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Sanuki Kokubun-ji
Sanuki
Kokubun-ji
is an
Omuro
Shingon
temple
in
Takamatsu, Kagawa
Prefecture
,
Japan
. The
provincial temple
of former
Sanuki Province
and
Temple
80 on the
Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage
, it is said to have been founded by
Gyōki
in
741
. The main image is of
Senjū Kannon
. The
area
has been
designated
a
Special Historic Site
.
Buildings
Hondō
;
5x5
bay
, single-storey,
irimoya-zukuri
, tiled-roof;
Treasures
Wooden statue of Senjū
Kannon
Bell
Manirintō
or 'dismounting stone'
Excavations
Between
1983
and
1991
investigations
uncovered
remains of the axially-arranged
Chūmon
,
Kon-dō
, and
Kōdō
.
Museum
A
museum
exhibits
finds from the site.