Object description

Kai Kokubun-ji is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple located in the city of Fuefuki, Yamanashi, Japan. It is the descendant of one of the provincial temples established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period for the purpose of promoting Buddhism as the national religion of Japan and standardising control of the Yamato rule to the provinces. The ruins of the Nara period temple are adjacent to the modern temple and were designated as a National Historic Site by the Japanese government in 1922.