Yakushiji Temple

Japanese: 薬師寺 - やくしじ

[1] A temple located in Minamikawachi-cho, Kawachi-gun, Tochigi Prefecture. It is said to have been founded by Emperor Tenmu. It had a Kaidan-in temple, and monks from ten provinces in the Kanto region were ordained there. It was said to be one of the three Kaidan temples in Japan, along with Todai- ji and Kanzeon-ji . Gyōshin and Dōkyō were exiled. It later fell into ruin, and was restored by Ryōken in 1262. In 1339, Ashikaga Takauji renamed it Ankoku-ji. Since 1880 , it has been a Shingon sect Chizan-ha temple. Shimotsuke Yakushi-ji. [2] The head temple of the Hosso sect in Nishinokyo-cho, Nara City. It was built in the 9th year of the reign of Emperor Tenmu ( 680 ) to pray for the recovery of the empress (later Empress Jitō), and was completed in 698 , the 2nd year of the reign of Emperor Mommu. It was first built in Asuka, but was later moved to Fujiwara-kyo, and then moved to its current location in 718 when the capital was moved to Heijo-kyo. The original temple is called Hon-Yakushi-ji. It is said that the original temple buildings were modeled after the Dragon Palace, and its layout is called Yakushi-ji style. In 973 , everything except the main hall and tower was burned down, and it was soon rebuilt, but due to repeated disasters, only the eastern tower and eastern temple hall remain. The eastern tower has a three-story mokoshi (a formal dressing staircase) and is a national treasure, along with the principal image of Yakushi Nyorai, the two attendant statues (Yakushi Triad), the standing statue of Kannon Bodhisattva, the hemp cloth-painted Kisshoten statue, and the Buddha's footprint stone. The main hall was rebuilt in 1976, and the western tower in 1980, based on their original form.

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Japanese:

[一] 栃木県河内郡南河内町にあった寺。天武天皇の創建と伝えられる。戒壇院が置かれ、坂東一〇か国の僧を得度し、東大寺・観世音寺と並んで日本三戒壇の一つといわれた。行信・道鏡が配流。のち荒廃し、弘長二年（一二六二）良賢が中興。暦応二年（一三三九）足利尊氏が安国寺と改称。明治一三年（一八八〇）以来、真言宗智山派の寺。下野薬師寺。[二] 奈良市西ノ京町にある法相宗の大本山。天武天皇九年（六八〇）皇后（のちの持統天皇）の病気平癒を祈って造立起願され、文武天皇二年（六九八）にできた。初め飛鳥に建てられたが、のち藤原京に移され、平城京遷都に伴い養老二年（七一八）現在地に移転。もとのものを本薬師寺と呼ぶ。創建当時の伽藍は龍宮を模したといわれ、その配置を薬師寺式と呼ぶ。天祿四年（九七三）金堂・塔のほかは焼失し、間もなく再建されたが、度重なる災禍により東塔と東院堂のみが残る。東塔は三層裳階(もこし)付きで、本尊の薬師如来および両脇士像（薬師三尊）・観音菩薩立像、麻布著色吉祥天像、仏足石などとともに国宝。なお金堂は昭和五一年（一九七六）に、西塔は同五五年に当初の形にもとづいて再建された。

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