What is "hoko-ji"

Hōkō-ji is the name of a number of Buddhist temples in Japan, including:

• , a Tendai temple in Kyoto

• , a Rinzai temple in Shizuoka Prefecture

• , Another name for Asuka-dera; see also Gangō-ji

• , an archaic name for Kōryū-ji, a Shingon temple in Kyoto

Other Japanese temples named "Hōkō-ji" include:

• in Miki City, Hyōgo Prefecture dates from the 7th century

• in Enzan, Yamanashi Prefecture dates from the 12th century

• near Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture dates from the 13th century

Temples named "Hōkō-ji" in the United States include:

• Hōkō-ji (Taos) in Taos County, New Mexico

near Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture dates from the 14th century.12

Mumon Gensen (son of Emperor Go-Daigo) founded the temple in 1371. Since 1903, Hōkō-ji has been the main temple of the Hōkō-ji sect of the Rinzai school of Buddhism.

is a temple in Kyoto, Japan, dating from the 16th century. Toyotomi Hideyoshi determined that the capital city should have a Daibutsu temple to surpass that of Nara. He is reputed to have claimed at the outset that he would complete construction in half the time it took Emperor Shōmu to complete the Great Buddha of Nara. The project during Emperor Shomū's reign took ten years. Hideyoshi would complete the initial phase of his project in only three years. The architects for this project were Nakamura Masakiyo and Heinouchi Yoshimasa.