Yashima-ji

Yashima-ji (屋島寺) is a Shingon temple in Yashima, a lava plateau to the northeast of Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. A branch temple of Ninna-ji in Kyoto, it is the eighty-fourth temple on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage.^[1] It is said to have been founded as a Ritsu school temple by Ganjin in 754, and to have been converted by Kōbō Daishi.^[2][3] The 5x5 bay irimoya-zukuri tiled Hondō (1618) has been designated an Important Cultural Property.^[4][5] A Heian period wooden seated statue of Senjū Kannon and the temple bell (1223) are also Important Cultural Properties.^[6][7][8][9] There is a museum of temple treasures and items relating to the Battle of Yashima.^[2]

Yashima-ji Hondō (1618), an Important Cultural Property

Map around Yashima-ji

See also

• Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage
• Battle of Yashima
• Yashima no Hage-tanuki
• Geographic data related to Yashima-ji at OpenStreetMap