Sakata Temple

This temple was located in Sakata, Asuka Village, Takaichi County, Nara Prefecture. It is said that Kurataku Tasuna became a monk at this temple to pray for the recovery of Emperor Yomei (reigned 585-587), and that the name originated from a grass hut built by his father, Kurataku Tatto, during the reign of Emperor Keitai. It was chosen along with Asuka Temple and others for Emperor Tenmu's Musha Tournament, and was also known as Kongo Temple in the Heian period and was a branch temple of Tonomine, but fell into decline after the Middle Ages. Excavations in 1973 unearthed the remains of a 7th century pond and earthenware with ink inscriptions bearing the name "Sakata Temple."

[Tamura Kosuke]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

奈良県高市(たかいち)郡明日香(あすか)村坂田にあった寺。鞍作多須奈(くらつくりたすな)が用明(ようめい)天皇（在位585～587）の病気平癒を祈るため出家修道した寺で、父の鞍作達等（達止）(たっと)が継体(けいたい)天皇時代につくった草堂に由来するともいわれる。天武(てんむ)天皇の無遮(むしゃ)大会に飛鳥(あすか)寺などとともに選ばれ、平安時代には金剛(こんごう)寺とも称し、多武峯(とうのみね)の末寺であったが、中世以降は衰亡。1973年（昭和48）の発掘調査により、7世紀の池跡や「坂田寺」と書かれた墨書土器が出土した。

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