Gokokuji（護国寺）
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Gokokuji Temple was founded in 1681 by the fifth shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi.
At the request of his mother, Keishoin, he invited the venerable Ryo-ken, head priest of Mt. Osachi Gokoku-ji Temple in Gunma Prefecture, to establish the temple.
He granted the grounds of the Takada Medicinal Garden, which belonged to the shogunate, to build the temple.
The principal image of worship is a natural amber Nyoirin Kannon Bosatsu statue, which was a personal amulet of Keishoin.
The temple was named Mt. Shinrei Saijiin Gokoku-ji and was given a temple estate of 300 koku (a measure of rice).
Although many of the temple buildings were lost in fires in 1883 and 1926, the Kannon-do Hall has retained its original form since the Genroku era (1688-1704), and the Gekko-den Hall, which was relocated from Mii-dera Temple in Omi, still conveys the architectural beauty of the Momoyama period (1573-1603).
Many temple buildings, such as the Yakushi-do Hall, Daishi-do Hall, Tahoto Pagoda, and Churei-do Hall, as well as the Nio-mon Gate, Somon Gate, and Chumon Gate, which are said to be from the founding period, have been preserved or reconstructed.
In addition to the paintings, calligraphies, and utensils that represent the essence of Genroku culture, many national treasures and important cultural properties are among the temple's treasures.
Although it is located in the heart of Tokyo, which has been struck by two major disasters, the earthquake and the war, the temple still retains the vestiges of Edo and is a place of heart-to-heart connection for visitors, just as it has always been.
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