Ashu-ji Temple

Japanese: 阿閦寺 - あしゅくじ

[1] This temple is said to have been built by Empress Komyo in the Hokkeji-cho area of Nara City. According to legend, the Empress made a vow to set up a bathhouse and wash the bodies of 1,000 people herself. When she did so, Aksho Nyorai appeared in the form of a leper, and so the temple was named after him. It was abolished during the Tencho era ( 824-834 ). [2] In the first year of the Ten'o era ( 781 ) , Isonokami Yakatsugu converted his private residence near Heijo-kyo into a temple. Japan's first library, a pavilion, was built within the temple.

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Japanese:

[一] 光明皇后が奈良市法華寺町辺に建てたと伝えられる寺。伝説によると、皇后は浴室を設けて自ら千人の身体を洗う願を立て、これを行なったところ、最後に癩者に化した阿閦如来が現われたことにちなむという。天長年間（八二四‐八三四）に廃絶。[二] 天応元年（七八一）、石上宅嗣(いそのかみのやかつぐ)が平城京付近にあった私邸を寺にしたもの。寺内に日本最初の図書館、亭(うんてい)を設けた。

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