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    construction of Shitennō-ji. Prince Shōtoku invited three Korean carpenters from Baekje. They brought knowledge and led the construction of Shitennō-ji. The commission...
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    Kongō Gumi (category Shitennō-ji)
    to construct Shitennō-ji, founds the company. Until the Edo period, Kongō Gumi remains the Miyadaiku for Shitennō-ji. In 593, Shitennō-ji was completed...
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    Tennōji-ku) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is named after the Shitennō-ji, the temple of the Four Heavenly Kings, which is located in the ward...
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  • until 2000. In 1902, the newly-cast 114-ton Shitennō-ji Temple Bell was hung in Osaka, Japan. The Shitennō-ji Temple Bell reigned as the heaviest functioning...
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    in 211 CE. Shitennō-ji was first built in 593 CE and the oldest Buddhist temple in Japan. Gallery Sumiyoshi Taisha Grand Shrine Shitennō-ji Remains of...
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    the Shitennō-ji was built. There is no record, on the other hand, as to who exactly were the people that have engaged in the construction of Hōryū-ji, although...
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    Range (WHS) Mount Kōya – Kongōbu-ji (WHS) Osaka – Osaka Castle, Umeda, Namba, Dōtonbori, Shinsaibashi, Shinsekai, Shitennō-ji, Sumiyoshi-taisha, Universal...
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    The Honnō-ji Incident (本能寺の変, Honnō-ji no Hen) was the assassination of Japanese daimyo Oda Nobunaga at Honnō-ji temple in Kyoto on 21 June 1582 (2nd day...
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    project to promote Buddhism and he commissioned the construction of Shitennō-ji. The Buddhist temple was built in Settsu Province (present-day Osaka)...
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    entrance of Buddhist temples. Even today, as prominent a temple as Osaka's Shitennō-ji, founded in 593 by Shōtoku Taishi and the oldest state-built Buddhist...
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    Tōfuku-ji's hon-dō Engyō-ji's jiki-dō Yakushi-ji's kairō Tōfuku-ji's kaisan-dō Hōgon-ji's karamon Shitennō-ji's karesansui A katōmado Tōfuku-ji's sanmon...
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    Honno-ji Incident in 1582. Gozen spent her later life with Nobukane at Tsu Castle until her death on 26 February 1594, and is buried at Shitennō-ji located...
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    Guanyin Temple, Dharma Drum Mountain, Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple, Shitennō-ji, Sensō-ji, Kiyomizu-dera, Sanjūsangen-dō, and many others. Guanyin's abode...
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    this trend: they are in chronological order Asuka-dera, Shitennō-ji, Hōryū-ji, and Yakushi-ji. In the first, the pagoda was at the very center of the...
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    temple priest. Pure Land Buddhism Japanese funeral Japanese sculpture Shitennō-ji 一心寺の定例納骨法要 [The regular burial ceremony at Isshinji] (in Japanese). Osaka...
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  • film; it was thought to have been discovered at a flea market at the Shitennō-ji temple in Osaka in 2007, but the discovered film later turned out to...
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    The Four Heavenly Kings of the Tokugawa (徳川四天王, Tokugawa-shitennō) is a Japanese sobriquet describing four highly effective samurai generals who fought...
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    Shitennoji Junior and Senior High School (四天王寺中学校・高等学校, Shitennōji Chūgakkō Kōtōgakkō) is a girls' private junior and senior high school in Tennoji-ku...
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    and lakes near temples are widespread. De Visser lists accounts for Shitennō-ji in Osaka, Gogen Temple in Hakone, Kanagawa, and the shrine on Mount Haku...
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    (794-1185) and the forging method from the Sinto period (1596-1781). Shitennō-ji Shichiseiken [ja], single-edged straight sword, Asuka period Hilts of...
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    is the third zoo to be built in Japan and is located southwest of the Shitennō-ji temple, the first Buddhist temple in Japan. African Savanna The habitat...
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    "islands" of the immortals. Part of the modern Zen garden at Tōfuku-ji (1940). Shitennō-ji Honbō garden A small garden in the Japanese Tea Garden of Golden...
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  • Entasis columns at Shitennō-ji, Japan...
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    Cat stars Shōta Sometani as Kūkai. Statue at Shitennō-ji temple Statue at Jizō-ji temple Statue at Kajū-ji temple Statue in Nobeoka, Miyazaki Altar at...
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    Williamsburg, Virginia, feature many heirloom varieties of plants. Shitennō-ji Honbo Garden in Osaka, Osaka prefecture, Japan – an example of a Zen...
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    inside of the tang (nakago) nie that appears in the ji black gleaming lines of nie that appear in the ji surface grain pattern (jihada) of small ovals and...
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    authorities forced additional ethnic Koreans to move to the Osaka area. Shitennō-ji Kanshin-ji Sumiyoshi Taisha National Museum of Ethnology, Japan [2] Open-Air...
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    Shitennoji Gakuen Junior and Senior High School (四天王寺学園中学校・高等学校, Shitennōji Gakuen Chūgakkō Kōtōgakkō) is a private junior and senior high school in Fujiidera...
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    the National Treasure Fan-shaped album of the Hokekyō Sutra (Lotus Sutra), Heian period 12th c. CE, currently kept in the Shitennō-ji Temple in Osaka...
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  • Kanjizai-ji Eihei-ji Nanzoin Shōfuku-ji Jōten-ji Enichi-ji Eihō-ji Shōgen-ji Shōhō-ji Ankoku-ji Buttsū-ji Myōō-in Antai-ji Chōkō-ji Engyō-ji Hōrin-ji Hōun-ji Ichijō-ji...
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