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Nanzo-in Temple
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Nanzo-in () is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Sasaguri, Fukuoka, Japan. It is notable for its bronze statue of a reclining Buddha, said to be the largest bronze statue of the Buddha reclining as he enters Nirvana in the world.
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- Instance of
- Buddhist temple
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Sasaguri
- Official website
- nanzoin.net
- Image
- Gate of Nanzoin Temple in Sasaguri, Kasuya, Fukuoka.JPG
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- Commons category
- Nanzoin, Sasaguri
- inception
- 1899-00-00
- street address
- 福岡県糟屋郡篠栗町大字篠栗1035
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Nanzo-in () is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Sasaguri, Fukuoka, Japan. It is notable for its bronze statue of a reclining Buddha, said to be the largest bronze statue of the Buddha reclining as he enters Nirvana in the world.
==History== thumb|Gate to Nanzo-in in Sasaguri, Fukuoka, Japan Nanzo-in was originally located on Mount Kōya, but local anti-Buddhist authorities threatened to destroy the temple in 1886. Public outcry lead to a decade-long effort to have the temple transferred to Sasaguri. It was moved in 1899, under the leadership of Sasaguri priest, Hayashi Satoshiun. Nanzo-in is the main location among the 88 temples that make up the Sasaguri pilgrimage route, one of the three famous walking pilgrimages in Japan.
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