page_title: Tōfuku-ji
section_title: Architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Tōfuku-ji / Architecture
caption_attribution_description: Tofukuji Sanmon (東福寺 三門)
context_page_description: Tōfuku-ji is a Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku in Kyoto, Japan. Tōfuku-ji takes its name from two temples in Nara, Tōdai-ji and Kōfuku-ji. It is one of the so-called Kyoto Gozan or "five great Zen temples of Kyoto". Its honorary sangō prefix is Enichi-san.
context_section_description: Tōfuku-ji's main gate is the oldest sanmon in Japan. It is a National Treasure of Japan. It is two stories high and five bays wide. The central three bays are doors.
  Currently, the Tōfuku-ji complex includes 24 sub-temples, though in the past the number has been as high as 53.
caption: The main gate
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