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'Daigo-ji' (醍醐寺) is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The main image (''honzon'') is Yakushi. Rigen-daishi (Shōbō) founded the temple in 874. More than seven centuries later, Toyotomi Hideyoshi held a famous cherry-blossom party there.

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National treasures

Several structures, including the ''kondō'' and the five-story pagoda, are National treasures of Japan. Including buildings and other works, the temple possesses 18 national treasures, and several dozen important cultural assets. Daigo-ji is part of the "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto" World Heritage Site.