Provincial temple

thumb|Mutsu Kokubunji —Yakushido

The are Buddhist temples established in each of the provinces of Japan by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794). The official name for each temple was Konkomyo Shitenno Gokoku-ji (Konkōmyō Shitennō Gokoku-ji )

History

The Shoku Nihongi records that in 741, as the country recovered from a major smallpox epidemic, Emperor Shōmu ordered that a monastery and nunnery be established in every province. Each temple was to have one statue of Shaka Nyorai and two attendant Bodhisattva statues, and a copy of the Large Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras. Later, it was added that each temple must also have a seven-story pagoda, copies of ten volumes of the Lotus Sutra and a copy of the Golden Light Sutra in golden letters. To provide funds for the upkeep, each temple and nunnery was to be assigned 50 households and 10 chō of paddy fields (approximately 10 hectares). Each temple would have 20 monks and each nunnery would have 10 nuns. These temples were built to a semi-standardized template, and served both to spread Buddhist orthodoxy to the provinces, and to emphasize the power of the Nara period centralized government under the Ritsuryō system.

The precedent for this system was the Daxingshan Temples built by Emperor Wen and Yang Jian, who founded the Sui dynasty. Later, in the Tang dynasty, there were Daun-ji provincial temples built by Empress Wu Zetian, Ryuko-ji provincial temples built by Emperor Zhongzong, and Kaigen-ji provincial temples) built by Emperor Xuanzong.

However, despite the edict, the expense for creation of these temples was very great, and the kokushi of most provinces procrastinated on construction. In November 747, the exasperated emperor transferred the construction system from kokushi to the gunji, or a county-level administrator and granted hereditary succession of the post upon completion of the temple. This led to the full-scale construction of most provincial temples. Most of the kokubunji were located in or near the provincial capitals, and, together with the provincial offices, were the largest buildings in the province. In addition, Todai-ji and Hokke-ji in Yamato Province were designated as the head temple and head nunnery for the system. The kokubunji system persisted into the mid-Heian period, but as the Ritsuryō system began to collapse and financial support from the government disappeared, many of the provincial temples and provincial nunneries fell into disuse. A considerable number of provincial temples continued to exist even into the modern period, but as temples of a different sect or with a different character from the original provincial temples. Many of the provincial nunneries were not restored. Many of the sites of the original temples and nunneries are known, and some have been designated National Historic Sites after archaeological excavations.

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|+ List of Kokubunji

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!style="background:#ffeec2;" | Kokubun-ji

!style="background:#ffeec2;" | Location

!style="background:#ffeec2;" | HS&successor

!style="background:#ffeec2;" | Kokubun-niji

!style="background:#ffeec2;" | Location

!style="background:#ffeec2;" | HS&successor

|- style="position:sticky; top:1.2rem"

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#C0C0C0"|Head Kokubun-ji

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#C0C0C0"|Head Kokubun-niji

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! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Tōdai-ji

| Zoshicho, Nara, Nara||NHS<br />Tōdai-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Hokke-ji

| Hokkejicho, Nara, Nara||NHS<br />Hokke-ji

|- style="position:sticky; top:1.2rem"

|colspan="6" style="background-color:#C0C0C0"|Kinai region

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;" |Yamato Kokubun-ji<br />

|Zoshicho, Nara, Nara||NHS<br />Tōdai-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;" | Yamato Kokubun-niji

| Hokkejicho, Nara, Nara||NHS<br />Hokke-ji

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8; white-space:nowrap"| Yamashiro Kokubun-ji

| Kamo-cho Reihei Kizugawa, Kyoto||NHS（Kuni-kyō（Yamashiro Kokubun-ji ruins））<br />Yamashiro Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8; white-space:nowrap"| Yamashiro Kokubun-niji

| （推定）Hokkejino, Kamō-cho, Kizugawa, Kyoto||-none-<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Kawachi Kokubun-ji

| Kokubu Tojo, Kashiwara, Osaka||-none-<br />Shingoshu Kawachi Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Kawachi Kokubun-niji

| （推定）Kokubu Tōjōcho, Kashiwara, Osaka||-none-<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Izumi Kokubun-ji

| Kokubunji-cho, Izumi, Osaka|| -none-<br />Gokokuzan Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Izumi Kokubun-niji

