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The first [[Buddhist temple]] in [[Japan]], built in what is presently Takaichi in {{Wiki|Nara Prefecture}}. According to The Chronicles of [[Japan]], the court official [[Soga no Umako]] built this [[temple]] near his residence in {{Wiki|Ishikawa}} in 584 to enshrine a stone image of [[Bodhisattva]] [[Maitreya]] brought from the [[Korean]] state of [[Wikipedia:Baekje|Paekche]]. | The first [[Buddhist temple]] in [[Japan]], built in what is presently Takaichi in {{Wiki|Nara Prefecture}}. According to The Chronicles of [[Japan]], the court official [[Soga no Umako]] built this [[temple]] near his residence in {{Wiki|Ishikawa}} in 584 to enshrine a stone image of [[Bodhisattva]] [[Maitreya]] brought from the [[Korean]] state of [[Wikipedia:Baekje|Paekche]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 13:03, 5 July 2014
Ishikawa Monastery
石川精舎 (Jpn Ishikawa-shoja)
The first Buddhist temple in Japan, built in what is presently Takaichi in Nara Prefecture. According to The Chronicles of Japan, the court official Soga no Umako built this temple near his residence in Ishikawa in 584 to enshrine a stone image of Bodhisattva Maitreya brought from the Korean state of Paekche.
