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Temple in Hōfu

1．Suō Kokubun-ji ・2-67 Kokubunjichō, Hōfu-shi, Yamaguchi-ken

Suō Kokubun-ji (周防国分寺) is a Shingon-sect Buddhist temple in the Kokubunji neighborhood of the city of Hōfu, Yamaguchi, Japan. It is one of the few surviving provincial temples established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794).[1] Due to this connection, the foundation stones of the Nara period temple overlapping the present day complex were designated as a National Historic Site in 1957.[2]

Sect：Buddhist