Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Yamato

Main hall, or hondō, Saidai-ji
Enjō-ji, Nara
Shin-Yakushi-ji, Nara

The Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Yamato (大和十三仏霊場, Yamato jūsan butsu reijō) are a group of 13 Buddhist sacred sites in Nara Prefecture. Yamato was a former province of Japan corresponding to today's Nara Prefecture. The majority of the temples in this grouping are part of Japanese esoteric Shingon Buddhism.

Directory

Number Mountain designation (山号) Temple name Sect Dedication Address
1. Mount Ikoma Hōzan-ji Shingon Risshu Fudō-myōō Nara, Monzenmachi 1-1
2. Shōhōzan Saidai-ji Shingon Risshu Shaka Nyorai Nara, Saidaiji Shibacho 1-1-5
3. Abesan Abe Monju-in Kegon Monju Bosatsu Sakurai, Abe 645
4. Kamanokuchisan Chōgaku-ji Kōyasan Shingon-shū Fugen Bosatsu Tenri, Yanagimotocho 508
5. Yatayama Yata-dera Kōyasan Shingon-shū Jizō Bosatsu Yamatokōriyama, Yata 3506
6. Nijōzan Taima-dera Kōyasan Shingon-shū・Jōdo-shū Miroku Bosatsu Katsuragi, Taima 1263
7. Nichirinzan Shin-Yakushi-ji Kegon Yakushi Nyorai Nara, Takabatakecho 1352
8. Jumuryozan Ofusa Kannon Kōyasan Shingon-shū Kannon Bosatsu Kashihara, Ousacho 6-22
9. Mayumiyama Chōkyūji Shingon Risshu Seishi Bosatsu Ikoma, Kamimachi 4443
10. Tomisan Ryōsen-ji Ryōsen-ji Shingon-shū Amida Nyorai Nara, Nakamachi 3879
11. Shigisan Shigisan Gyokuzoin Shigisan Shingon-shū Ashoku Nyorai Ikoma District, Heguri Oaza Shigisan 2280
12. Ninnikusen Enjō-ji Shingon-shū Omuro-ha Dainichi Nyorai Nara, Ninnikusencho 1273
13. Kumagorisan Daian-ji Kōyasan Shingon-shū Kokūzō Bosatsu Nara, Daian-ji 2-18-1

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