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Rengebuji (蓮華峰寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Chisan-ha sect of Shingon Buddhism located in the Southern side of Sado island. The temple is said to have been founded by Kūkai in the 9th century.
Rengebuji | |
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蓮華峰寺 | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Shingon Buddhism |
Sect | Chisan-ha |
Prefecture | Niigata |
Year consecrated | 806 (see text) |
Location | |
Municipality | Sado |
Country | Japan |
Prefecture | Niigata |
Architecture | |
Founder | Kūkai |
Its compound houses some well-preserved ancient buildings, several designated important cultural properties at a national level.
Among those are a Kondō (金堂) hall built before 1459,[1] a Kohodō (弘法堂) hall celebrating Kūkai dated 1609,[2] and an ossuary built before 1348,[3] making it the oldest building in Niigata prefecture.
References
edit- ^ "Database of the Agency of cultural affairs". Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "Database of the Agency of cultural affairs". Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "Database of the Agency of cultural affairs". Retrieved 6 May 2022.