Banna-ji | |
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鑁阿寺 | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Buddhist |
Deity | Dainichi Nyōrai |
Rite | Shingon |
Status | functional |
Location | |
Location | 2220 Ietomichō, Ashikaga-shi, Tochigi-ken 326-0803 |
Country | Japan |
Geographic coordinates | 36°20′15.1″N 139°27′8.1″E / 36.337528°N 139.452250°E |
Architecture | |
Founder | Ashikaga Yoshikane |
Completed | 1197 |
Website | |
Official website | |
Banna-ji (鑁阿寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect in the city of Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, in northern Kantō region of Japan. The honzon of the temple is a statue of Dainichi Nyōrai, leading to the temple's nickname of Dainichisama,.[1] The temple is built on the ruins of the ancestral fortified residence of the Ashikaga clan who ruled Japan during the Muromachi shogunate, and its grounds are a National Historic Site[2]