Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Yamato


The Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Yamato are a group of 13 Buddhist sacred sites in Nara Prefecture. Yamato was a former province of Japan corresponding to today's Nara Prefecture. The majority of the temples in this grouping are part of Japanese esoteric Shingon Buddhism.

Directory

NumberMountain designation Temple nameSectDedicationAddress
1.Mount IkomaHōzan-jiShingon RisshuFudō-myōōIkoma, Monzencho 1-1
2.ShōhōzanSaidai-jiShingon RisshuShaka NyoraiNara, Saidaiji Shibacho 1-chome 1-5
3.AbesanAbe Monju-inKegonMonju BosatsuSakurai, Abe 645
4.KamanokuchisanChōgaku-jiKōyasan Shingon-shūFugen BosatsuTenri, Yanagimotocho 508
5.YatayamaYata-deraKōyasan Shingon-shūJizō BosatsuYamatokōriyama, Yatacho 3506
6.NijōzanTaima-deraKōyasan Shingon-shū・Jōdo-shūMiroku BosatsuKatsuragi, Taima 1263
7.NichirinzanShin-Yakushi-jiKegonYakushi NyoraiNara, Takabatakecho 1352
8.JumuryozanOfusa KannonKōyasan Shingon-shūKannon BosatsuKashihara, Ousacho 6-22
9.MayumiyamaChōkyūjiShingon RisshuSeishi BosatsuIkoma, Kamimachi 4443
10.TomisanRyōsen-jiRyōsen-ji Shingon-shūAmida NyoraiNara, Nakamachi 3879
11.ShigisanShigisan GyokuzōinShigisan Shingon-shūAshoku NyoraiIkoma District, Heguri Oaza Shigisan 2280
12.NinnikusenEnjō-jiShingon-shū Omuro-haDainichi NyoraiNara, Ninnikusencho 1273
13.KumagorisanDaian-jiKōyasan Shingon-shūKokūzō BosatsuNara, Daian-ji 2-chome 18-1