Tō-ji

The Tō-ji (, temple of the east) is a Buddhist temple Japan board of the sect Shingon located at Kyōto. Its official name is Kyō-ō-gokoku-ji () but it is more known under the name of Tō-ji. It was founded in 823 by the famous priest Kōbō Daishi (, also known under the name of Kûkai: ) at the request of the Emperor Saga.

The temple is famous for its Pagode ( goju No tō ) which is 57 meters high, which makes of it the largest tower out of wooden of Japan. Its rebuilding, which was ordered by the Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, date thus of the era Edo.

The principal room ( Kon-dō ) was set up 796 and was destroyed at the time of a fire in 1486.

April 26th, 1489: The shogun Ashikaga Yoshihisa died old of 25. It is buried in Tō-ji the following day.

It is Hideyori Toyotomi which decides the rebuilding in of it 1603. This room shelters the statues of the Buddha of the cure, Yakushi-nyorai, and of its servants, Nikkō and Gakkō Bosatsu.

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