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A Buddhist temple or Buddhist monastery is the place of worship for Buddhists, the followers of Buddhism. They include the structures called vihara, chaitya, stupa, wat and pagoda in different regions and languages. Temples in Buddhism repres ...
s established in each of the provinces of Japan by Emperor Shōmu
was the 45th emperor of Japan, Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 聖武天皇 (45)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession. Shōmu's reign spanned the years 724 through 749, during the Nara period.
Traditional narrative
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during the Nara period
The of the history of Japan covers the years from CE 710 to 794. Empress Genmei established the capital of Heijō-kyō (present-day Nara). Except for a five-year period (740–745), when the capital was briefly moved again, it remained the capi ...
(710 – 794).
History
Shōmu (701 – 756?) decreed both a ''kokubun-ji'' for monks and a for nuns to be established in each province. Tōdai-ji, the provincial temple ofYamato Province
was a province of Japan, located in Kinai, corresponding to present-day Nara Prefecture in Honshū. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2005). "Yamato" in . It was also called . Yamato consists of two characters, 大 "great", and 和 " Wa". At first, the ...
, served as the head of all ''kokubun-ji'', and Hokke-ji
, is a Buddhist temple in the city of Nara, Japan.
Hokke-ji was built by Empress Kōmyō in 745, originally as a nunnery temple on the grounds where her father Fujiwara no Fuhito's mansion stood. According to records kept by the temple, the ...
held that duty for the ''kokubunni-ji''.
Modern place names
Modern place names based on this etymology include: *Kokubunji, Kagawa
was a town located in Ayauta District, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 23,743 and a density of 904.50 persons per km². The total area was 26.25 km².
On January 10, 2006, Kokubunji, along with the ...
* Kokubunji, Tokyo
*Kokubunji, Tochigi
was a town located in Shimotsuga District, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 17,373 and a density
Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume ...
See also
*735–737 Japanese smallpox epidemic
The was a major smallpox epidemic caused by the Variola major virus that afflicted much of Japan. Killing approximately one third (around 1 million individuals) of the entire Japanese population, the epidemic had significant social, economic, and ...
* Fuchū
* Glossary of Japanese Buddhism
* Ichinomiya
is a Japanese historical term referring to the Shinto shrines with the highest rank in a province. Shrines of lower rank were designated , , , and so forth. ''Encyclopedia of Shinto'' ''Ichi no miya'' retrieved 2013-5-14.
The term gave rise ...
References
Buddhist temples in Japan Buddhist archaeological sites in Japan Former provinces of Japan Emperor Shōmu Buddhism in the Nara period {{Japan-reli-stub