Chokokuji Temple Main Hall

A Muromachi Hall in the Kofu Basin

The Chokokuji Temple Main Hall (長谷寺本堂) is a temple hall thought to have been rebuilt in the mid-Muromachi period of 1524 in Enokihara, Minami-Alps City, Yamanashi Prefecture, and was designated an Important Cultural Property on August 28, 1907 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a single-storey hall three bays square under a copper hip-and-gable roof with a one-bay porch, with a shrine cabinet, an old timber and a ridge tag designated alongside it; designation number 00457.

The 1907 date in the Agency record is that of its designation under the former law.

A Temple Said to Be Founded by Gyoki

Chokokuji, whose name is written with the same characters as the better-known Hasedera, is said by temple tradition to have been founded by the monk Gyoki in 718, and its main hall is thought from its style to have been rebuilt in the mid-Muromachi period (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency dates the hall to 1524 and records a single-storey hall three bays square under a copper hip-and-gable roof with a one-bay porch; a shrine cabinet, an old timber and a ridge tag are designated with it.

Why It Is an Important Cultural Property

The Agency designates the hall, thought from its style to be a mid-Muromachi rebuilding, as an Important Cultural Property together with its shrine cabinet and ridge tag.

What to Look For

Look for the three-bay hip-and-gable hall with its one-bay porch (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Visiting

It is owned by Chokokuji Temple (Agency for Cultural Affairs). No official visiting information was found.