is a Buddhist temple complex in

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founded by Queen Bunchi, daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo, in 1656. Together with Chūgū-ji and Hokke-ji, it is considered one of the Three Yamato ''Monzeki'' (大和三門跡), or imperial temples, belonging to the Myōshin-ji school of Rinzai

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. The temple served as model for in Yukio Mishima's '' Spring Snow'' and was used as one of the locations for the filming of its 2005 dramatization. The temple is also home to the head office of the

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school called Yamamura Go-ryū (山村御流). The temple is not open to the public.

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