Sanbutsu-ji

35°23′57.55′′N 133°57′20.74′′E / 35.3993194°N 133.9557611°E / 35.3993194; 133.9557611

Sanbutsu-ji (三仏寺, Sanbutsu-ji) is a Buddhist temple in the town of Misasa, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. The Nageire Hall  [ja] (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.^[1]

The Nageire-dō hall is perched on the steep cliffside, supported by stilts using the kakezukuri  [ja] technique

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

• 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)

• Buddhist temples in Tottori Prefecture
• 9th-century establishments in Japan
• Tendai temples
• 849 establishments
• Religious buildings and structures completed in the 840s
• Tottori Prefecture designated tangible cultural property

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