Shiramizu Amidadō

Shiramizu Amida-dō (白水阿弥陀堂), is a

The temple was closed to the public due to the damage caused by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, but restoration was completed in July 2012 and the temple reopened.

Buildings

• National Treasure); built in 1660. The building is a square structure with a thatched tented roof consisting of very thin layers of wood shingles. Inside, the walls were once covered with mural paintings, of which only a fragment remains. Along with Mōtsū-ji in Hiraizumi and a structure of Kōzō-ji in Kakuda, Miyagi, it is one of only three surviving structures of the Heian period in the Tōhoku region
  of Japan. The Amida-do is surrounded by ponds on all three sides: east, west, and south, and there is a worship path from the south.

Inside the Amidadō are five statues:^[3]

• Wooden
  Important Cultural Properties)^[5]
• Wooden statue of Jikokuten (Heian period) (ICP)^[6]
• Wooden statue of
  Tamonten (Heian period) (ICP)^[7]

Between 1972 and 1982 archaeological investigations were conducted into the pond, pebble beach, ornamental stones, peninsula, central island, and bridges of the twelfth-century paradise garden.[8]

Gallery

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  Shiramizu Amida-do Hall
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  Garden
• 
  Aerial photograph

See also

• Pure Land Buddhism
• List of National Treasures of Japan (temples)
• List of Historic Sites of Japan (Fukushima)
• Mōtsū-ji

References