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1. About Daijoin Monzeki

Daijoin Monzeki was constructed in 1087 as the special sub-temple in where resided the head priests of Kohfukuji temple, the most powerful temple in Nara.

It was central area for religions and politics in Nara which had been cherished as Mozeki temples that its head priests were from Shogunate, Imperial family or nobles as same as another sub-temple Ichijoin.

In the middle of the 15^th century, the head priest Jinson reconstructed the palace and created the gardens to restore from the devastation by revolt. It is said Jinson selected the present place to get plenty of room for restoration and that is apart from the central area of Chukondo Hall and the Five-storied pagoda in Kohfukuji temple. After a movement to abolish Buddhism in the 20^th century, Nara Hotel has managed it as the garden of the Former Daijoin Temple.