page_title: Hosshō-ji
hierarchical_section_title: Hosshō-ji
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: みやこめっせ　館外入り口付近にて法勝寺模型。
context_page_description: Hosshō-ji was a Buddhist temple in northeastern Kyoto, Japan, endowed by Emperor Shirakawa in fulfillment of a sacred vow. The temple complex was located east of the Kamo River in the Shirakawa district; and its chief architectural feature was a nine-storied octagonal pagoda.
  Hosshō-ji is known as one of the "Six Victorious Temples", which encompass monasteries enjoying extravagant Imperial patronage from their inception. They are sometimes identified as the "Superlative Temples" or the "Shō Temples" because of the middle syllable of the temple name.
context_section_description: Hosshō-ji (法勝寺, Hosshō-ji) was a  Buddhist temple in northeastern Kyoto, Japan, endowed by Emperor Shirakawa in fulfillment of a sacred vow.  The temple complex was located east of the Kamo River in the Shirakawa district; and its chief architectural feature was a nine-storied octagonal pagoda.
  Hosshō-ji is known as one of the "Six Victorious Temples" (六勝寺, Rokushō-ji), which encompass monasteries enjoying extravagant Imperial patronage from their inception.  They are sometimes identified as the "Superlative Temples" or the "Shō Temples" because of the middle syllable of the temple name.
caption: The chief focal point of the Hosshō-ji temple complex was its nine-storied octagonal pagoda, as recreated here in a modern architectural model.
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