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English: It is said that the national treasure that is handed down in the temple, "Shigisan Engi" (legends of Mt. Shigi) was established in the late Heian period in 12th century, and it is recognized as a representative work among Japanese picture scrolls.
Japanese: 寺に伝わる国宝『信貴山縁起』は、平安時代後期、12世紀の成立とされ、日本の絵巻物の代表作とされている。
English: Unlike ordinary illustrated origins of shrines and temples, this picture scroll does not describe anything about details of how Chogosonshi-ji Temple was founded, but its subject mater is a miraculous stories of a highly virtuous monk called Myoren (命蓮) who was practicing in Mt. Shigi.
Japanese: この絵巻は通常の社寺縁起絵とは異なって、朝護孫子寺の創建の経緯等については何も述べておらず、信貴山で修行していた命蓮（みょうれん）という聖（ひじり）の奇跡譚が中心主題となっている。
English: The volume two (of three) of the illustrated scroll describes an anecdote that Myoren healed the illness of the Emperor of the Engi era (Emperor Godaigo) with his power of Buddhism.
Japanese: 絵巻の中巻では延喜の帝（醍醐天皇）の病を命蓮が法力で治したという話が語られている。
English: An anecdote almost same as the captions of "Shigisan Engi" is contained in "Uji Shui Monogatari" (a collection of the Tales from Uji), and "Konjaku Monogatari (Shu) " (The Tale of Times Now Past) also contains an anecdote about foundation of Shigisan-ji Temple.
Japanese: 『信貴山縁起絵巻』の詞書とほぼ同様の説話が『宇治拾遺物語』にあり、『今昔物語』にも信貴山寺の草創に関する説話が収録されている。
English: (In "Uji Shui Monogatari," the name of the monk is 'Moren, and in "Konjaku Monogatari," it is 'Myoren [明練].')
Japanese: （聖の名は『宇治拾遺物語』には「もうれん」、『今昔物語』には「明練」とある。）
English: In the article dated on September 19, 930 in "Fuso Ryakki," a history book that was established in the late Heian period, there is a description that 'Shami (novice monk) Myoren' who lived in 'Shikisan-ji Temple (志貴山寺)' in Kawachi Province' offered a prayer for cure of Emperor Daigo's disease.
Japanese: 平安時代末期に成立した歴史書『扶桑略記』の延長8年（930年）8月19日条には、「河内国志貴山寺住」の「沙弥命蓮」が醍醐天皇の病気平癒のため祈祷を行ったことが見える。
English: It seems that Emperor Daigo's disease was critical at that time and he died a month later, on October 28, which is different from the anecdote.
Japanese: なお、当時醍醐天皇の病気は相当進んでいたようで、1か月後の9月29日に死去しており、この点は説話と異なっている。
English: Mt. Shigi is located on the border of Yamato Province (Nara Prefecture) and Kawachi Province (Osaka Prefecture), and the nominated address of Chogosonshi-ji is in Nara Prefecture, but it is described as 'Shigi in Kawachi' in "Uji Shui Monogatari" and "Fuso Ryakki."
Japanese: なお、信貴山は大和国（奈良県）と河内国（大阪府）の境に位置し、朝護孫子寺の住所は奈良県であるが、『宇治拾遺物語』『扶桑略記』には「河内の信貴（志貴）」と表現されている。
English: Based on the above, it can be affirmed that there was a temple that enshrined Bishamonten (Vaisravana) in Mt. Shigi around 10th century in the mid Heian period and an ascetic monk lived there.
Japanese: 以上のことから、醍醐天皇の時代、平安時代中期の10世紀頃には信貴山に毘沙門天を祀る庵があり、修行僧が住んでいたことは首肯される。
English: As for foundation of this temple, there is a lore that Prince Shotoku was the founder, but it is probably a subjoinder associated with the lore that Prince Shotoku himself carved statues of four guardian kings when he prayed for victory against MONONOBE no Moriya.
Japanese: 当寺の創建について、聖徳太子を開基とする伝承もあるが、これは太子が物部守屋討伐の戦勝祈願をした際に、自ら四天王の像を刻んだという伝承に因んだ後世の付託と思われる。
English: According to the lore, Bishamonten, one of the Four Heavenly Kings, appeared in front of Prince Shotoku on the hour of Tiger (3am-5am) of the day of Tiger of the year of Tiger, and thanks to the divine protection of Bishamonten, the prince defeated the Mononobe clan.
Japanese: 伝承では、寅の年、寅の日、寅の刻に四天王の一である毘沙門天が聖徳太子の前に現れ、その加護によって物部氏に勝利したことから、594年（推古2年）に毘沙門天を祀る寺院を創建し、「信ずべき貴ぶべき山（信貴山）」と名付けたとする。
English: Then, he founded a temple that enshrined Bishamonten in 594 and named it 'Shingi-san' or 'Mountain to believe in and to be valued (信貴山 [shingi-san], where 信 [shin] means to believe, 貴 [ki or gi] means valuable, and 山 [san] means mountain).
