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is an old temple in the Kenchō-ji school of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism located in Kamakura, Japan. Famous for its bamboo garden, it is also known as "Bamboo Temple". A statue of Gautama Buddha, called ''Shaka Nyorai'' in Japanese, in a sacred hall is the temple's principal image.〔 The original of a statue of ''Sho Kan'non'' is on display at the Kamakura Museum of National Treasures.〔 The temple is sometimes called ''Takuma-dera'' after the artist of a statue of ''Kashyap'' which was destroyed by a fire in 1891 in an adjacent hall.〔 The temple is No. 10 on the Kamakura 33 Kannon pilgrimage.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hokokuji Temple )〕 The grounds cover approximately .〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~qm9t-kndu/hokokuji.htm )〕 == History == The family temple of both the Ashikaga and Uesugi clans, Hōkoku-ji was established by founding priest Tengan Eko in 1334 (the first year of Kemmu era) to commemorate Ashikaga Ietoki, grandfather of Ashikaga Takauji the first shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hokokuji ).〕 Known posthumously by his Buddhist name Butsujo ''Zenji'', Eko was a member of the Five Mountains Zen literary school.〔Eko in Five Mountains school mentioned in: 〕 Copies that he made of Buddhist teachings and carved wooden seals of his names "Tengan" and "Eko" are Important Cultural Properties and are in the Kamakura Museum on the grounds of the Shinto shrine Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.kcn-net.org/e_kama_history/juniso_jomyoji/juniso_jomyoji.htm )〕〔Wooden stamp also mentioned in: (【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mas-japan.co.jp/info/japan/houkokuji.html )〕 Other treasures owned by the temple include a painting on silk of Zaichū Kōen dating to 1388, a Muromachi-period painting of Arhats, and a pair of paintings of flowers and birds from Ming China, all Prefectural Cultural Properties kept in the same museum; a number of further works have been designated for protection at a municipal level. Ashes of the Ashikaga family including Ietoki and Yoshihisa who both died by ''seppuku'' (Yoshihisa was only age 13), are reportedly buried in the large caves at the temple's west side.〔 The 1923 Great Kantō earthquake destroyed most of the temple structures including the original straw roof on the main hall. A similar roof is maintained on the bell tower today.〔 Most of the temple structures were rebuilt.〔 Near the bell tower, five-tier memorial towers called ''gorintō'' commemorate the thousands of warriors who were killed in the 1333 battle in Kamakura that marked the end of rule by the Hōjō clan.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hōkoku-ji」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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