Sanbutsu-ji

Sanbutsu-ji
Nageire-dō of Sanbutsu-ji
Religion
Affiliation	Tendai
Deity	Shaka Nyorai, Amida Nyorai, Dainichi Nyorai
Location
Location	1010 Mitoku, Misasa, Tottori Prefecture 〒682-0132
Country	Japan
Architecture
Completed	849
Website
www.mitokusan.jp

Sanbutsu-ji (三仏寺, Sanbutsu-ji) is a Buddhist temple in the town of Misasa, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. The Nageire Hall (投入堂, Nageire-dō) of Sanbutsu-ji, built in the Heian period is designated a National Treasure of Japan.

By tradition Sanbutsu-ji was founded by the Buddhist ascetic and mystic of the late Asuka period monk En no Gyōja (ca. 634–701). En no Gyōja is considered the founder of Shugendō, a syncretic religion which incorporated aspects Old Shinto, Japanese folk animism and shamanism, Taoism and esoteric Buddhism of the Shingon Mikkyō and the Tendai sects.

See also

• List of National Treasures of Japan--Shrines
• En no Gyōja
• Shugendō
• Mount Mitoku

External links

• 三徳山三佛寺 (Home page) (in Japanese)
• 三徳山を世界遺産 (Central Tottori General Office) (in Japanese)
• 国指定文化財　(Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs) (in Japanese)