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. [1] It is said to have been founded as a Ritsu school temple by Ganjin in 754, and to have been converted by Kōbō Daishi. [2] [3] The 5x5 bay irimoya-zukuri tiled Hondō (1618) has been designated an Important Cultural Property. [4] [5] A Heian period wooden seated statue of Senjū Kannon and the temple bell (1223) are also Important Cultural Properties. [6] [7] [8] [9] There is a museum of temple treasures and items relating to the Battle of Yashima. [2]
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