Shitennō-ji
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Shitennō-ji is a Buddhist temple in Ōsaka, Japan. It is also known as Arahaka-ji, Nanba-ji/Naniwa-daiji, or Mitsu-ji 御津寺. The temple is sometimes regarded as the first Buddhist and oldest officially a
Chushin garan (中心伽藍)
Shitennō-ji seen from above (center) in the middle of Ōsaka, 2025
Model of the temple complex at the time of its construction, at Osaka Prefectural Chikatsu Asuka Museum
The rubble of the five-tiered pagoda after destruction by the 1934 Muroto typhoon
Shichidō garan
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Shichidō garan is a Japanese Buddhist term indicating the seven halls composing the ideal Buddhist temple compound. This compound word is composed of shichidō, literally meaning "seven halls", and the
Part of Tōshōdai-ji's garan (left to right, the kondō, the kōdō, the korō and the raidō)
A reconstruction of Asuka-dera's original layout with a pagoda at its center
Plan of Hōryū-ji's shichidō garan
Plan of Zuiryū-ji's shichidō garan