Mutsu Kokubun-ji
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Mutsu Kokubun-ji (陸奥国分寺) is a Buddhist temple in Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, Japan, belonging to the Shingon-shū Chizan-ha sect, and is the provincial temple ("kokubunji") of former Mutsu Province. The grounds of the temple are a National Historic Site.[1] and one of its structures, the early Edo period Yakushi-dō (薬師堂) is an Important Cultural Property.[2]
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Mutsu Kokubun-ji | |
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陸奥国分寺 | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Buddhist |
Deity | Yakushi Nyōrai |
Rite | Shingon-shū Chizan-ha |
Status | active |
Location | |
Location | 2-8-28 Kinoshita, Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken |
Country | Japan |
Geographic coordinates | 38°15′02″N 140°54′02″E |
Architecture | |
Founder | Emperor Shōmu |
Completed | 741 |
Website | |
Official website (in Japanese) | |
National Important Cultural Property |
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