Japanese: このことから、594年（推古2年）に毘沙門天を祀る寺院を創建し、「信ずべき貴ぶべき山（信貴山）」と名付けたとする。
English: The reason why papier-mache tigers are put everywhere in the temple is because of this anecdote.
Japanese: また寺の至る所に虎の張り子が置かれているのは、その逸話に由来している。
English: Later in 902, Emperor Daigo made the temple as a temple for prayer for 'the Imperial Court with comfort, home land protection, and long lives of descendants,' so it was given a title of 'Chogosonshi-ji Temple' from the Emperor ('Cho' is for the Imperial Court, 'go' is for protection, 'sonshi' is for descendants) by the Imperial Court.
Japanese: その後、902年（延喜2年）に醍醐天皇が、「朝廟安穏・守護国土・子孫長久」の祈願寺としたことから、「朝護孫子寺」の勅号を賜った。
English: The Siege of Mt. Shigi occurred in 1577 between the castellan of the castle, Hisahide MATSUNAGA, and Nobunaga ODA, and as a result, Hisahide died and the temple was lost, but it was rebuilt by Hideyori TOYOTOMI.
Japanese: 1577年（天正5年）に同城の城主・松永久秀と織田信長の間で信貴山攻防戦が行われて久秀は滅亡し、寺も消失するが、豊臣秀頼によって再建された。
English: Currently, 'Kuhatsudo Hall' of the Chogosonshi-ji Temple is located on the top of the mountain, which is connected by an approach from around Hondo (main hall).
Japanese: 現在、山頂には同寺の「空鉢堂」があり、本堂付近から参道で連絡している。
English: A building constructed in the manner of a stage with red lacquered parapets restored in 1958.
Japanese: 昭和33年（1958年）に復興された朱塗りの欄干をもつ舞台造りの建物。
English: The former hondo that was burned in 1951 was restored by a bugyo (magistrate) Katsumoto KATAGIRI at the wish of Hideyori TOYOTOMI.
Japanese: 昭和26年（1951年）に焼失した旧本堂は豊臣秀頼の本願により片桐且元を奉行として再建されたものだった。
English: While the author is unknown, it is a masterpiece of illustrated scroll that depicts expressions of people and uplifting feelings with light and easy brush strokes.
Japanese: 作者は不明ながら、人物の表情や躍動感を軽妙な筆致で描いた絵巻の一大傑作である。
English: Bronze standing statue of Bishamonten - It has features of so-called Tobatsu Bishamonten that is rooted in the western regions of China in the late Heian period.
Japanese: 銅造毘沙門天立像－平安時代後期、西域に起源を持ついわゆる兜抜昆沙門天の特徴を備える。
English: Because the temple's principal image Bishamonten is regarded as a war deva associated with the historical event and the guardian deity of the temple is the tiger, players of Hanshin Tigers (one of professional baseball teams) visit here to pray for victory.
Japanese: 戦勝祈願の故事、毘沙門天を本尊とし、虎を守り神とすることから、阪神タイガースの選手が必勝祈願に訪れる。
English: At Oji Station (JR Yamatoji Line), transfer to Kintetsu Ikoma Line, get off at 'Shigisan-shita Station', and take Nara Kotsu Bus bound for Shigisan and get off at the terminal.
Japanese: JR大和路線「王寺駅」で近鉄生駒線乗り換え「信貴山下駅」より奈良交通バス信貴山行き終点下車
English: From 'Kawachi Yamamoto Station (Kintetsu Osaka Line) take Kintetsu Shigi Line for 'Shigisan Guchi Station,' transfer to Kintetsu Nishi Shigi Cable Line for 'Takayasuyama Station,' transfer to Kintetsu bus for Shigisanmon.
Japanese: 近鉄大阪線「河内山本駅」から近鉄信貴線で、「信貴山口駅」にて近鉄西信貴鋼索線に乗り換え、「高安山駅」より近鉄バスに乗り換え、信貴山門下車
English: Kashiwabara City Road Shigi Ogata Line: Take National Route 170 (old road), turn to the east at Ogata Minami Crossing (Kashiwabara City), go through the mountain pass of Mt. Takao (Osaka Prefecture) and near Shigisan Nodoka Mura to Shigisan gate.
Japanese: 柏原市道信貴大県線：国道170号（旧道）の大県南交差点（柏原市）を東へ、高尾山(大阪府)頂、信貴山のどか村付近を経て信貴山門付近に至る。
English: Nogi-jinja Shrine is the Shinto shrine which deifies Maresuke NOGI who played an active role as a prominent military officer in Meiji period.
Japanese: 乃木神社（のぎじんじゃ）は、明治時代に活躍した軍人、乃木希典を祀った神社。
English: Nogi-jinja Shrines are primarily located in the places which are associated with Nogi: Shimonoseki City where he was from, and Nasushiobara City where he owned a villa as his second residence.
