Gangō-ji (元興寺) is an ancient Buddhist temple, that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, in Nara, Japan. The original foundation of the temple...

Byakugō-ji Daian-ji Enjō-ji Enshō-ji Futai-ji Gangō-ji Hannya-ji Hokke-ji Kikō-ji Kōfuku-ji Ryōsen-ji Saidai-ji Shin-Yakushi-ji Shōryaku-ji Tōdai-ji, including...

CE, and developed into a huge temple under the name of Gangō-ji. The original site of Hōkō-ji was also maintained as a temple, which survives into modern...

Cultural Properties on the grounds of Todai-ji, Kofuku-ji, Kasuga Grand Shrine, Shōsōin, Shin-Yakushi-ji, Gangō-ji, and others. There are 374 arts and crafts...

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...

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)...

(元興寺), also gagoji, guwagoze, gangō, and gangōji no oni (元興寺の鬼, the oni of gangōji) is a yōkai said to have appeared at Gangō-ji in the Nara Prefecture around...

Retrieved 2009-11-23. 元興寺の建築・境内 [Architecture and compound of Gangō-ji] (in Japanese). Gangō-ji. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2009-11-23...

biography of Prince Shōtoku (Jōgū Shōtoku Hōō Teisetsu) and the record of Gangō-ji (Gangōji Garan Engi). Initial uptake of Buddhism was slow. Nihon Shoki...

of the Daikandai-ji (大官大寺), as it was then known, seven hundred metres to the south of Mount Kagu. Like the Yakushi-ji, and Gangō-ji, the temple relocated...

belfry at Gangō-ji who was tormenting the people. The Oni, known by the names Gagoze, Gagoji, Guwagoze (元興寺) or Oni from Gangō-ji (元興寺の鬼, gangō-ji no oni)...

Nihon Shoki. In 624, he was made a high priest (僧正 sōjō), possibly of Gangō-ji, for the rest of his life. He is mentioned several times in Buddhist records...

Yuishiki-shū (唯識宗). After returning from China, Dōshō became a priest at Gangō-ji, one of the great temples, the Nanto Shichi Daiji, in Nara, Japan. His...

Daian-ji (大安寺) Daikokuden (大極殿, reconstruction) Gangō-ji (元興寺) Kōfuku-ji (興福寺) Saidai-ji (西大寺) Suzakumon (朱雀門, reconstruction) Tōdai-ji (東大寺) Yakushi-ji (薬師寺)...

Historical Materials Preservation House (史料保存館, shiryō hozon kan) opened near Gangō-ji in Nara, Japan, in 1993. The facility investigates, preserves, and displays...

Hōryū-ji Himeji Yakushima Shirakami-Sanchi Kyoto Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama Hiroshima Peace Memorial Itsukushima Shrine Nara Nikkō Ryukyu Kii Mountain Range...

worshipped together. Gagoze A demon known for having attacked young priests at Gangō-ji temple. Gaki The perpetually-starving ghosts of people who were especially...

constructed. 582 – Daxing (大兴城) founded in China by Emperor Wen of Sui. 593 – Gangō-ji (元興寺) temple first built in Asuka, Japan (later moved to Nara). 5th century...

Prefecture Hōkō-ji (法興寺), Another name for Asuka-dera; see also Gangō-ji Hōkō-ji (蜂岡寺, usually pronounced "Hachioka-dera"), an archaic name for Kōryū-ji, a Shingon...

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...

his father to depress the power of various parties, mainly Kōfuku-ji and Tōdai-ji, who were backing up an opposition group headed by Prince Mochihito...

ceremony was likely held at Gangō-ji. Until relatively recently, ceremonies surrounding the Blood Bowl Sutra were also held at Shōsen-ji temple. Believers would...

Kanjizai-ji Eihei-ji Nanzoin Shōfuku-ji Jōten-ji Enichi-ji Eihō-ji Shōgen-ji Shōhō-ji Ankoku-ji Buttsū-ji Myōō-in Antai-ji Chōkō-ji Engyō-ji Hōrin-ji Hōun-ji Ichijō-ji...

or demon ghost, which according to legend inhabited the bell tower of Gangō-ji, a temple in Nara Prefecture from which its name is derived. It wears a...

ceremonies are known to have been held at the Seiryōden, led by a priest from Gangō-ji, in 840 and the Engi shiki lists the utensils used at these Palace ceremonies...

1008 986 (Kanna 2, 6th month): Kazan abdicated, and took up residence at Gangō-ji where he became a Buddhist monk; and his new priestly name was Nyūkaku...

Daigo-ji Enryaku-ji Kinkaku-ji Kiyomizu-dera Kōzan-ji Ninna-ji Nishi Hongan-ji Ryōan-ji Saihō-ji Tō-ji Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara, Japan Gangō-ji Kōfuku-ji...

Gangō-ji temple in Nara went to China in 653 and studied under Hsyan-tsang. On his return he spread the Dharma Characteristics teaching at Gango-ji....

philosophy and built a Meditation Hall for the purpose of practising Zen in the Gangō-ji in Nara. In the Nara period (710 to 794 C.E.), the Chan master, Dao-xuan...

Daian-ji (大安寺) Gangō-ji (元興寺) Hōryū-ji (法隆寺), located in the town of Ikaruga near present-day Nara. Kōfuku-ji (興福寺) Saidai-ji (西大寺) Tōdai-ji (東大寺) Yakushi-ji...