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Yamashina Hongan-ji
Yamashina Hongan-ji was the head temple of the True Pure Land school of Japanese Buddhism, built by Rennyo at Yamashina, east of Kyoto, and completed around 1483. A fortified temple town grew around it, from which the sect's leaders directed their followers, including the leagues ruling Kaga. It was burned in 1532 by rival warlords and Nichiren-sect townsmen, and the leadership moved to Ishiyama.
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