Mimasaka Kokubun-ji
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Mimasaka Kokubun-ji (美作国分寺) is a Tendai sect Buddhist temple in the Kokubunji neighborhood of the city of Tsuyama, Okayama, Japan. Its honzon is a hibutsu statue of Yakushi Nyōrai. The temple claims to be the successor to one of the provincial temples established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794).[1] Due to this connection, the foundation stones of the Nara period temple were designated as a National Historic Site in 2004 with the area under protection expanded in 2009.[2]
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Mimasaka Kokubun-ji 美作国分寺 | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Buddhist |
Deity | Yakushi Nyōrai |
Rite | Tendai |
Location | |
Location | 483 Kokubunji-chō, Tsuyama-shi, Okayama-ken 708-0843 |
Country | Japan |
Geographic coordinates | 35°03′00.16″N 134°02′30.76″E |
Architecture | |
Founder | Emperor Shōmu |
Completed | c.741 |
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