Mii-dera Temple
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Key facts
- Religious building.name
- Mii-dera
- Religious building.image
- Miidera-no-bansho-M2075.jpg
- Religious building.caption
- (), the evening bell at Mii-dera
- Religious building.map_type
- Japan Shiga Prefecture#Japan
- Religious building.relief
- 1
- Religious building.location
- 246 Onjō-ji-chō, Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture
- Religious building.religious_affiliation
- Buddhist
- Religious building.rite
- Jimon Tendai
- Religious building.deity
- Miroku Bosatsu
- Religious building.country
- Japan
- Religious building.founded_by
- Emperor Tenmu
- Religious building.established
Article
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Founding, and feuds
- The Genpei Wars
- Sengoku period and beyond
- Halls and treasures
- Sub-temples
- Enman-in
- Kōjō-in
- Zenpō-in
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
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, also known as just Onjo-ji, or , is a Buddhist temple in Japan located at the foot of Mount Hiei, in the city of Ōtsu in Shiga Prefecture. It is a short distance from both Kyoto, and Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake. The head temple of the Jimon sect of Tendai, it is a sister temple to Enryaku-ji, at the top of the mountain, and is one of the four largest temples in Japan. Altogether, there are 40 named buildings in the Mii-dera complex.