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Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Yamato

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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.

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Number Mountain designation (山号) Temple name Sect Dedication Address
1. Mount Ikoma Hōzan-ji Shingon Risshu Fudō-myōō Ikoma, Monzencho 1-1
2. Shōhōzan Saidai-ji Shingon Risshu Shaka Nyorai Nara, Saidaiji Shibacho 1-chome 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, Yatacho 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 Gyokuzōin 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-chome 18-1

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