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Fudoin
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A Shingon-shu temple in Higashi-ku, Hiroshima
Founded
1540
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Temple
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3 minutes on foot from Fudoin-mae Station
3-4-9 Ushita-Shinmachi, Higashi-ku, Hiroshima
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Temple
Founded 1540
486 years
Buddhist Sect
Shingon-shu (Special Head Temple)
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Overview
A Shingon-shu temple in Higashi-ku, Hiroshima. Its main hall (Kondo), built in 1540, was relocated to Hiroshima by the monk-general Ankokuji Ekei during Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Korean campaigns. The main hall is a National Treasure, and the temple is remarkable for surviving the atomic bomb only 4 km from the hypocenter, making it one of the rare A-bombed buildings preserved.
Origins
Fudoin Temple's origins are traditionally traced back to the Kamakura period, though the present Kondo (main hall) is believed to have been constructed in 1540 as part of a temple affiliated with the Ouchi clan of Yamaguchi, one of western Japan's most prominent cultural patrons. The hall exemplifie…
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Taiko, Ruler of All
Age 3 at founding
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The Kondō (main hall) of Fudōin Temple is said to have been relocated to Hiroshima from Yamaguchi, where it had belonged to the Ōuchi clan, by the warrior-monk Ankokuji Ekei during Toyotomi Hideyoshi's 1592 Korean invasion, the Bunroku Campaign. Hideyoshi's overseas campaign thus indirectly left Hiroshima a National Treasure building that would later survive the atomic bombing.
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