Oka-dera Temple
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thumb|Statue of Gien, the temple's founder is a Buddhist temple located in the Oka neighborhood of the village of Asuka, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Shingon-shū Buzan-ha sect and its honzon is a clay statue of Nyōirin Kannon Bosatsu. The temple's full name is Tōkō-zan Shinjūin-in Ryūgai-ji (東光山 真珠院 龍蓋寺). The temple is the 7th stop on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage pilgrimage route.
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- Instance of
- Buddhist temple
- Part of
- Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage
- Official name
- 龍蓋寺
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Asuka
- Dedicated to
- Cintāmaṇicakra
- Official website
- www.nara-yamato.com/en/oka_en
- Image
- Okadera Asuka Nara pref24n3900.jpg
- Has parts of class
- chōzuya
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- has facility
- public toilet
- Commons category
- Okadera
- Commons Institution page
- Oka-dera
- time of earliest written record
- 0740-00-00
- heritage designation
- Important Cultural Property of Japan
- public transport stop
- Okadera Station
- native label
- 岡寺
- inception
- 0663-00-00
- taxon found at location
- Paeonia
- street address
- 奈良県高市郡明日香村岡806
- fee
- 400
- phone number
- +81-744-54-2007
- fax number
- +81-744-54-3731
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- Overview
- Cultural Properties
- National Treasure
- National Important Cultural Properties
- Nara Prefecture Designated Tangible Cultural Properties
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Statue of Gien, the temple's founder is a Buddhist temple located in the Oka neighborhood of the village of Asuka, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Shingon-shū Buzan-ha sect and its honzon is a clay statue of Nyōirin Kannon Bosatsu. The temple's full name is Tōkō-zan Shinjūin-in Ryūgai-ji (東光山 真珠院 龍蓋寺). The temple is the 7th stop on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage pilgrimage route.
==Overview== The foundation of this temple is uncertain. According to the "Gien-den" in the "Tōdaiji Yoroku" and the "Fusō Ryakuki", the temple was founded when the monk Gien (643-728) built a building on the site of the Okamiya Palace, the residence of Prince Kusakabe, the son of Emperor Tenmu who died in 689. According to the temple's legend, Gien sealed an evil dragon which had been tormenting the local residences in a pond and covered it with stones. This led the temple to become famous as a place for prayers to ward off evil, and it attracted numerous pilgrims from the Heian period onwards, and to the temple' formal name of . However, the first appearance of the temple in historical documentation is in an entry in the "Shōsōin Documents" in July 740.
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