Kōfuku-ji (興福寺, Kōfuku-ji) is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples in the city of Nara, Japan. The temple is the national...
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502 hectares (1,240 acres), the area including the grounds of Tōdai-ji, Kōfuku-ji, Kasuga Grand Shrine and Nara National Museum, which are either on the...
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shrines, and ruins, specifically Tōdai-ji, Saidai-ji, Kōfuku-ji, Kasuga Shrine, Gangō-ji, Yakushi-ji, Tōshōdai-ji, and the Heijō Palace, together with Kasugayama...
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Kofukuji (Nagasaki) (redirect from Kōfuku-ji (Nagasaki))
Kōfuku-ji or Tōmeizan Kōfuku-ji (Japanese: 東明山興福寺, Tōmeizan Kōfuku-ji) is a Buddhist temple of the Ōbaku school of Zen established in 1624 in Nagasaki...
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"Devas of the Eight Classes"). One famous example is the Karura statue at Kōfuku-ji, Nara, amongst the eight deva statues presented at the Buddhābhiṣeka dated...
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connected to it. A famous sōhei monastery is Enryaku-ji on Mount Hiei, just outside Kyoto, while Kōfuku-ji in Nara also fielded a large sōhei army. Warrior...
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arose in Kōfuku-ji with a group supporting the South and another siding the North court. Likewise, local clans were split into two. Kōfuku-ji recovered...
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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...
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Daian-ji (大安寺) Gangō-ji (元興寺) Hōryū-ji (法隆寺) (located close to the border of modern Nara city, in the town of Ikaruga, Nara) Kōfuku-ji (興福寺) Saidai-ji (西大寺)...
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Buddhism. When the seat of the Hossō sect, Kōfuku-ji, was shut down for a time during the Meiji restoration, Hōryū-ji became affiliated with Shingon Buddhism...
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include the Great Buddha and the Four Heavenly Kings at Tōdai-ji, or the Eight Legions at Kōfuku-ji. Early Heian period works before the mid-10th century appear...
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and the Kasugayama Primeval Forest as Special Natural Monument. Tōdai-ji, Kōfuku-ji and the Kasugayama Primeval Forest overlap with Nara Park, a park designated...
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Dōji by Unkei, Kongōbu-ji, National Treasure Kongō Rikishi, Kōfuku-ji, National Treasure Twelve Heavenly Generals, Kōfuku-ji, 1207. National Treasure...
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Muchaku Unkei.jpg|Muchaku at Kōfuku-ji, 1212, National Treasure File:Kofukuji Hokuendo Seshin Unkei.jpg|Seshin at Kōfuku-ji, 1212, National Treasure File:Seitaka...
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city, including the Kōfuku-ji and Tōdai-ji. Only the Shōsōin survived. The Heike Monogatari laments the destruction of the Tōdai-ji's Daibutsu (Great Buddha...
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(the chief of a temple) of Hozoin Temple, which was a branch temple of Kōfuku-ji temple in Nara Prefecture. He was accomplished at the Hōzōin-ryū sōjutsu...
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in Tōdai-ji depict muscular guardians in a dramatic contrapposto stance. Unkei's sculptures of Indian priests Mujaku and Seshin in Kōfuku-ji demonstrate...
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in Echigo Province. Although he was initially a Buddhist priest at the Kōfuku-ji Temple in Yamato Province (or on Mount Kōya), due to his prowess in non-Buddhist...
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construction of the "Seven Great Temples": Tōdai-ji, Kōfuku-ji, Gangō-ji, Daian-ji, Yakushi-ji, Saidai-ji, and Hōryū-ji. It has long been believed that the temple...
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Treasure Kongō Rikishi, Kōfuku-ji, National Treasure Ryūtōki by Kōben, Kōfuku-ji, 1215, National Treasure Yuima Koji by Jōkei, Kōfuku-ji, National Treasure...
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its history, Murō-ji was a subtemple of Kōfuku-ji, from the nearby city of Nara. Monks from Kofuku-ji were regularly sent to Murō-ji for summer prayer...
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of Nakamikado Tajima Inei who was a warrior monk of the Kōfuku-ji. In'ei was a monk of Kōfuku-ji Temple in Nara, Japan. He adored martial arts and trained...
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government. The one in front of Tōdai-ji's Daibutsuden for example has been declared a National Treasure. Kōfuku-ji has in its museum one built in 816 and...
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supposedly originated from a boundary dispute between two temples, Tōdai-ji and Kōfuku-ji in 1760; after mediation failed, the entire mountain was set ablaze...
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Chōgen in Tōdai-ji 1207: Twelve different artists sculpt Twelve Heavenly Generals in Kōfuku-ji 1208: Unkei sculpts Muchaku in Kōfuku-ji 1205: Nicholas...
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the bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha. It was originally created for worship in Kōfuku-ji, Nara before being sold, entering the private collection of Samuel Josefowitz...
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Taira forces lay siege to Nara and burn many important temples (Tōdai-ji, Kōfuku-ji), statues and Buddhist texts. Retired Emperors and courtiers lament...
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II. Fukugon-ji (Yanagawa) Fukuju-ji (Kitakyushu) Kōfuku-ji (Nagasaki) Ryūshin-ji Shōhō-ji (Gifu) Sōfuku-ji (Nagasaki) Toko-ji Zuishō-ji Religion portal...
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Jōdo-ji, a National Treasure of Japan 1196: Jōkei sculpts Yuima in Kōfuku-ji 1196: Unknown Kei school artist sculpts Monju Bosatsu in Kōfuku-ji 1197:...
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