Gokokushi-ji
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| Gokokushi-ji 護国之寺 |
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 Gokokushi-ji's main hall
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| Denomination: | Shingon |
| Founded: | 746 |
| Address: | 194-1 Nagara Obusa Gifu, Gifu Prefecture |
| Country: |  Japan |
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Gokokushi-ji (護国之寺?) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect located in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is the seventeenth of the Mino Thirty-three Kannon.
[edit] History
The Temple was founded in 746, under the orders of Emperor Shōmu. The original temple was destroyed in 1590 by a large fire, but was rebuilt during the Edo period's Genbun and Hōreki eras. The rebuilt temple is still extant today.
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