Gokokuin Temple (Kimiidera)

Gokokuin Temple

Gokokuin (護国院) is a temple in Kimiidera, Wakayama City, whose precinct keeps three Important Cultural Properties: a two-storey gate of the mid Muromachi period, a bell tower of the Momoyama period and a tahoto pagoda of 1449 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

All three were designated on April 23, 1908. Each is now an Important Cultural Property. The Agency database gives no description of any of them.

The Three Buildings

The Romon gate is a two-storey gate three bays wide with one passage, under a hip-and-gable roof of hongawara tiles (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The bell tower is 3 by 2 bays with a skirt-like lower wall, under a hip-and-gable roof of hongawara tiles (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The tahoto pagoda is three bays wide and roofed in hongawara tiles; a ridge tag is designated with it (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Each building is covered on its own page.

Visiting

No official information on visiting was found.