{"id":6640,"date":"2011-11-04T23:15:39","date_gmt":"2011-11-05T03:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/?p=6640"},"modified":"2011-11-04T23:15:39","modified_gmt":"2011-11-05T03:15:39","slug":"osaka-shitennuji-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/2011\/11\/04\/osaka-shitennuji-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Osaka–Shitennouji Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"

17 October 2011<\/p>\n

The Shitennouji (Temple of the Four Heavenly Kings) is Japan’s oldest surviving Buddhist temple. It was built by Prince Shoutoku (574-622), one of the country’s earliest and most important converts to Buddhism. As with most such ancient structures it has been burned down and rebuilt several times.
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\nThe entrance is a torii<\/em>, reflecting a time when no firm distinction was made between a Buddhist temple and a Shinto shrine.
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I think this is an image of the prince.
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A statue of Shinran, the founder of the New Pure Land sect.
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The tallest building is a traditional Buddhist 5 story pagoda.
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Inside the pagoda are some interesting murals and figures, rather primitive and presumably ancient. There was no sign forbidding picture taking so I went ahead and took some.
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The building next to the pagoda has a very impressive set of murals depicting the life of the historical Buddha. Unfortunately in this case there was a sign forbidding photographs.
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