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Kōzuke Kokubun-ji

8th-century establishments in JapanBuddhist archaeological sites in JapanHistoric Sites of JapanKōzuke ProvinceMaebashi
Takasaki, Gunma
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Kouzuke kokubunji nandaimon

Kōzuke Kokubun-ji (上野国分寺跡) was a Japanese Buddhist temple located on the border of what is now the cities of Maebashi and Takasaki Gunma Prefecture, Japan. It was one of the provincial temples established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794) for the purpose of promoting Buddhism as the national religion of Japan and standardising control of the Yamato rule to the provinces. The temple no longer exists, but the temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site by the Japanese government in 1926. The ruins of the provincial nunnery, the Kōzuke Kokubun-niji (上野国分寺尼跡) is adjacent to they site but is not part of the National Historic Site designation.

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N 36.390286111111 ° E 139.03576944444 °
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371-0845 Maebashi
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