page_title: Tōtōmi Kokubun-ji
hierarchical_section_title: Tōtōmi Kokubun-ji
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 遠江国分寺金堂跡（静岡県磐田市） English: The ruins of the main hall (Kondō) of Tōtōmi Kokubunji Temple, in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
context_page_description: Tōtōmi Kokubun-ji was a Buddhist temple located in the Mitsuke neighborhood of what is now the city of Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan. It was one of the provincial temples established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period for the purpose of promoting Buddhism as the national religion of Japan and standardising control of the Yamato rule over the provinces. The original temple no longer exists, but the temple grounds are an archaeological site which was designated as a Special National Historic Site by the Japanese government in 1962.
context_section_description: Tōtōmi Kokubun-ji (遠江国分寺) was a Buddhist temple located in the Mitsuke neighborhood of what is now the city of Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan. It was one of the provincial temples established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794) for the purpose of promoting Buddhism as the national religion of Japan and standardising control of the Yamato rule over the provinces. The original temple no longer exists, but the temple grounds are an archaeological site which was designated as a Special National Historic Site by the Japanese government in 1962.
caption: The ruins of the main hall (Kondō) of Tōtōmi Kokubunji Temple
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