Hōkō-ji (方広寺, Hōkō-ji) (or Great Buddha of Kyoto [ja])[clarification needed] is a temple in Kyoto, Japan, dating from the 16th century.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi determined that the capital city should have a Daibutsu (Great Buddha of Kyoto) temple to surpass that of Nara.

The project during Emperor Shomū's reign took ten years.

Hideyoshi would complete the initial phase of his project in only three years.

[1] The architects for this project were Nakamura Masakiyo and Heinouchi Yoshimasa.