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| Ryōsen-ji Hondō (1283), a National Treasure | |
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| Mountain Name | Mountain Tomi (登美山) Mountain Bikō (鼻高山) |
| Denomination | Ryōsen-ji Shingon Buddhism |
| Venerated | Yakushi Nyorai |
| Founded | 736 |
| Founding priest | Gyōki, Bodhisena |
| Address | 3879 Nakamachi, Nara 631-0052 |
| Country | Japan |
| Website | Ryōsen-ji |
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Ryōsen-ji (霊山寺) is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan. Founded in the eighth century, the Hondō is a National Treasure and a number of other buildings and temple treasures have been designated Important Cultural Properties.
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In the late seventh century Ono no Tobito erected a set of public baths on Mount Tomi outside Nara and enshrined an image of Yakushi. In 734 Emperor Shōmu instructed Gyōki to erect a hall on the site, and two years later the Indian monk Bodhisena, noticing a resemblance to the Vulture Peak, founded the Ryōsen-ji. The Hondō was rebuilt in 1283. Toyotomi Hideyoshi granted the temple lands valued at a hundred koku. In the Meiji period many of the monk's quarters were abandoned and over two hundred images were burned. Restored in 1940, the temple has been revived.[1]
Jūrokusho Jinja (十六所神社) is now an independent shrine, but before the Meiji period served Ryōsen-ji in a tutelary capacity.[25] The Honden (1384) and subordinate Sumiyoshi Jinja Honden and Ryūō Jinja Honden (both 1386) have been designated Important Cultural Properties.[26][27][28]