Mangetsu-ji Temple
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is a temple beside Lake Biwa in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The Heian period statue of Shō Kannon is an Important Cultural Property.
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- Instance of
- Buddhist temple
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Otsu
- Body of water
- Lake Biwa
- Founded by
- Genshin
- Dedicated to
- Āryāvalokiteśvara
- Image
- Mangetsuji Otsu Shiga02n4500.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mangetsuji (Otsu)
- native label
- 満月寺
- fee
- 300
- street address
- 滋賀県大津市本堅田1丁目16-18
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is a temple beside Lake Biwa in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The Heian period statue of Shō Kannon is an Important Cultural Property.
thumb|The wild geese returning home at Katata (), by Hiroshige The temple, specifically the Ukimidō "floating temple" hall, features in one of the remaining views of the Eight Views of Ōmi, originally drawn by Hiroshige. The print featuring the temple is "The wild geese returning home at Katata" ().
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mangetsu-ji Temple” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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