Prince Shōtoku

is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, located in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Built shortly after Buddhism was introduced to Japan, it is also one of the oldest Buddhist sites in the country. Its full name is , or Learning Temple of the Flourishing Law, with the complex serving as both a seminary and monastery.

semi-legendary Japanese prince (574–622)

thumb|240px|Shitennō-ji seen from above (center) in the middle of Ōsaka, 2025

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town in Minamikawachi district, Ōsaka prefecture, Japan

thumb|200px|The three-storied pagoda of Hokki-ji, a National Treasure

cap and rank systems established during the Asuka period

thumb|275 px|Front of the Main Hall (Japanese Buddhism)|Main Hall at Asuka-dera, [[Asuka, Nara]] thumb|Great Buddha of Asuka-dera

thumb|right|300px|South gate thumb|290px|A model of the garan of Daian-ji at the Nara period, seen from the south side, a part of 1/1000 scale model of [[Heijōkyō held by Nara City Hall.]] is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It was founded by Emperor Jomei in 639 as one of the first official temples in Japan at the capital of Asuka-kyō and was subsequent relocated to Heijō-kyō with the relocation of the capital, where it became one of the Seven Great Temples of Nara, Japan. It subsequently fell into decline and now is only a small fragment of its former s

Buddhist temple in Kakogawa, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Buddhist temple in Onomichi, Hiroshima prefecture, Japan

is a Shingon temple in Uzumasa, Ukyō Ward, Kyoto, Japan. The temple is also known by the names and , and was formerly known as , and .

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railway station in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, Japan

is a Buddhist temple located in the town of Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It was founded as a nunnery in the seventh century by Shōtoku Taishi. Located immediately to the northeast of Hōryū-ji, its statue of Miroku and Tenjukoku mandala are National Treasures. Chūgū-ji is one of three nunneries in Yamato whose chief priestesses were imperial princesses.

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right|thumb|from the picture album "Kannon Reigen ki" thumb|right|Prince Shōtoku at the Rokkaku-dō. Scene from the Illustrated Biography of Prince Shōtoku (聖徳太子絵伝), Muromachi period

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Buddhist temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan

Senkō-ji (全興寺) is a Buddhist temple in Hirano-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

Chōgosonshi-ji (), popularly called Shigisan (信貴山), is a Buddhist temple in Ikoma, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It was established in 587.

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