Hase-dera Temple
Sign in to saveis the main temple of the Buzan sect of Shingon Buddhism. The temple is located in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The Main Hall is a National Treasure of Japan.
Key facts
- Religious building.name
- Buzan Shinrakuin Hase-dera
- Religious building.image
- Hasedera Sakurai Nara pref58s5s4272.jpg
- Religious building.image_size
- 300px
- Religious building.location
- 731-1 Hatsuse, Sakurai, Nara Prefecture
- Religious building.religious_affiliation
- Shingon-shu Buzan-ha
- Religious building.country
- Japan
- Religious building.website
- http://www.hasedera.or.jp/index.html
- Religious building.year_completed
- 8th century (727?)
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Key dates
- Inception
- 686
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- 豊山神楽院長谷寺
- Country
- Japan
- Dedicated to
- Eleven-Faced Avalokiteśvara
- Official website
- www.hasedera.or.jp
- Image
- Hasedera Sakurai Nara pref58s5s4272.jpg
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is the main temple of the Buzan sect of Shingon Buddhism. The temple is located in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The Main Hall is a National Treasure of Japan.
==Overview== thumb|left|upright|The staircase According to the description on , which is enshrined at Hase-dera, the temple was first built in 686 and dedicated to Emperor Tenmu, who was suffering from a disease. Later, in the year 727, the temple was expanded by order of Emperor Shōmu and a statue of Jūichimen Kannon, an eleven-headed manifestation of the Bodhisattva Kannon, was placed near the original temple that enshrined the bronze plaque. The temple has been burned down and rebuilt as many as ten times since the 10th century.