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Its Kunisaki pagoda is the oldest dated example in Japan. The Shujo Onie is held here every other year.
About this place
Iwatoji is a Tendai-sect temple in the north-east of the Kunisaki Peninsula, at Iwatoji, Kunisakimachi, Kunisaki, Oita Prefecture. Its mountain name is Ishidatesan. It was designated a historic site of Oita Prefecture on May 15, 1979 (Showa 54). It is an old temple said to have been founded by Ninmon Bosatsu in 718 (Yoro 2) and was a branch head temple of the Rokugo Manzan. Of the pair of Nio statues standing at the temple entrance, the right-hand open-mouthed statue bears an inscription of 1478 (Bunmei 10) and is the oldest inscribed round-carved Nio statue in Japan.
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Founded：718 (traditional) Designation：Important Cultural Property Blessings：Warding off evil
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