Hida Kokubun ji

Hida Kokubun-ji is a Shingon-sect Buddhist temple in the metropolis of Takayama, Gifu, Japan. It is one of the few surviving provincial temples set up by Emperor Shamu at some point of the Nara period 710 – 794. Due to this connection, the foundation stones of the Nara duration pagoda placed on temple grounds had been precise as a National Historic Site through the Japanese authorities in 1929. The temple is located in downtown Takayama, a brief distance from Takayama Station.

The precise date of creation is believed to be around 757, over 15 years from the inspiration of the provincial temple system in 741. The temple claims that it changed into founded with the aid of the famed wandering prelate Gyaki with none historical proof. However, data imply that the original temple burned down in 819 and turned into rebuilt in 855. The present Honda dates from the Muromachi length. The 7-tale pagoda additionally dates from the equal length, burned down during the Aei duration and become reconstructed once more in 1585.

It became burned down once more within the battles between Kanemori Nagachika and Anegakoji Yoritsuna and a 3-story pagoda turned into built in its region in 1615. This shape additionally burned down in 1791 and turned into rebuilt in 1820. In 1695, while Takayama Castle was destroyed, the Hida Kokubun-ji inherited a number of its structures, including the main gate.