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Sanuki Kokubun ji

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Affiliation
  
Shingon

Country
  
Japan

Completed
  
741

Founder
  
Gyōki

Deity
  
Senjū Kannon

Website
  
Sanuki Kokubun-ji

Phone
  
+81 87-874-0033

Sanuki Kokubun-ji

Location
  
2065 Kokubu, Kokubunji-cho, Takamatsu-shi, Kagawa-ken

Address
  
Japan, 〒769-0102 Kagawa Prefecture, Takamatsu, 国分寺町国分2065

Similar
  
Provincial temple, Aominezan Negoro‑ji Temple, Kokubu Station, Hashioka Station, Yashima‑ji

Sanuki Kokubun-ji (讃岐国分寺) is an Omuro Shingon temple in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. The provincial temple of former Sanuki Province and Temple 80 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage, it is said to have been founded by Gyōki in 741. The main image is of Senjū Kannon. The area has been designated a Special Historic Site.

Contents

Buildings

  • Hondō (late-Kamakura period); 5x5 bay, single-storey, irimoya-zukuri, tiled-roof; (Important Cultural Property)

    • Treasures

  • Wooden statue of Senjū Kannon (late-Heian to Muromachi period) (Important Cultural Property)
  • Bell (Heian period) (ICP)
  • Manirintō or 'dismounting stone' (City-designated Cultural Property)

    • Excavations

    Between 1983 and 1991 investigations uncovered remains of the axially-arranged Chūmon, Kon-dō, and Kōdō.

    Museum

    A museum exhibits finds from the site.

    References

    Sanuki Kokubun-ji Wikipedia
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