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67: 39: 74: 46: 305:, with a Kondō in the west, Pagoda in the east, and a large Lecture Hall in the north. The alignment of this later temple is on a north-south axis. Fragments of a silver Buddha image have been recovered from the site of the Lecture Hall. Inscriptions on excavated roof tiles give the dates of either 630 and 632 or 690 and 692 AD. This was either shortly before or after the construction of the 446: 123: 66: 336: 451: 423: 273:
which have been found in the vicinity, but was identified as the ruins of Buddhist temple complex only in 1973, and was
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in 1984. The site has two overlapping occupation layers. The earliest layer appears to have been patterned after
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The site, which was backfilled after excavation, is located about a five-minute walk from
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The Anō temple site has been known for a long time due to numerous
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located between the Anō and Karasaki neighborhoods of the city of
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Location in Japan
Location in Japan
Ōtsu, Shiga
Japan
Kansai region
35°03′12″N 135°52′03″E / 35.05333°N 135.86750°E / 35.05333; 135.86750
Asuka period
National Historic Site of Japan
archaeological site
Asuka period
Buddhist temple
Ōtsu
Shiga Prefecture
Kansai region
Japan
National Historic Site of Japan
roof tiles
excavated
Kawara-dera
Asuka
Kondō
pagoda
cloister
Hokki-ji
Ikaruga, Nara
Ōmi Ōtsu Palace
Heian period
Anō Station
Keihan Electric Railway
Ishiyama Sakamoto Line

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