Chōfukuji, Buddhist temple in Ikoma, Japan.
Chōfukuji is a Shingon Risshū temple in Tawaraguchi-chō, Ikoma, Nara Prefecture, with the mountain name Kinryūzan. Its main hall, built in the late Kamakura period, is an irimoya-zukuri structure with hongawara roofing and is designated an Important Cultural Property. The temple also houses a wooden seated Amida Nyorai, its principal image, and a wooden standing Jizō Bosatsu.
This site was founded during the Nara period with connections to the Buddhist monk Gyōki and Emperor Shōmu. Its early establishment reflects its importance in the religious development of the region.
The temple belongs to the Shingon Risshū school and is named Chōfukuji, with the mountain name Kinryūzan. Its main image is a seated wooden Amida Nyorai, and the hall also holds wooden statues of Jizō Bosatsu and Prince Shōtoku as the filial-piety prince. The temple's celebrated bronze reliquary tower is kept on deposit at the Tokyo National Museum.
Take the Nara Kotsu bus (Ikoma-dai loop) from Kintetsu Ikoma Station on the Nara Line and get off at "Tawaraguchi Sakana Central Hospital". The temple stands in Tawaraguchi-chō, Ikoma, Nara Prefecture. The main hall was dismantled and repaired from September 2012, with completion planned for July 2016, so parts of the grounds may be closed off.
The temple's main hall, a late Kamakura-period building designated an Important Cultural Property, was dismantled and repaired from 2012 to 2016 because of subsidence. During the work, seismic damping was built into the pillars. The temple also owns a gilt-bronze Nōshōshōtō reliquary, a National Treasure deposited at the Tokyo National Museum.
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