| (Unknown) ||<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Settsu Kokubun-ji

| Kokubuncho, Tennōji-ku, Osaka||-none-<br />Tentokuzan Kokubun-ji<br />Gokokuzan Kongō-in Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Settsu Kokubun-niji

| （推定）Shibashima, Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka||-none-<br />Tenpyo Shōhōzan Hokke-ji

|- style="position:sticky; top:1.2rem"

|colspan="6" style="background-color:#C0C0C0"|Tōkaidō

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Iga Kokubun-ji

| Saimyōji, Iga, Mie||NHS<br />Kami-terayama Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Iga Kokubun-niji

| Saimyōji, Iga, Mie||NHS (Chōrakuzan temple ruins）<br />Ryūōzan Kikushō-in Hokke-ji

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Ise Kokubun-ji

| Kokubun-cho, Suzuka, Mie ||NHS<br />Gokokuzan Jinsei Maruto-in Kokubun-ji<br />Myōjōsan Kokubun-ji<br />Jōkeizan Konkōmyō-in Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Ise Kokubun-niji

| (Unknown) ||<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Shima Kokubun-ji

| Ago-cho, Shima, Mie||Mie PHS<br />Gokoku-san Kokubunji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Shima Kokubun-niji

| （Unknown）|| -none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Owari Kokubun-ji

| Yago-cho, Inazawa, Aichi ||NHS<br />Suzuokiyama Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Owari Kokubun-niji

| Hokkeji-cho, Inazawa, Aichi (?)|| Daireizan Hokke-ji

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Mikawa Kokubun-ji

| Yawata-cho, Toyokawa, Aichi||NHS<br />Kokufushozan Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Mikawa Kokubun-niji

| Yawata-cho, Toyokawa, Aichi||NHS<br />-ruins-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Tōtōmi Kokubun-ji

|Mitsuke, Iwata, Shizuoka||S.NHS<br />Sankeizan Enmei-in Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Tōtōmi Kokubu-niji

| （Unknown）||-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Suruga Kokubun-ji

| Ōtani, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka||NHS <br />Ryūzũyama Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Suzuga Kokubun-niji

| （Unknown）||-none-<br />（伝）Shōgakusan Bodaijū-iin

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Izu Kokubun-ji

| Izumi-cho, Mishima, Shizuoka|| NHS (pagoda base only)<br />Hōjūsan Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Izu Kokubun-niji

|Minami-cho, Mishima, Shizuoka|| -none- <br />Mishimasan Hokke-ji

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Kai Kokubun-ji

| Ichinomiya-cho Kokubun, Fuefuki, Yamanashi||NHS<br />Gokokusan Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Kai Kokubun-niji

| Higashihara, Ichinomiya-cho, Fuefuki, Yamanashi||NHS<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Sagami Kokubun-ji

|Kokubu-minami Ebina, Kanagawa||NHS<br />Tōkōzan Iōin Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Sagami Kokubun-niji

| Kokubu-kita, Ebina, Kanagawa||NHS<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Musashi Kokubun-ji

| Nishimotocho, Kokubunji, Tokyo||NHS<br /> Iōzen Saishōin Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Musashi Kokubun-ji

| Nishimotocho, Kokubunji, Tokyo||NHS<br /> -none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Awa Kokubun-ji

| Kokubun, Tateyama, Chiba||PHS <br />Nisshikizan Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Awa Kokubun-niji

| (Unknown)|| -none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Kazusa Kokubun-ji

| Sōza, Ichihara, Chiba||NHS<br />Iōzan Seijō-in Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Kazusa Kokubun-niji

| Kokubunjidai-chuo, Ichihara, Chiba||NHS<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Shimōsa Kokubun-ji

| Kokubu, Ichikawa, Chiba||NHS<br />Kokubu Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Shimōsa Kokubun-niji

| Kokubu, Ichikawa, Chiba||NHS<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Hitachi Kokubun-ji

| Fuchu, Ishioka, Ibaraki||S.NHS<br />Jōrurizan Tōhō-in Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Hitachi Kokubun-niji

| Wakamatsu, Ishioka, Ibaraki||S.NHS<br /> -none-

|- style="position:sticky; top:1.2rem"

