Chōkō-ji Temple
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thumb|right|300px|The Main Hall, A National Treasure Chōkō-ji (朝光寺 Chōkōji) is a Buddhist temple, in Yashiro, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Buddhist temple
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Katō-shi
- Dedicated to
- Thousand-Armed Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteśvara
- Image
- Chokoji.jpg
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- heritage designation
- National Treasure of Japan
- Commons category
- Chōkō-ji (Kato)
- inception
- 0651-00-00
- street address
- 兵庫県加東市畑609
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thumb|right|300px|The Main Hall, A National Treasure Chōkō-ji (朝光寺 Chōkōji) is a Buddhist temple, in Yashiro, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
==History== According to the official record of the temple, this temple was originally constructed on the Mount Gongen in the 7th century, by Hodo-Shonin. In 1185, the temple moved to today's place. On the sutra of this temple, it is written that the Buddhist altar and the main sculpture of the Buddha was made in 1413.
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