Kakuan-ji (額安寺) is a Buddhist temple in
Yamatokōriyama
280px, Kōriyama Castle
is a city in Nara Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 82,731 in 39,628 households, and a population density of 1,900 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
Geography
Yamatokōriyama is ...
,
Nara Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Nara Prefecture has a population of 1,321,805 and has a geographic area of . Nara Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Osaka Prefecture to the ...
, Japan. It is affiliated with
Shingon Risshu The is a comparatively small medieval sect of Buddhism in Japan that arose in the Kamakura period as an offshoot of Shingon Buddhism. Its founder was a monk named Eison (叡尊 1201-1290), a disciple of Jōkei, and carried further by Eison's disci ...
Buddhism, and was founded in 621.
See also
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Historical Sites of Prince Shōtoku
The Historical Sites of Prince Shōtoku (聖徳太子御遺跡霊場, ''Shōtoku taishi goiseki reijō'') are a group of 28 Buddhist temples in Japan related to the life of Prince Shōtoku.
Directory
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External links
Official website
Buddhist temples in Nara Prefecture
Shingon Ritsu temples
Prince Shōtoku
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