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A Shingon Ritsu temple enshrining one of the largest stone seated Jizo images in Japan.
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Fukuchi-in is a Shingon Ritsu sect temple in Fukuchiincho, Nara, Nara Prefecture. Its mountain name is Seireizan. The principal image is Jizo Bosatsu. According to temple tradition, it began as Kiyomizu-dera, founded in Tenpyo 8 (736) at the imperial request of Emperor Shomu by Genbo. It later fell into ruin, and in Kencho 6 (1254) Jisshin of Daijoin of Kofuku-ji revived it by converting the surviving sutra repository into the main hall, and it was later renamed Fukuchi-in. Afterwards, it was also rebuilt by Eison. The principal image, Jizo Bosatsu, is a large one also called the Jizo Great Buddha.
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