Oki Kokubun-ji Temple

Oki Kokubun-ji is a Buddhist temple in the Ikedafuro neighborhood of the town of Okinoshima, Shimane Prefecture Japan. It belongs to the Tōji Shingon-sect, and its honzon is Shaka Nyōrai. It is the successor to one of provincial temples established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794). Due to this connection, the foundations of the Nara period temple which overlap the present day complex were designated as a National Historic Site in 1934, with the area under protection expanded in 2018. It is especially known for the Renge-emai dance, a rural bugaku performance with masks and costumes suggesting a Heian period origin, that is a National Intangible Folk Cultural Property) that is held every April 21.

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