Myōtsū-ji

The foundation of Myōtsū-ji is uncertain. Per temple records dated 1374, the temple was founded by the famous general Sakanoue no Tamuramaro in 806. Two of the structures of the temple date to the

Kamakura period: the Hondō and the three-storey pagoda and both are designated National Treasures. A number of Heian-period statues within these buildings are designated Important Cultural Properties. The temple also has a garden with a pond.{{cite web |url=http://www1.city.obama.fukui.jp/category/page.asp?Page=96 |title=Myōtsūji |publisher=Obama City |accessdate=31 January 2012}}

• Hondō (1258) (NT),{{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/102/820 |title=Myōtsūji - Hondō |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=31 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://info.pref.fukui.jp/bunka/bunkazai/sitei/kenzou/myotsuji-hondo.html |title=Myōtsūji - Hondō |publisher=Fukui Prefecture |accessdate=31 January 2012}} also referred to as the {{nihongo|Yakushi-dō|薬師堂}} has a floor plan of 14.09 m × 14.82 m. The building has a hipped roof with a distinctive roof beam and is covered with cypress bark shingles (檜 皮 葺, Hiwada-buki). It was restored in 1923.
• Three-storey pagoda (1270) (NT),{{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/102/821 |title=Myōtsūji - Sanjūnotō |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=31 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://info.pref.fukui.jp/bunka/bunkazai/sitei/kenzou/myotsuji-to.html |title=Myōtsūji - Sanjūnotō |publisher=Fukui Prefecture |accessdate=31 January 2012}} with a total height of 22.13 meters is also covered with cypress bark shingles. It was restored in 1958.
• Sanmon (1772) is an Obama City Cultural Property (C.ICP), and contains statues of the Kongōrikishi which are dated 1264, and which are also Obama C.ICPs.
• Shōrō

• Seated wooden statue of Yakushi Nyorai (Heian period) (Important Cultural Property), Gohonzon{{cite web |url=http://info.pref.fukui.jp/bunka/bunkazai/sitei/choukoku/myotsuji-yakushinyorai.html |title=Myōtsūji - Yakushi Nyorai |publisher=Fukui Prefecture |accessdate=31 January 2012}}
• Standing wooden statue of Gōzanze Myōō (Heian period) (ICP){{cite web |url=http://info.pref.fukui.jp/bunka/bunkazai/sitei/choukoku/myotsuji-gozanzemyoo.html |title=Myōtsūji - Gōzanze Myōō |publisher=Fukui Prefecture |accessdate=31 January 2012}}
• Standing wooden statue of Fudō Myōō (Heian period) (ICP){{cite web |url=http://info.pref.fukui.jp/bunka/bunkazai/sitei/choukoku/myotsuji-fudomyoo.html |title=Myōtsūji - Fudō Myōō |publisher=Fukui Prefecture |accessdate=31 January 2012}}
• Standing wooden statue of Jinja Daishō (Heian period) (ICP){{cite web |url=http://info.pref.fukui.jp/bunka/bunkazai/sitei/choukoku/myotsuji-jinjadaisho.html |title=Myōtsūji - Jinja Daishō |publisher=Fukui Prefecture |accessdate=31 January 2012}}
• Kenponchakushoku Hikohohodemi-no-mikoto emaki, 6 scrolls (Edo period) (Prefectural Cultural Property){{cite web |url=http://info.pref.fukui.jp/bunka/bunkazai/sitei/kaiga/myotsuji-hikohohodenomikoto.html |title=Myōtsūji - Kenponchakushoku Hikohohodemi-no-mikoto emaki |publisher=Fukui Prefecture |accessdate=31 January 2012}}
• 399 donor plaques dating from 1309 to 1694 (Prefectural Cultural Property){{cite web |url=http://info.pref.fukui.jp/bunka/bunkazai/sitei/yukeimin/myotsuji-kishinfuda.html |title=Myōtsūji - Nyohōkyō ryōsoku kishin fuda |publisher=Fukui Prefecture |accessdate=31 January 2012}}

• List of National Treasures of Japan (temples)

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