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Sanbutsu-ji

Buddhist temple in Misasa, Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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35°23′57.55″N 133°57′20.74″E

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Sanbutsu-ji (三仏寺, Sanbutsu-ji) is a Buddhist temple in the town of Misasa, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. The Nageire Hall [ja] (投入堂, Nageire-dō) of Sanbutsu-ji, built in the Heian period is designated a National Treasure of Japan.

By tradition Sanbutsu-ji was founded by the Buddhist ascetic and mystic of the late Asuka period monk En no Gyōja (ca. 634–701). En no Gyōja is considered the founder of Shugendō, a syncretic religion which incorporated aspects Old Shinto, Japanese folk animism and shamanism, Taoism and esoteric Buddhism of the Shingon Mikkyō and the Tendai sects.[1]

The Nageire-dō hall is perched on the steep cliffside, supported by stilts using the kakezukuri [ja] technique

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