Mimasaka Kokubun-ji

Mimasaka Kokubun-ji - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

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). 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. Read more on Wikipedia

type: religious building
date from: c.741
official website: http://mimasaka-kokubunji.jp

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