Onodera Temple (Nara)

...Most of the village area is covered by forests, and the main industries are agriculture and forestry, and tourism centered around Muroji Temple. In addition to rice, tea and vegetables are also cultivated. Muroji Temple is famous as "Women's Koyasan," while Oono-ji Temple, located where the Muro River joins the Uda River, is famous for its stone Buddha (history). This rock-carved Buddha is a Maitreya statue with a body of about 11.5m (including the halo, about 13.8m) carved into the rock face of dacite rock called Byobugaura, and was made by a stonemason from the Song Dynasty at the request of Emperor Gotoba. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Ono-ji Temple (Nara)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…村域の大部分を山林が占め，主産業は農林業と室生寺を中心とする観光で，農業は米作のほか茶や野菜栽培が行われる。室生寺は〈女人高野〉として著名だが，室生川が宇陀川に合流するところにある大野寺は石仏(史)で有名。屛風ヶ浦とよばれる石英安山岩の岩壁に仏身約11.5m(光背とも約13.8m)の弥勒像を刻んだ磨崖仏で，後鳥羽院の発願により，宋人石匠の手になる。…

※「大野寺（奈良）」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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