Yashima-ji

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{{nihongo|Yashima-ji|屋島寺}} is a Shingon temple in Yashima, a lava plateau to the northeast of Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. A branch temple of Ninna-ji in Kyoto, it is the eighty-fourth temple on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage.{{cite web |url=http://www.city.takamatsu.kagawa.jp/kyouiku/bunkabu/rekisi/naiyou/genpei/siseki/01.html |title=Yashimaji |publisher=Takamatsu City |access-date=19 April 2011}} It is said to have been founded as a Ritsu school temple by Ganjin in 754, and to have been converted by Kōbō Daishi.{{cite book |title=The 88 Temples of Shikoku Island, Japan |pages=140f |author=Miyata, Taisen |publisher=Koyasan Buddhist Temple, Los Angeles |year=2006}}{{cite web |url=http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/regional/kagawa/yashima.html |title=Yashima |publisher=Japan National Tourism Organization |access-date=19 April 2011}} The 5x5 bay irimoya-zukuri tiled Hondō (1618) has been designated an Important Cultural Property.{{cite web |url=http://www.city.takamatsu.kagawa.jp/5765.html |title=Yashimaji - Hondō |publisher=Takamatsu City |access-date=19 April 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/102/3277 |title=Database of Registered National Cultural Properties |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |access-date=19 April 2011}} A Heian period wooden seated statue of Senjū Kannon and the temple bell (1223) are also Important Cultural Properties.{{cite web |url=http://www.city.takamatsu.kagawa.jp/6190.html |title=Yashimaji - Senjū Kannon |publisher=Takamatsu City |access-date=19 April 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/4688 |title=Database of Registered National Cultural Properties |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |access-date=19 April 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.city.takamatsu.kagawa.jp/6175.html |title=Yashimaji - Bell |publisher=Takamatsu City |access-date=19 April 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/6949 |title=Database of Registered National Cultural Properties |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |access-date=19 April 2011}} There is a museum of temple treasures and items relating to the Battle of Yashima.