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    820214°E / 34.478731; 135.820214 Asuka-dera (飛鳥寺), also known as Hōkō-ji (法興寺), is a Buddhist temple in Asuka, Nara. Asuka-dera is regarded as one of the oldest...
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    Sakurai Takatori Yoshino Temples Asuka-dera Oka-dera, aka Ryūgai-ji - Kansai Kannon Pilgrimage No.7 Tachibana-dera Kameishi (Turtle Rock) Ishibutai Kofun...
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    -dera or -ji. Another ending, -in (院), is normally used to refer to minor temples. Examples of temple names that have these suffixes are Kiyomizu-dera...
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  • 6th and 7th centuries Asuka, Nara (明日香), a village in Nara Prefecture in Japan, in the same area as ancient Asuka (飛鳥) Asuka-dera (飛鳥寺), also known as...
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    The Asuka period (飛鳥時代, Asuka jidai) was a period in the history of Japan lasting from 538 to 710, although its beginning could be said to overlap with...
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    of Asuka (or Ashuku) Nyorai, the Japanese equivalent of Akshobhya, one of the Five Buddhas of Wisdom, who is still worshiped in Asuka-dera (Asuka Temple)...
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    often used informally, for large statues of Buddha. The oldest is that at Asuka-dera (609) and the best-known is that at Tōdai-ji in Nara (752). Tōdai-ji's...
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    Japan. The original foundation of the temple was by Soga no Umako in Asuka, as Asuka-dera. The temple was moved to Nara in 718, following the capital relocation...
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    first temple in Japan, between 588 and 596. It was later renamed as Asuka-dera for Asuka, the name of the capital where it was located. Prince Shōtoku actively...
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    first story, (3x2 bays), but has no mokoshi. Some temples, for example Asuka-dera or Hōryū-ji, have more than one kondō, but normally only one exists and...
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    Shōtoku, first major sponsor of Buddhism in Japan The Great Buddha of Asuka-dera, oldest Buddha statue in Japan, and an example of the Tori style The Yumedono...
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    the Kizu River. Koma-dera is believed to have been the oldest temple built in former Yamashiro Province, dating from the Asuka period. It was the clan...
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  • temples clearly illustrates this trend: they are in chronological order Asuka-dera, Shitennō-ji, Hōryū-ji, and Yakushi-ji. In the first, the pagoda was at...
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    Prince Shōtoku (category People of Asuka-period Japan)
    bodhisattva at Asuka-dera temple Sculpture of Shōtoku from Hōryū-ji temple Japan portal Religion portal History portal Biography portal Asuka-dera Jōgū Shōtoku...
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  • be melted down and used to create a giant image of the Buddha for the Asuka-dera monastery in Nara. "Taikō's Sword Hunt", as it came to be called, was...
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    竜安寺 "Dragon Peace Temple". According to legend, when the Hōkō-ji 法興寺 or Asuka-dera 飛鳥寺 Buddhist temple was dedicated at Nara in 596, "a purple cloud descended...
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    novel Runaway Horses. Buddhist temples Miwasanbyōdō-ji Hase-dera Asuka-dera Tachibana-dera Abe Monju-in Seirin-ji Shinto shrines Ōmiwa Shrine Tanzan Shrine...
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    Kawara-dera (川原寺) was a Buddhist temple established during the Asuka period in Asuka, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Excavations have revealed a large-scale...
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  • Kannon Asuka-dera Daian-ji Gangō-ji Hase-dera Hōki-ji Hokke-ji Hōryū-ji Kimpusen-ji Kōfuku-ji Ōminesan-ji Murō-ji Saidai-ji Shin-Yakushi-ji Taima-dera Tōdai-ji...
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    population. Nanto Rokushū With the establishment of the new capital, Asuka-dera, the temple of the Soga clan, was relocated within Nara. The Emperor Shōmu...
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  • Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012. "Oka-dera". Asuka Historical Museum. Retrieved 14 May 2011. 山田寺跡 [Yamadadera Site] (in...
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    Soga no Umako (category People of Asuka-period Japan)
    deposited inside the foundation stone under the pillar of a pagoda at Asuka-dera (Hōkō-ji at the time), a temple whose construction Umako ordered, according...
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    side won, and in 695 a bout of sumo between Hayato on the grounds of Asuka-dera drew a crowd of spectators. Kakubayashi, Fumio. 1998. 隼人 : オーストロネシア系の古代日本部族'...
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  • Hyechong (category Asuka period Buddhist clergy)
    When Hōkō-ji (法興寺, Hōkō temple), which is now Ango-in (安居院) or Asuka-dera (飛鳥寺, Asuka temple) was completed in 596, the monk lived with the priest Eji...
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    Shitennō-ji (category Buddhism in the Asuka period)
    Torii (in German). University of Vienna. Retrieved 12 February 2010. "Asuka-Dera Temple". Retrieved 29 September 2016. "四天王寺の歴史, 和宗総本山 四天王寺" (in Japanese)...
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    Tori Busshi (category Buddhism in the Asuka period)
    statue. Tori Busshi's first known work is a bronze Shaka image of Asuka-dera, Asuka, Nara Prefecture, which he finished in 606. The work made a favorable...
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    The Tosaka-dera (鳥坂寺, Tosaka-dera) was an Asuka period Buddhist temple located in the Takaida neighborhood of the city of Kashiwara, Osaka, Japan. The...
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  • Ishibutai Kofun, Takamatsuzuka Tomb, Kitora Tomb, Kawara-dera, Asuka-dera, Oka-dera, Yamada-dera, Fujiwara-kyō, Yamato Sanzan The Sado complex of heritage...
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    Tachibana-dera (橘寺) is a Buddhist temple in Asuka, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is affiliated with Tendai Buddhism. According to legend, it was founded...
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  • becoming known as "incenses for prayers”. 596 : – Soga no Umako built Asuka-dera Temple, a clan temple for the Soga clan. 597 : According to the "Nihonshoki"...
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