page_title: Kongō-ji
section_title: Precinct
hierarchical_section_title: Kongō-ji / Precinct
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 金剛寺　天野殿
context_page_description: Kongō-ji is a Buddhist temple in Kawachinagano, Osaka, Japan. It is the head temple of the Shingon Omuro sect. and also known under its mountain-name as Amanosan Kongō-ji. It is the 7th temple on the Shin Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage and is notable for the large number of designated cultural properties.
context_section_description: The precinct is entered through the sanmon temple gate (1). It is a three ken wide tower gate (rōmon) painted red, has an irimoya-style  roof of hongawara type and dates to the Kamakura period between 1275 and 1332. 
  Built between 1333–1392 as a seat for the administration, the refectory (Jiki-dō) (2) is also known as Amano-den (天野殿). It is a 7×3 ken structure with an irimoya-style  hongawara type roof and a
  nokikarahafu gable; over the entrance in the gable end.
  The temple's main hall (3) is the 7×7 ken Kon-dō, with a one ken step canopy and an irimoya-style roof of the hongawara type. Built in 1320 it houses the temple's main object of worship: Dainichi Nyorai flanked by Fudō Myōō and Trailokyavijaya. The group of three sculptures has been designated as National Treasure.
  In front of the main hall, there is a 3 ken treasure pagoda (tahōtō) (4). Originally built during the Heian period, 1086–1184, it is the temple's oldest structure, although it has been restored considerably in 1606–1607. It is roofed in cedar wood shingles. The 3×2 ken bell tower, or shōrō behind the main hall dates to the Kamakura period. It has a flared skirt like lower part (袴腰, hakamagoshi) and an irimoya style hongawarabuki roof.
  All of the structures mentioned so far have been designated as Important Cultural Property.
  Other buildings on the western end of the precinct are (from north to south), the Mie Hall (御影堂, Mie-dō) (6), the Hall of the Five Buddhas (五仏堂, Gobutsu-dō) (7) and the Yakushi Hall (薬師堂, Yakushi-dō) (8). All of these three structures have a square layout and a hip roof.
  Most notable among them is the Mie Hall, an Important Cultural Property rebuilt in 1606. It is a 4×4 structure with tented roof covered with hinoki cypress shingles, a 1 ken step canopy at the front and a 2 ken step canopy at the back. There is a moon viewing stage under a karahafu gable attached to the eastern side of the hall, while the west is connected to the image hall.
caption: Refectory
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