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Tennô-ji is a Buddhist temple in [[Asakusa]], [[Tokyo]], which neighbors and is closely associated with [[Yanaka Cemetery]].

Tennô-ji is a Buddhist temple in [[Asakusa]], [[Tokyo]], which neighbors and is closely associated with [[Yanaka Cemetery]].

Much of the surrounding neighborhood was, during the [[Edo period]], within the grounds of the temple. The temple, originally known as Chôyôzan Kan'ô-ji, is said to originate in the late [[Kamakura period]], with a prominent local family who were adherents of [[Nichiren Buddhism]].

Much of the surrounding neighborhood was, during the [[Edo period]], within the grounds of the temple. The temple, originally known as Chôyôzan Kan'ô-ji or Kannô-ji, is said to originate in the late [[Kamakura period]], with a prominent local family who were adherents of [[Nichiren Buddhism]].

In [[1698]], on the orders of the [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]], the temple was converted from Nichiren-shû to [[Tendai]]; it was then renamed Gokokuzan Tennô-ji in [[1833]].

In [[1698]], on the orders of the [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]], the temple was converted from Nichiren-shû to [[Tendai]]; it was then renamed Gokokuzan Tennô-ji in [[1833]].