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[[File:Tennoji-yanaka.jpg|right|thumb|500px|The main gate at Yanaka Tennô-ji, with the bronze Buddha and main buildings visible beyond]]
*''Established: late [[Kamakura period]], Seki Chôyô<!--関長耀-->''
*''Other Names'': 長耀山感応寺 ''(Chôyôzan Kan'ô-ji)''
*''Japanese'': 谷中天王寺 ''(Yanaka Tennou-ji)''
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]].
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 the early [[Meiji period]], a portion of the temple's grounds was given over to the City of Tokyo, and made into Yanaka Cemetery.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site.
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
*''Established: late [[Kamakura period]], Seki Chôyô<!--関長耀-->''
*''Other Names'': 長耀山感応寺 ''(Chôyôzan Kan'ô-ji)''
*''Japanese'': 谷中天王寺 ''(Yanaka Tennou-ji)''
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]].
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 the early [[Meiji period]], a portion of the temple's grounds was given over to the City of Tokyo, and made into Yanaka Cemetery.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site.
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
