Gokokushi-ji 護国之寺 | |
Location: | 194-1 Nagara Obusa Gifu, Gifu Prefecture |
Religious Affiliation: | Shingon |
Country: | Japan |
Year Completed: | 746 |
is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect located in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is the seventeenth of the Mino Thirty-three Kannon.[1]
The Temple was founded in 746, under the orders of Emperor Shōmu. The original temple was destroyed in 1590 by a large fire, but was rebuilt during the Edo period's Genbun and Hōreki eras. The rebuilt temple is still extant today.