page_title: Jindai-ji (Chiba)
hierarchical_section_title: Jindai-ji (Chiba)
caption_attribution_description: English: Hondo of Jindaiji Temple in Sakura Chiba Japan.
context_page_description: Jindai-ji is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Sakura in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The temple was originally located in Yamagata Prefecture, but when the Hotta clan was granted control of the Sakura Domain, Hotta Masasuke moved the temple in 1746 to serve as the clan’s funerary temple, or family temple. The Hotta clan’s historical grave marker is located at Jindai-ji, as are the tombstones of Hotta Masatoshi, Hotta Masayoshi, and Hotta Masatomo, all of which are designated as Chiba Prefectural Historical Places. The bronze statue of the Eleven-Faced Kannon, the primary object of veneration at Jindai-ji, is by the artist Tsuda Shinobu.
context_section_description: Jindai-ji (甚大寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Sakura in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.  The temple was originally located in Yamagata Prefecture, but when the Hotta clan was granted control of the Sakura Domain, Hotta Masasuke moved the temple in 1746 to serve as the clan’s funerary temple (菩提寺, bodaiji),  or family temple. The Hotta clan’s historical grave marker is located at Jindai-ji, as are the tombstones of Hotta Masatoshi, Hotta Masayoshi, and Hotta Masatomo, all of which are designated as Chiba Prefectural Historical Places. The bronze statue of the Eleven-Faced Kannon, the primary object of veneration at Jindai-ji, is by the artist Tsuda Shinobu (1875-1946).
caption: The Hon-dō, or Main Hall
exif: {"Image ImageWidth": "4256", "Image ImageLength": "2848", "Image BitsPerSample": "[16, 16, 16]", "Image Compression": "Uncompressed", "Image PhotometricInterpretation": "2", "Image Make": "FUJIFILM", "Image Model": "FinePix S5Pro", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image SamplesPerPixel": "3", "Image XResolution": "352", "Image YResolution": "352", "Image PlanarConfiguration": "1", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 Macintosh", "Image DateTime": "2010:05:14 06:47:24", "Image Copyright": "", "Image ExifOffset": "592", "GPS GPSVersionID": "[2, 2, 0, 0]", "Image GPSInfo": "636", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "750", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "8151", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "2602", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "1980"}