|colspan="9" style="background-color:#C0C0C0"|Tōsandō

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Ōmi Kokubun-ji

| （推定）Kise, Kōka, Shiga<br />（within Shigaraki Palace）<br />（推定）Seta temple ruins, Ōtsu, Shiga<br />（推定）Hikarigaokacho, Ōtsu, Shiga<br />　　（Kokushoji Temple ruins, Ōtsu）||1：NHS（Shigaraki Palace）<br />Besshōzan Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Ōmi Kokubun-niji

| （Unknown）|| -none-<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Mino Kokubun-ji

| Aono-cho, Ōgaki, Gifu||NHS<br />Kinginzan Ruriko-in Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Mino Kokubun-niji

| （推定）Hirao, Fuwa District, Tarui, Gifu||-none-<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Hida Kokubun-ji

| Sowa-cho, Takayama, Gifu||NHS (Pagoda only)<br />Iozan Hida Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Hida Kokubun-niji

| Okamotocho, Takayama, Gufu<br />Tsujigamori Jinja ruin ||CHS<br />Kenshōzan Kokubun-ji

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Shinano Kokubun-ji

| Kokubu, Ueda, Nagano||NHS<br />Shinano Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Shinano Kokubun-niji

| Kokubu, Ueda, Nagano||HS<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Kōzuke Kokubun-ji

| Higashikokubu, Takasaki, Gunma||NHS<br />Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Kōzuke Kokubun-niji

| Higashikokubu, Takasaki, Gunma||NHS<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Shimotsuke Kokubun-ji

| Kokubunji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi||NHS<br />Rurikozan Anyo-in Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Shimotsuke Kokubun-niji

| Kokubunji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi||NHS<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Mutsu Kokubun-ji

| Wakabayashi-ku, SendaiMiyagi||NHS<br />Gokokusan Io-in Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Mutsu Kokubun-niji

| Shirahagi-cho, Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi||NHS<br />Gokokuzan Mutsu Kokubun-niji

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Dewa Kokubun-ji

| （推定）Jowa, Sakata, Yamagata<br />（推定)||1：NHS（Dōnomae ruins）<br />Gokokuzan Hakusan-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Dewa Kokubun-niji

| （Unknown）||-none-<br />-none-

|- style="position:sticky; top:1.2rem"

|colspan="6" style="background-color:#C0C0C0"|Hokurikudō

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Wakasa Kokubun-ji

| Kokubu, Obama, Fukui, ||NHS<br />Wakasa Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Wakasa Kokubun-niji

| （Unknown）||-none-<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Echizen Kokubun-ji

| （Unknown）|| -none- <br />Gokokusan Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Echizen Kokubun-niji

| （Unknown）|| -none-<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Kaga Kokubun-ji

| （推定）Kofucho, Komatsu, Ishikawa|| -none- <br />-none-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Kaga Kokubun-niji

| （Unknown）|| -none-<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Noto Kokubun-ji

| Kokubuncho, Nanao, Ishikawa ||NHS<br />-none-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Noto Kokubun-niji

| （Unknown）|| -none-<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Etchū Kokubun-ji

| Fushiki Ichinomiya Takaoka, Toyama||PHS<br />Etchu Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Etchū Kokubun-niji

| Fushiki Ichinomiya, Takaoka, Toyama|| -none-<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Echigo Kokubun-ji

| （推定）Kokufu, Jōetsu, Niigata||-none-<br />Ankokusan Kezō-in Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Echigo Kokubun-niji

| （Unknown）|| -none-<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Sado Kokubun-ji

| Kokubunji, Sado, Niigata||NHS<br />Iozan Ruriko-in Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Sado Kokubun-niji

| （Unknown）|| -none-<br />-none-

|- style="position:sticky; top:1.2rem"

|colspan="6" style="background-color:#C0C0C0"|San'indō

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Tanba Kokubun-ji

| Kokubu, Chitose-cho, Kameoka, Kyoto||NHS<br />Gokokuzan Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Tanba Kokubun-niji

| Kawarajiri, Kawarabayashi-cho, Kameoka, Kyoto ||-none-<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Tango Kokubun-ji

| Kokubu, Miyazu, Kyoto ||NHS<br />Gokokuzan Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Tango Kokubun-niji

