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Shitennō-ji (Japanese: 四天王寺, Temple of the Four Heavenly Kings) is a Buddhist temple in Ōsaka, Japan.It is also known as Arahaka-ji, Nanba-ji, or Mitsu-ji.The temple is sometimes regarded as the first Buddhist and oldest officially administered temple in Japan, [1] [2] although the temple complex and buildings have been rebuilt over the centuries, with the last reconstruction taking ...
The majority of the temples in this grouping are part of Japanese esoteric Shingon Buddhism. The pilgrimage group was established in 1979. The pilgrimage group was established in 1979. Shitenno-ji Ebara-ji
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Shiten'nō refers to four Devarajas, Hindu gods, historically adapted by Japanese Buddhism. [2] Traditionally, the Four Heavenly Kings are the guardian gods that are worshipped as the protecting deities of Buddhist sanctuaries. [3] When Kanō Jigorō began to develop judo from jujutsu, his efforts met with opposition from jujutsu practitioners ...
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Shitennō , a Japanese term normally referring to the Buddhist Four Heavenly Kings, is also applied to particularly famous or loyal retainers, in groups of four, to certain of Japan's most famous legendary and historical figures.
Shitennōji University (四天王寺大学, Shitennōji daigaku) is a private university in Habikino, Osaka, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1922, and it was chartered as a junior women's college in 1957. The school became a four-year college in 1967, and it became coeducational in 1981, adopting the present name at the same ...
Yakushi-ji was commissioned by Emperor Tenmu in 680 as an offering for the recovery from illness of his consort, who succeeded him as Empress Jitō. This act of building temples in devotion to Buddhist figures was a common practice among Japanese nobility after Buddhism was first imported from China and Korea.