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A Tendai temple at Minakuchi in Koka. Its early-Kamakura seated Nyoirin Kannon is an important cultural property.
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A Tendai sect temple in the northwest of Minakuchi, Koka, Shiga. It is said to have been founded by Saicho. The principal image is a seated Nyoirin Kannon, designated a national Important Cultural Property as a work of the early Kamakura period, and is a hidden Buddha displayed once every 33 years.
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