Japanese Hongyoji Chokyuzan temple created in Muromachi era by the nephew of Ota Dokan who was a 15th century Japanese samurai warrior-poet, military tactician and Buddhist monk in the district of Arakawa near Yanaka Ginza in the Nishi-Nippori district of Stock Image

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Japanese Hongyoji Chokyuzan temple created in Muromachi era by the nephew of Ota Dokan who was a 15th century Japanese samurai warrior-poet, military tactician and Buddhist monk in the district of Arakawa near Yanaka Ginza in the Nishi-Nippori district of Tokyo. Dōkan is best known as the architect and builder of Edo Castle, the actual Imperial Palace.

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