Kanzeon-ji

Kanzeon-ji is a seventh-century Buddhist temple in Dazaifu, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It become once the maximum vital temple in Kyushu. Its bell, one of the oldest within the US, has been distinctive a National Treasure, and in 1996 the Ministry of the Environment exact its sound as one of the a hundred Soundscapes of Japan. Many statues of the Heian length are Important Cultural Properties. According to the Shoku Nihongi, Kanzeon-ji turned into founded by Emperor Tenji in honour of his mom Empress Saimei, but became nevertheless incomplete fifty years later while in 709 additional employees were assigned to finish the building.

The temple had a south gate, middle gate, golden corridor to the west, pagoda to the east and a lecture corridor within the centre. The temple's buildings were broken and destroyed in a number of natural disasters and wars. The Kondo, bays with mokoshi, and lecture corridor had been rebuilt in the Genroku generation 1688-1703 and have been detailed Prefectural Cultural Properties. The grounds and ruins of Kanzeon-ji had been d an Historic Site in 1970.