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The Yakushido rebuilt by Date Masamune still stands, carrying the line of the provincial temples into northern Japan.
About this place
Mutsu Kokubun-ji (陸奥国分寺) is a Buddhist temple in Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, Japan. It belongs to the Shingon-shū Chizan-ha sect, and its honzon is a hibutsu statue of Yakushi Nyōrai. It is the successor of the provincial temple (kokubunji) of former Mutsu Province. The grounds of the temple are a National Historic Site and one of its structures, the early Edo period Yakushi-dō (薬師堂), is an Important Cultural Property.
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Founded：741 Designation：Important Cultural Property, Historic Site Blessings：Warding off evil, Longevity
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