Futai-ji

{{Short description|Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox religious building

| name = Futai-ji (Narihira-dera)

| native_name = 不退寺

| native_name_lang = Japanese

| image = 140531 Futaiji Nara Japan04s3.jpg

| image_size =

| alt =

| caption = Hondō

| map_caption =

| religious_affiliation = Buddhist

| sect = Shingon Risshu

| festival =

| municipality = Nara City

| prefecture = Nara prefecture

| country = Japan

| established = 845

}}

File:140531 Futaiji Nara Japan02s3.jpg

File:140531 Futaiji Nara Japan04s3.jpg

{{nihongo|Futai-ji|不退寺|}}, also known as {{nihongo|Narihira-dera|業平寺|}}, is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan.

The temple was opened by Ariwara no Narihira in 847, known as the author of the Tales of Ise. The temple was built over a place where it was formerly a mansion of Narihira's grandfather, former Emperor Heizei. The main hall houses a {{nihongo|Shō-kannon|聖観音|}} (a form of Avalokiteśvara or Guan Yin) buddha image as its primary worship object, surrounded by five Myo-O, as well as a small Shinto shrine also inside the same building.