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Yakushiji Temple

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Open today at 9:00-17:00
Recommended sightseeing time:1-2 hours
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457 Nishinokyōchō, Nara, 630-8563, JapanMap
Phone: +81 742-33-6001
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In 680, Emperor Tianwu built a monastery with the primordial dignity of the pharmacist in Fujiwara in order to pray for the early recovery of the disease of the queen (later the emperor of the reign of the emperor) in Fujiwara. However, the monastery has not been completed, but the emperor of Tianwu has died, and the successor emperor of the reigning emperor and the emperor of the martial arts continued to build the monastery, which was completed in about 698. Tianyan first year (973) was burned down, except for the temple of the Buddha and the two towers of the east and west. After several reconstructions, today, in addition to the East Tower, he such as the Buddha Hall, the lecture hall, the East Courtyard Hall, etc., are all buildings of the Edo era. The East Tower is a triple tower, each with a glaze layer (Figure 4 ⃣️), shaped like a six-fold tower, the remains of Nara's early stage, with the nine rounds of the upper part of the additional plume pattern as the most beautiful. The three statues of the pharmacist Buddha, which are also the masterpieces of the early gold and bronze Buddha statues of Nara, are still black and bright on the surface (open for a fixed period). In 1991, the construction of the new temple as the Xuanxu Sanzangyuan Galan was completed (Figure 8 ⃣️, Figure 9 ⃣️). As a tribute to the Chinese style of Galan, the high monk Xuanxuan of the Tang Dynasty, who is widely known for his novel "Traveling to the West", Pingshan Yufu Painting Bo created "Datang Western Region murals" (public at a fixed time).

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