| （Unknown）|| -none-<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Tajima Kokubun-ji

| Hidaka Kokubunji, Toyooka, Hyogo ||NHS<br />Giokokuzan Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Tajima Kokubun-niji

| Hidaka, Toyooka, Hyogo||-none-<br />Tendaizan Hokke-ji

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Inaba Kokubun-ji

| Kokubunji, Kokufu-cho, Tottori, Tottori||-none-<br />Saishōzan Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Inaba Kokubun-niji

| （推定）Hokkeji, Kokufu-cho, Tottori, Tottori| -none-<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Hōki Kokubun-ji

| Kokubunji, Kurayoshi, Tottori||NHS<br />Gokokuzan Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Hōki Kokubun-niji

| （推定）Kokubunji, Kurayoshi, Tottori||-none-<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Izumo Kokubun-ji

| Takeyacho, Matsue, Shimane||NHS<br /> -none-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Izumo Kokubun-niji

| Takeyacho, Matsue, Shimane||-none-<br /> -none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Iwami Kokubun-ji

| Kokubuncho, Hamada, Shimane||NHS<br />Tōkō-zan Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Iwami Kokubun-niji

| Kokubuncho, Hamada, Shimane||PHS<br />Ryōshōzan Kōmyō-ji

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Oki Kokubun-ji

| Ikeda, Okinoshima, Shimane ||NHS<br />Zenōzan Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"|Oki Kokubun-niji

| Yuki, Okinoshima, Shimane||PHS<br />-none-

|- style="position:sticky; top:1.2rem"

|colspan="9" style="background-color:#C0C0C0"|San'yōdō

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Harima Kokubun-ji

|Mikunomachi Kokubunji, Himeji, Hyōgo||NHS<br />Ushidōzan Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Harima Kokubun-niji

| Kokubunji, Himeji, Hyōgo|| -none- <br />Kongō-san Tokushō-ji

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Mimasaka Kokubun-ji

| Kokubunji, Tsuyama, Okayama||NHS<br />Ryujusan Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Mimasaka Kokubun-niji

| Kokubunji, Tsuyama, Okayama||-none-<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Bizen Kokubun-ji

| Umaya, Akaiwa, Okayama||NHS<br />Konkōzan Enju-in Zenkyō-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Bizen Kokubun-niji

| Umaya, Hosaki, Akaiwa, Okayama||-none-<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Bitchū Kokubun-ji

| Kamibayashi, Sōja, Okayama||NHS<br />Nisshōzan Sōjiin Kokubunji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Bitchū Kokubun-niji

| Kamibayashi, Sōja, Okayama||NHS<br /> -none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Bingo Kokubun-ji

| Kannabe-cho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima||-none-<br />Karaoyama Iō-in Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Bingo Kokubun-niji

| （推定）Kannabe-cho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima|| -none-<br /> -none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Aki Kokubun-ji

| Saijō-cho Yoshiyuki, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima||NHS<br />Kinjōzan Jōkō-in Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Aki Kokubun-niji

| （推定）Saijō-cho Yoshiyuki, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima|| -none-<br /> -none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Suō Kokubun-ji

| Kokubunjicho, Hōfu, Yamaguchi||NHS<br />Jōrurizan Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Suo Kokubun-niji|

|Kokubunjicho, Hōfu, Yamaguchi|| -none- <br />Jōkaizan Hokke-ji

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Nagato Kokubun-ji

|Miyanouchi-cho, Chofu, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi||-none-<br />Jōrurizan Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Nagato Kokubun-niji

| （推定）Chōfu, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi ||-none-<br />-none-

|- style="position:sticky; top:1.2rem"

|colspan="9" style="background-color:#C0C0C0"|Nankaido

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Kii Kokubun-ji

|Higashi-Kokubu, Kinokawa, Wakayama||NHS<br />Hakkōzan Iōin Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Kii Kokubun-niji

| （推定）Nishikokubu, Iwade, Wakayama||-none-<!--国史跡の西国分塔跡はまだ推測段階--><br />- none -

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Awaji Kokubun-ji

|Yagi Kokubu Minamiawaji, Hyogo||NHS (pagoda site)<br />Awaji Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Awaji Kokubun-niji

| （推定）Yagi, Minamiawaji, Hyogo|| -none-<br />Kinunzan Rishō-in

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Awa Kokubun-ji

|Kokufu-cho Yano, Tokushima, Tokushima||PNHS<br />Yakuōzan Konjiki-in Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Awa Kokubun-niji

| Meizai, Ishii, Tokushima||NHS<br /> -none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Sanuki Kokubun-ji

| Kokubu Kokubunji-cho, Takamatsu, Kagawa||SNHS<br />Hakuushizan Senju-in Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Sanuki Kokubunni-ji

| Arai Kokubunji-cho, Takamatsu, Kagawa||NHS<br />Daijisan Hokke-ji

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Iyo Kokubun-ji

| Kokubuncho, Imabari, Ehime||NHS (pagoda site)<br />Konkōzan Saishō-in Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Iyo Kokubun-niji

| （推定）Sakuraim Imabari, Ehime||PHS (pagoda site)<br />Fudarakuzan Hokke-ji

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Tosa Kokubun-ji

| Kokubun, Nankoku, Kōchi||NHS<br />Mani-san Hōzō-in Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Tosa Kokubun-niji

| （Unknown）||-none-<br />-none-

|- style="position:sticky; top:1.2rem"

|colspan="9" style="background-color:#C0C0C0"|Saikaidō

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Chikuzen Kokubun-ji

| Kokubu, Dazaifu, Fukuoka||NHS<br />Ryutōkōzan Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Chikuzen Kokubun-niji

| Kokubu, Dazaifu, Fukuoka||-none-<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Chikugo Kokubun-ji

| Kokubuncho, Kurume, Fukuoka||CHS<br />Gokokuzan Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Chikugo Kokubun-niji

| （推定）Kokubuncho, Kurume, Fukuoka||-none-<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Buzen Kokubun-ji

| Kokubu Miyako, Fukuoka || NHS<br />Konkōmyōzan Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Buzen Kokubun-niji

| （推定）Tokusei, Kokubu, Miyako Fukuoka||-none-<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Bungo Kokubun-ji

|Kokubu, Oita, Oita ||NHS<br>Iōzan Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Bungo Kokubun-niji

| （推定）Kokubu, Oita, Oita||<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Hizen Kokubun-ji

| Yamatocho Niji, Saga, Saga||PHS<br />Konkomyoozan Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Hizen Kokubun-niji

| Yamatocho Niji, Saga, Saga||-none-<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Higo Kokubun-ji

| Izumi, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto||-none-<br />Iōzan Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Higo Kokubun-niji

| Izumi, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto||-none-<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Hyūga Kokubun-ji

| Mitake, Saito, Miyazaki||NHS<br />-none-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Hyūga Kokubun-niji

| Umatsu, Saito, Miyazaki||-none-<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Ōsumi Kokubun-ji

| Kokubu Chuo, Kirishima, Kagoshima||NHS<br />-none-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Ōsumi Kokubun-niji

| （Unknown）|| -none-<br /> -none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Satsuma Kokubun-ji

| Kokubunjicho, Satsumasendai, Kagoshima||NHS<br /> -none-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Satsuma Kokubun-niji

| （推定）Amatsucho, Satsumasendai, Kagoshima||-none-<br /> -none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Iki Kokubun-ji

| Kokubu Honmura, Ashiba Iki, Nagasaki||PNS<br />Gokokuan Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Iki Kokubun-niji

| （Unknown）||-none-<br />-none-

|-

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Tsushima Kokubun-ji

| （推定）Izuhara Imayashiki, Tsushima, Nagasaki||-none-<br />Tentōkuzan Kokubun-ji

! style="background:#ffffe8;"| Tsuhima Kokubun-niji

| （Unknown）||-none-<br /> -none-

|}

(Key: NHS= National Historic Site, PHS=Prefectural Historic Site, CHS= City Historic Site)

Modern place names

Modern place names based on this etymology include:

• Kokubunji, Kagawa
• Kokubunji, Tokyo
• Kokubunji, Tochigi

See also

• 735–737 Japanese smallpox epidemic
• Fuchū
• Glossary of Japanese Buddhism
• Ichinomiya (primary shrines of the province)
• Soja shrine (shrines that consolidated the deity for every province)
• Kokufu

References