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The story is that Kongo Gumi was founded by people who had worked on the first Buddhist temple, but the first Buddhist temple, Hōkō-ji, wasn't started until 588
by twic 6y ago
The story is that Kongo Gumi was founded by people who had worked on the first Buddhist temple, but the first Buddhist temple, Hōkō-ji, wasn't started until 588. Not sure exactly what's going on there, someone should check the paperwork.
Canterbury Cathedral was founded in 597. I find it kind of wild that those two events were only nine years apart.
- bee_rider 6y agoThat seems like a rare reason for the story to seem suspicious. Predating the religion that they mostly work for. I bet they started out as a general purpose carpentry/construction company (I mean it was 588, they probably didn't need civil engineering licenses), and specialized to what what was getting them money. "Not sure if this new religion will work out, but we could always go back to making tables" - Them, probably.