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A temple on Mount Yoshino, said to have been founded by Emperor Tenmu, now a training hall for mountain ascetics.
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A temple on Mt. Yoshino in Yoshino, Nara. Built by Emperor Tenmu, it is an imperially commissioned temple of Emperors Tenmu and Jito. A training hall of Shinto-Buddhist syncretism, it has Jinpen Daibosatsu as its principal image and many temple treasures, including a seated Shaka Nyorai said to be Emperor Tenmu's personal Buddha. As training experiences, sutra copying and Buddha drawing and calming-insight meditation are 2,000 yen each, and waterfall purification is 4,000 yen (summer only).
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