Kofukuji temple was the first of the Zen Buddhist temples built by the Chinese (1620) after the Tokugawa shoguns had outlawed Christianity and ordered citizens to register as Buddhists.
The Kofukuji temple was constructed by the Chinese in the late 1500s.
mnli hypothesis: The Kofukuji temple was constructed by the Chinese in the late 1500s. premise: Kofukuji temple was the first of the Zen Buddhist temples built by the Chinese (1620) after the Tokugawa shoguns had outlawed Christianity and ordered citizens to register as Buddhists.