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Shingon Buddhist Shingon monks at Mount Koya is one of the major schools of Buddhism in Japan and one of the few surviving Vajrayana lineages in East Asia, originally spread from India to China through traveling monks such as Vajrabodhi and Amoghavajra. Kn ...

temple of the Kōyasan sect in Mitoyo, Kagawa, Japan. It was established by

Emperor Heizei , also known as ''Heijō-tennō'', was the 51st emperor of Japan, Emperor Heizei, Yamamomo Imperial Mausoleum, Imperial Household Agency according to the traditional order of succession. Heizei's reign lasted from 806 to 809. Traditional na ...

's instruction in 807.

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is a principal image now. The temple has undergone several reconstruction efforts since its founding, such as the rebuilding of its Main Hall (which is a

National Treasure of Japan Some of the National Treasures of Japan A is the most precious of Japan's Tangible Cultural Properties, as determined and designated by the Agency for Cultural Affairs (a special body of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science ...

) in 1300. Motoyama-ji is temple No.70 in the

Shikoku Pilgrimage The or is a multi-site pilgrimage of 88 temples associated with the Buddhist monk Kūkai (''Kōbō Daishi'') on the island of Shikoku, Japan. A popular and distinctive feature of the island's cultural landscape, and with a long histor ...

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* Main Hall - National Treasure of Japan. It was rebuilt in 1300. *

Sanmon A , also called , is the most important gate of a Japanese Zen Buddhist temple, and is part of the Zen '' shichidō garan'', the group of buildings that forms the heart of a Zen Buddhist temple.JAANUS It can be often found in temples of other de ...

(Niō Gate) - Important Cultural Property. Zen'yō. It was rebuilt in 1147. *

Pagoda A pagoda is an Asian tiered tower with multiple eaves common to Nepal, India, China, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Vietnam, and other parts of Asia. Most pagodas were built to have a religious function, most often Buddhist but sometimes Taoist, ...

- It was rebuilt in 1913. * Daishidō * Gomadō * Chinjudō - Cultural Property of Kagawa prefecture. It was rebuilt in 1547 (

Muromachi period The is a division of Japanese history running from approximately 1336 to 1573. The period marks the governance of the Muromachi or Ashikaga shogunate (''Muromachi bakufu'' or ''Ashikaga bakufu''), which was officially established in 1338 by ...

). * Amidadō * Jūōdō * Dainichidō * Ireidō * Kyakuden *

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* Kuri

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File:MotoyamaJi,Kagawa-Hondou.jpg, Main Hall File:MotoyamaJi,Kagawa-Nioumon.jpg, Sanmon (Nio Gate) File:MotoyamaJi,Kagawa-Gojyunotou.jpg, Pagoda File:MotoyamaJi,Kagawa-Taishidou.jpg, Daishidō File:Motoyamaji 06.JPG, Jūōdō File:Motoyamaji-Chinjyudou.jpg, Chinjudō File:Motoyamaji 07.JPG, Amidadō

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20110718212324/http://www.city.mitoyo.lg.jp/forms/info/info.aspx?info_id=457
70番札所本山寺
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