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* ''Year of foundation'': [[1175]]
* ''Japanese'':金戒光明寺''(Konkai Koumyouji)''

Konkai Kômyô-ji is the Jôdo school buddhism temple, located in Sakyô ward [[Kyoto]] city was founded by [[Honen|Hônen]].
One of the chief temple of the Jôdo school.

The main hall ''Miei-dô'' was burnt down in 1934 and reconstructed in 1944.

==Bakumatsu==
Konkai Kômyô-ji was the headquater of [[Kyoto Shugo Shoku]] in [[Bakumatsu period|Bakumatsu]].
More than 1000 [[Aizu han]] samurai stationed in the temple.
There is a grave site of the Aizu samurai who died in [[Kinmon Rebellion]] and the [[Battle of Toba-Fushimi]].

==Reference==
*[http://www.kurodani.jp/ Konkai Kômyô-ji Official]
[[Category:Temples]]
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