Yakushiji (Nara-shi, Japan)
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- Machida, K. Yakushiji, 1960.
- Wikipedia, via WWW, Oct. 5, 2006(Yakushi-ji is an ancient Buddhist temple of the Hosso sect in the city of Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan ... Founded in 680 A.D. in Kashihara, Yakushiji was moved to its present location when the capital moved to Nara in 710. The main hall was rebuilt in the 1970s after being destroyed by fire, and houses the Yakushi trinity. Yakushiji is one of the places in Nara that UNESCO has designated as a World Heritage Site)
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Yakushi-ji (薬師寺) is one of the most famous imperial and ancient Buddhist temples in Japan, and was once one of the Seven Great Temples of Nanto, located in Nara. Originally built in the 7th century in the old capital of Fujiwara-kyō, the temple as it stands (built in 730) is said to be a scrupulous copy of the original. The temple is the headquarters of the Hossō school of Japanese Buddhism. Yakushi-ji is one of the sites that are collectively inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name of "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara." The temple's main object of veneration, Yakushi Nyorai, also known as "The Medicine Buddha", was one of the first Buddhist Deities to arrive in Japan from China in 680, and gives the temple its name.
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