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A five-storey pagoda standing alone in farmland, an Edo tower on a Nara temple site - two eras in one view.
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The Bitchū Kokubun-ji (備中国分寺) is an Omuro-branch Shingon Buddhist temple located in what is now the Kamibayashi neighborhood of the city of Sōja, Japan. Its main image is a statue of Yakushi Nyorai. It claims to be the successor to one of the provincial temples per the system established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794) for the purpose of promoting Buddhism as the national religion of Japan and standardising imperial rule over the provinces. The ruins of the original Bitchū Kokubun-ji were designated as a National Historic Site in 1968, but the ruins of the associated provincial nunnery, the Bitchū Kokubun-niji (備中国分尼寺) were actually designated earlier, in 1922.
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Founded / opened：8th century Highlights / collection：Five-storey pagoda, Standing in the countryside of Kibiji Genre：Architecture, Outdoor art and land art
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