Futai-ji

Futai-ji (Narihira-dera)
不退寺
Hondō
Religion
Affiliation	Buddhist
Sect	Shingon Risshu
Prefecture	Nara prefecture
Location
Municipality	Nara City
Country	Japan
Prefecture	Nara prefecture
Architecture
Date established	845

Futai-ji (不退寺), also known as Narihira-dera (業平寺), is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan.

The temple was opened by Ariwara no Narihira in 847, known as the author of the Tales of Ise. The temple was built over a place where it was formerly a mansion of Narihira's grandfather, former Emperor Heizei. The main hall houses a Shō-kannon (聖観音) (a form of Avalokiteśvara or Guan Yin) buddha image as its primary worship object, surrounded by five Myo-O, as well as a small Shinto shrine also inside the same building.

See also

• For an explanation of terms concerning Japanese Buddhism, Japanese Buddhist art, and Japanese Buddhist temple architecture, see the Glossary of Japanese Buddhism.

References

• H. Martin, John; Phyllis G. Martin (1993). Nara: A Cultural Guide to Japan's Ancient Capital. Tuttle Publishing. pp. 103–105. ISBN 0-8048-1914-9.

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