Izumo Kokubun-ji

Izumo Kokubun-ji - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The was a Buddhist temple located in the Chikuya-cho neighborhood of city of Matsue, Shimane, Japan. It was one of the Nara period kokubunji National Temples established by Emperor Shōmu for the purpose of promoting Buddhism as the national religion of Japan and standardising control of the Yamato rule to the provinces. The archaeological site with the ruins of the ancient temple grounds a portion of an ancient road was collectively designated as a National Historic Site in 1921. Read more on Wikipedia

type: religious building
date from: None

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