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A temple founded by a Kofukuji priest at the end of the Nara period. It admitted women, so it is called the women's Koya.
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A temple founded by a Kofukuji priest at the end of the Nara period. It admitted women, so it is called the women's Koya.
About this place
Murō-ji (Japanese: 室生寺) is a Shingon Buddhist temple located in the city of Uda, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It lays on the mountainside of Mount Murō (室生山, Murō-san) and historically served as a place of worship for the Japanese dragon associated with rain prayers known as Zennyo Ryūō. Its five-storied pagoda (五重塔, gojū-no-tō) is one of the oldest standing pagodas in Japan, dating its construction to the 9th century.
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