Post by washi on Apr 17, 2015 11:04:15 GMT
Mi I Dera (me ee day ra), a Buddhist temple in Ōtsu, Japan, already has two placemarks, but neither of them provide the browser with anything more than its name. Miidera (a popular name for Onjōji 園城寺, which was not applied until a couple of centuries after its founding), is one of the most important temples in Japan. This is a claim I make based on it’s great age, its size, the role it has played throughout Japanese history, the natural beauty of its setting, its extensive collection of important Buddhist art, and its status as one of the four temples charged to pray for the wellbeing of the Japanese State, which it has held for well over a millennium.
Much of the presentation is concerned with the circumstances of the temples founding in the year 686, during the Asuka Period, but it also touches upon events and circumstances during the Civil War Era and the 19th Century.
Download FilePost last revised March 10, 2023.
