Entrance to abbot quarters (Hojo) of Ryogin-an sub-temple in Tofuku-ji Temple in Kyoto. Hojo is a National Treasure of Japan.

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Entrance to abbot quarters (Hojo) of Ryogin-an sub-temple in Tofuku-ji Temple in Kyoto. Hojo is a National Treasure of Japan. Tōfuku-ji (東福寺) is a Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku in Kyoto, Japan. Tōfuku-ji takes its name from two temples in Nara, Tōdai-ji and Kōfuku-ji. It is one of the so-called Kyoto Gozan or "five great Zen temples of Kyoto". Its honorary sangō prefix is Enichi-san (慧日山). Tōfuku-ji was founded in 1236 by the imperial chancellor Kujō Michiie. He appointed the monk Enni as founding priest, who had studied Rinzai Zen Buddhism in China under the monk Wuzhun Shifan. The temple was burned but rebuilt in the 15th century according to original plans. Tofuku-ji was one of the five temples of the Five Mountain System.

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Location: KYOTO, JAPAN
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