UNESCO - Monuments of Ancient Nara - Kôfuku-ji Postcard

UNESCO WHS Serie - Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara - 古都奈良の文化財 - Kôfuku-ji - 興福寺 - Nara was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. During this period the framework of national government was consolidated and Nara enjoyed great prosperity, emerging as the fountainhead of Japanese culture. The city's historic monuments – Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and the excavated remains of the great Imperial Palace – provide a vivid picture of life in the Japanese capital in the 8th century, a period of profound political and cultural change. Kōfuku-ji is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples. Kōfuku-ji has its origin as a temple that was established in 669 by Kagami-no-Ōkimi, the wife of Fujiwara no Kamatari, wishing for her husband’s recovery from illness. Its original site was in Yamashina, Yamashiro Province (present-day Kyoto). In 710 the temple was dismantled and moved to its present location, on the east side of the newly constructed capital, Heijō-kyō, today's Nara. Name: Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara - 古都奈良の文化財 - Site: Kôfuku-ji - 興福寺 Country: Japan Location: Nara, Nara Prefecture, Kansai Region Inscription: 1998 Category: Cultural (ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) Unesco Ref: 870-002 Special Feature: The card has a QR-Code on the backside to navigate for more Informationas about the side