a [[Tendai]] Buddhist temple in [[Kamakura]], founded by [[Emperor Go-Daigo | + | 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. |
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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==External Links== | ==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] | + | *[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 |
[[Category:Temples]] | [[Category:Temples]] | ||
[[Category:Muromachi Period]] | [[Category:Muromachi Period]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:29, 28 May 2012
- Established: 1335, Ashikaga Takauji
- Japanese: 宝戒寺 (houkai-ji)
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 Hôjô clan's family temple, 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.
Hôkai-ji is also the location of one of the Seven Lucky Gods of Kamakura - Bishamonten.
References
- "Hôkai-ji." Kamakura-burabura.com.
- Plaques onsite.
External Links
- Hôkai-ji on Google Maps 神奈川県鎌倉市小町３丁目５ー２２
