Hokke-ji
Hokke-ji (法華寺, Hokke-ji), is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Nara, Japan.
Hokke-ji was built by Empress Kōmyō in 745, originally as a nunnery temple on the grounds where previously her father Fujiwara no Fuhito's mansion stood.
It's main worship statue is the wooden eleven-faced Kannon, a National Treasure.
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