Asuka-dera

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Asuka-dera is one of Japan’s oldest Buddhist temples, located in the Asuka area of Nara Prefecture and renowned for its early Asuka-period architecture and historic bronze Buddha statue.

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Label Occurrences
Asuka-dera canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist temple
architecturalStyle Asuka period architecture
associatedWith Prince Shōtoku NERFINISHED
Soga clan–Mononobe clan conflict NERFINISHED
country Japan
dedicatedTo Shaka Nyorai NERFINISHED
denomination Japanese Buddhism NERFINISHED
eraOfConstruction late 6th century
foundedInCentury 6th century
foundedInPeriod Asuka period NERFINISHED
foundedInYearApprox 596
founder Soga no Umako NERFINISHED
function historical tourist attraction
place of worship
hasAccess reachable from Asuka Station
hasAlternateTransliteration Asukadera NERFINISHED
hasArtStyle Asuka period Buddhist sculpture NERFINISHED
hasCategory 6th-century Buddhist temples
Asuka period NERFINISHED
Buddhist temples in Nara Prefecture
hasCulturalProperty Asuka Daibutsu bronze statue NERFINISHED
hasFeature ancient temple precincts
early Buddhist temple layout
hasStatue Asuka Daibutsu NERFINISHED
bronze Buddha statue
heritageStatus important early Buddhist site in Japan
historicalName Gangō-ji (original site) NERFINISHED
Hōkō-ji NERFINISHED
isPredecessorOf Gangō-ji in Nara NERFINISHED
locatedIn Asuka NERFINISHED
Honshu
Japan
Kansai region
Nara Prefecture NERFINISHED
locatedNear Asuka village historical sites
mainImage Shaka Nyorai statue NERFINISHED
materialOfMainStatue bronze
nearCity Kashihara NERFINISHED
Nara NERFINISHED
patron Soga clan NERFINISHED
regionOfCulturalContext Yamato NERFINISHED
religion Buddhism
significance associated with introduction of Buddhism to Japan
early center of Buddhism in Japan
one of Japan’s oldest Buddhist temples
tourismType cultural tourism site

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Gangō-ji foundedAs Asuka-dera
Asuka contains Asuka-dera