Chōkō-ji Temple
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thumb|right|300px|The Main Hall, A National Treasure Chōkō-ji (朝光寺 Chōkōji) is a Buddhist temple, in Yashiro, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark_region, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including 651 establishments, 7th-century Buddhist temples in Japan and Buddhist temples in Hyōgo Prefecture.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Buddhist temple
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Katō-shi
- Dedicated to
- Thousand-Armed Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteśvara
- Image
- Chokoji.jpg
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- heritage designation
- National Treasure of Japan
- Commons category
- Chōkō-ji (Kato)
- inception
- 0651-00-00
- street address
- 兵庫県加東市畑609
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Cultural properties
- National Treasures
- Important Cultural Property
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|right|300px|The Main Hall, A National Treasure Chōkō-ji (朝光寺 Chōkōji) is a Buddhist temple, in Yashiro, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
==History== According to the official record of the temple, this temple was originally constructed on the Mount Gongen in the 7th century, by Hodo-Shonin. In 1185, the temple moved to today's place. On the sutra of this temple, it is written that the Buddhist altar and the main sculpture of the Buddha was made in 1413.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chōkō-ji Temple” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations