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title: Main Pagoda, Kofukuji
author: 663highland
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6764/main-pagoda-kofukuji/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Main Pagoda, Kofukuji
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6764.jpg)
## Image Caption
The main pagoda of the [Buddhist](https://www.worldhistory.org/buddhism/) [Kofukuji](https://www.worldhistory.org/Kofukuji/) [temple](https://www.worldhistory.org/temple/) complex in [Nara](https://www.worldhistory.org/Nara/), [Japan](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Japan/). Today's 50-metre high structure dates to 1426 CE, built after a fire destroyed several of its predecessors, the first of which was built in 725 CE.
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[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kofukuji13s5s3200.jpg) by [**663highland**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kofukuji13s5s3200.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 21 June 2017. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.