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Chuson-ji Keidai [Special Historic Site](Hiraizumi Town)
According to temple records, Ennin (Jikaku Daishi, third head abbot of the Tendai sect), founded Chuson-ji in the year 850. Two and a half centuries later, Fujiwara no Kiyohira relocated to Hiraizumi from Esashi (in present-day Oshu City) and set about building a temple complex here. Kiyohira first sponsored an esoteric “treasure pagoda” known as Taho-ji. Next, he built a two-storied hall called Daichoju-in. Finally, in 1124, the Konjikido (golden hall) was completed. The interior of the golden hall is an artistic tour de force combining and preserving the cream of twelfth century Japanese artistic technique.
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