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A temple in Maibara built in the Nanbokucho period, keeping a hidden standing wooden Sho-Kannon.
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An old temple in Maibara, Shiga, built by the monk Ninku in the Nanbokucho period. Its principal image is a wooden standing Sho Kannon statue (hidden Buddha), and it holds numerous cultural properties. The grounds have a pond garden from the early Edo period said to be shaped like Lake Biwa, and it is the family temple of the Imai clan, retainers of the Kyogoku clan, where the grave of Imai Gonroku remains.
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