Kii Kokubun-ji Temple

Kinokawa, Japan

The Kii Kokubun-ji is a Buddhist temple located in the Higashikokubu neighborhood of the city of Kinokawa, Wakayama, Japan. It was one of the provincial temples per the system established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794) for the purpose of promoting Buddhism as the national religion of Japan and standardising imperial rule over the provinces. The modern temple belongs to the Shingi Shingon sect and its main image is a statue of Yakushi Nyōrai. Part of the temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site in 1928 with the area under protection expanded in 1988.

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