Yuge Temple

Japanese: 弓削寺 - ゆげでら

An ancient temple located in Yao City, Osaka Prefecture. It is also written as Yugiji. It is thought to have been the family temple of the Yuge clan. Since Gyosho made a tribute to the temple in 742 (Tenpyo 14), it was probably built before that. As Dokyo was from the Yuge clan, Emperor Shotoku visited the temple in 765 (Tenpyo Jingo 1), bestowed food stipends on 200 households, and had a pagoda built in 770 (Hōki 1). It is unclear what happened to the temple after the Heian period, but it eventually fell into decadence. [Nakai Masataka]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

大阪府八尾市にあった古代寺院。由義寺とも書く。弓削氏の氏寺と思われる。742年(天平14)に行聖（ぎようしよう）が度者を貢しているから，これ以前の建立であろう。道鏡が弓削氏の出身であった関係から，称徳天皇は765年(天平神護1)この寺に行幸し，食封200戸を施し，770年(宝亀1)塔を造らしめている。平安時代以降のことは不詳で，いつしか退廃した。【中井真孝】

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