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Tourism - Hozoji Temple: (Diese Seite in Deutsch lesen)
This temple is said to have been founded in 701 by a priest named Gyoki. Located east of central Okazaki near Motojuku station, the temple is close to the old highway route that linked the imperial capitals of Nara (when Hozoji was constructed) and then Kyoto with Okazaki and the east of Japan.
The stairs leading to the temple ground.
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Gyoki enshrined a Goddess of Mercy statue that he had carved himself. The current main hall dates from the 14th century.
The main hall and the impressive wooden carvings all around the temple.
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While a hostage of the Imagawa clan, the young Tokugawa Ieyasu was educated here and many of the cultural properties here are related to this time. For example the ancient pine trees where he hung his scrolls, the well used for water for calligraphy and so forth. Due to the patronage of the shogunate, the temple prospered and the wooden buildings were well maintained. An unusual feature is a burial mound and statue commemorating Kondo Isami, one of the leaders of the Shinsengumi during the bakumatsu period which saw the shogunate fall from power in 1868.
How to get there:
A smaller temple behind the main hall. The painting of the cranes are on the left side of the temple.
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