Hokoji Temple

Japanese: 方広寺 - ほうこうじ

It stands alongside Toyokuni Shrine in Chayamachi, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City. It is a Tendai sect temple founded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. It was completed at the end of the 16th century. A wooden statue of the Great Buddha, measuring 6 meters, was enshrined in the Great Buddha Hall, which demonstrated Hideyoshi's power, but it was destroyed in a major earthquake in 1595. His son Hideyori rebuilt it in 1614, but because the inscription on the temple bell read "Peace and prosperity of the nation," Tokugawa Ieyasu pursued him, which led to the Siege of Osaka. The Great Buddha rebuilt by Hideyori was a gilt bronze Buddha, but it was destroyed in an earthquake in 1662 and rebuilt with wood. However, it was also destroyed in a fire caused by a lightning strike on the Great Buddha Hall in 1798. After that, a half-bust statue (wooden statue) was enshrined in a temporary hall, but it was destroyed in a fire in 1973 along with the hall. Toyokuni Shrine was rebuilt in 1880 within the temple grounds. There is a mound of ears in front of the gate.
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Hokoji Temple

The head temple of the Rinzai sect of Buddhism, Hokoji, located in Inasa-cho, Shizuoka Prefecture (now Hamamatsu City). The principal image is Shaka Nyorai. It was founded in 1384 by Okuyama Tomofuji as the founder and Mumon Gensen as the founder. The guardian deity Hansobo Gongen enshrined within the temple grounds is known for its miraculous powers of preventing fires, and is worshipped as Okuyama Hansobo.
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Japanese:

京都市東山区茶屋町に豊国(とよくに)神社と並んで建つ。豊臣秀吉が創建した天台宗の寺院。16世紀末の完成。大仏殿には６丈の木像大仏が安置され秀吉の権勢を示していたが1595年の大地震で倒壊。1614年子の秀頼が再興，梵鐘(ぼんしょう)の銘に〈国家安康〉の文字があったことから，徳川家康に追及されて大坂の陣が起こった。秀頼再興の大仏は金銅仏であったが，1662年の地震で壊れたため木造で建て替えられた。しかしそれも1798年大仏殿に落雷，出火して焼失。その後は仮堂に半身像（木像）が安置されていたが，1973年出火で堂宇とともに焼亡した。豊国神社は1880年当寺境内(けいだい)をさいて再興。門前に耳塚(みみづか)がある。
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