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is the ecclesiastic head temple of Koyasan Shingon Buddhism, located on , Wakayama prefecture, Japan. Its name means ''Temple of the Diamond Mountain''. It is part of the "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range" UNESCO World Heritage Site. The temple was first constructed as Seigan-ji Temple in 1593 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi on the death of his mother, rebuilt in 1861, and given its present name in 1869. It contains many sliding screen doors painted by Kanō Tanyū (1602-1674) and members of Kyoto's Kanō school. The temple's modern Banryūtei (蟠龍庭) rock garden is Japan's largest (2340 square meters), with 140 granite stones arranged to suggest a pair of dragons emerging from clouds to protect the temple. the 412th abbot Yukei Matsunaga, who also acts as the supreme archbishop of the Koyasan Shingon sect, was incumbent. ==Gallery== File:Kongobuji Koyasan07n3200.jpg|Approach File:Danjogaran Koyasan12n3200.jpg|Konpon Daitō, the central pagoda File:Danjogaran Koyasan01n3200.jpg|Kondō, the main hall of Mt. Kōya File:Koyasan Danjogaran Fudodo.JPG|Fudōdō, a National Treasure File:Danjogaran Koyasan08n4272.jpg|Saitō, the west pagoda File:Danjogaran Koyasan23n3200.jpg|Tōtō, the east pagoda File:Danjogaran Koyasan15n3200.jpg|Mieidō File:Danjogaran Koyasan05s5s4272.jpg|Sannō-in File:Kongobuji Temple, Koyasan, Japan - Banryutei rock garden.JPG|Banryūtei rock garden 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kongōbu-ji」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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