| Mii-dera 三井寺 | |
|---|---|
 Mii-dera no Bansho (三井寺の晩鐘), the evening bell at Mii-dera. | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Buddhist |
| Deity | Miroku Bosatsu |
| Rite | Jimon Tendai |
| Location | |
| Location | 246 Onjō-ji-chō, Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture |
| Country | Japan |
  Shown within Shiga Prefecture  Mii-dera (Japan) | |
| Geographic coordinates | 35°00′48″N 135°51′10″E / 35.01333°N 135.85278°E |
| Architecture | |
| Founder | Emperor Tenmu |
| Date established | 672 |
| Completed | 19th century (Reconstruction) |
| Website | |
| www.shiga-miidera.or.jp/ | |
Nagara-san Onjo-ji (長等山園城寺, Nagarasan Onjōji), also known as just Onjo-ji, or Mii-dera (三井寺), is a Buddhist temple in Japan located at the foot of Mount Hiei,[1][2] in the city of Ōtsu in Shiga Prefecture.[3] It is a short distance from both Kyoto, and Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake. The head temple of the Jimon sect of Tendai, it is a sister temple to Enryaku-ji, at the top of the mountain, and is one of the four largest temples in Japan. Altogether, there are 40 named buildings in the Mii-dera complex.
Mii-dera is temple 14 in the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage.
- ^ Hinago, Motoo (1986). Japanese Castles. Kodansha International Ltd. and Shibundo. p. 41. ISBN 0870117661.
- ^ Sansom, George (1958). A History of Japan to 1334. Stanford University Press. p. 221. ISBN 0804705232.
- ^ Iwao, Seiichi (1963). Dictionnaire historique du Japon. Librairie Kinokuniya. p. 2134. ISBN 978-2-7068-1632-1.