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...

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...

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...

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...

"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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

Dōji by Unkei, Kongōbu-ji, National Treasure Kongō Rikishi, Kōfuku-ji, National Treasure Twelve Heavenly Generals, Kōfuku-ji, 1207. National Treasure...

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...

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...

power and importance, eventually becoming (along with Tōdai-ji, Kōfuku-ji, and Enryaku-ji) one of the four chief temples charged with the spiritual guidance...

(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...

in Tōdai-ji depict muscular guardians in a dramatic contrapposto stance. Unkei's sculptures of Indian priests Mujaku and Seshin in Kōfuku-ji demonstrate...

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...

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...

Treasure Kongō Rikishi, Kōfuku-ji, National Treasure Ryūtōki by Kōben, Kōfuku-ji, 1215, National Treasure Yuima Koji by Jōkei, Kōfuku-ji, National Treasure...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Chōgen in Tōdai-ji 1207: Twelve different artists sculpt Twelve Heavenly Generals in Kōfuku-ji 1208: Unkei sculpts Muchaku in Kōfuku-ji 1205: Nicholas...

the bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha. It was originally created for worship in Kōfuku-ji, Nara before being sold, entering the private collection of Samuel Josefowitz...

Taira forces lay siege to Nara and burn many important temples (Tōdai-ji, Kōfuku-ji), statues and Buddhist texts. Retired Emperors and courtiers lament...

II. Fukugon-ji (Yanagawa) Fukuju-ji (Kitakyushu) Kōfuku-ji (Nagasaki) Ryūshin-ji Shōhō-ji (Gifu) Sōfuku-ji (Nagasaki) Toko-ji Zuishō-ji Religion portal...

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:...