Japanese: 乃木の出身地の下関市や別邸のあった那須塩原市など、乃木ゆかりの地に多い。
English: In addition to Nogi-jinja Shrine related to Nogi, there is another Nogi-jinja Shrine in the same Tochigi Prefecture; however, in spite of having phonetically the same names, they are from different schools of shrines with different backgrounds (According to tradition, it is believed that the different school of Nogi-jinja Shrine was built around the forth century).
Japanese: 乃木神社のある栃木県内に同じ読みの野木神社があるが、由来は全く異なる（野木神社は伝承によれば4世紀ごろ創立）。
English: Nevertheless, the other Nogi-jinja Shrine is sometimes associated with Maresuke NOGI, as he had visited the shrine to pray a couple of times and also gave some dedication services there, since he regarded it as a special shrine whose name was phonetically the same as his family name.
Japanese: ただし、乃木希典は自身の姓と読みの同じ野木神社を特別な神社だと考え、数回参拝したほか奉納も行っているので、全く無関係というわけでもない。
English: Nogi-jinja Shrine (Nasushiobara City) (Nasushiobara City, Tochigi Prefecture) -- It is located within the site of the villa where Nogi lived in retirement after Shino-Japanese War.
Japanese: 乃木神社(那須塩原市)（栃木県那須塩原市）--日清戦争後に乃木が閑居した別邸の敷地内にある。
English: Nogi-jinja (Shimonoseki City) (Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture) -- Chofu, Shimonoseki City is the place where Nogi came from.
Japanese: 乃木神社(下関市)（山口県下関市）--下関市長府は乃木の郷里である。
English: The branch shrine was originally built as an independent Hakodate Nogi-jinja Shrine in 1916, and when it was donated to Tokyo Nogi-jinja Shrine in 1964, it became the Hakodate Branch of Tokyo Nogi-jinja Shrine.
Japanese: 大正5年に独立の函館乃木神社として創建され、昭和39年に東京の乃木神社に寄進されて函館分社となった。
English: Nogi-jinja Shrine in the site of Kagawa-ken Prefecture Gokoku-jinja Shrine (Zentsuji City, Kagawa Prefecture) -- The shrine is called 'Sanuki no miya Shrine,' so is Kagawa-ken Prefecture Gokoku-jinja Shrine.
Japanese: 香川縣護國神社（香川県善通寺市）内乃木神社--香川縣護國神社とともに「讃岐宮」と称される。
English: Hozan-ji Temple is the Grand Head Temple of Shingon Risshu sect in Monzen-cho, Ikoma City, Nara Prefecture.
Japanese: 宝山寺（ほうざんじ）は、奈良県生駒市門前町にある真言律宗大本山の寺院。
English: According to the tradition, Mt. Ikoma is a Buddhist seminary for the mountain asceticism founded by EN no Ozunu (A semi-legendary holy man noted for his practice of mountain asceticism during the second half of the 7 century) in 655, and it is said that Kukai (Kobo Daishi [a posthumous title of the priest Kukai]) also practiced here.
Japanese: 生駒山は伝承によれば斉明天皇元年（655年）に役小角が開いたとされる修験道場で、空海（弘法大師）も修行したと伝わる。
English: It is said that its name was Toshidasan Daishomudo-ji Temple at that time.
Japanese: その当時は都史陀山大聖無動寺（としださん　だいしょうむどうじ）という名であったという。
English: In 1678 during the Edo period, Tankai Risshi restored the temple and enshrined Kangiten (Ganesh).
Japanese: 江戸時代の延宝6年（1678年）に湛海律師が再興し、歓喜天を祀った。
English: The Imperial family in Kyoto, the Tokugawa Shogun family in Edo, and the lord of the Koriyama Domain Yanagisawa family also made prayers here, and it is renowned as a sacred ground to Shoten worship.
Japanese: 京都の皇室や江戸の徳川将軍家、郡山藩主柳沢家からの祈願もあり、聖天信仰の霊場として名高い。
English: It was so popular that in 1918, Ikoma Kosaku Tetsudo (Ikoma Funicular Railway: present Ikoma Cable Line), the first cable car in Japan was constructed.
Japanese: 1918年には日本最初のケーブルカー、生駒鋼索鉄道（現、近鉄生駒鋼索線）が敷設されるほどだった。
English: In Mt. Ikoma, a secret mountain where Hozan-ji Temple is located, there are many sharmanic religious sites (Korean Temples) for Korean-Japanese other than Hozan-ji Temple.
Japanese: 宝山寺のある霊峰・生駒山には宝山寺以外にも在日韓国人系のシャーマニズム信仰の場（朝鮮寺）が多く集まっている。
English: Hozan-ji Station and Umeyashiki Station on Kintetsu Ikoma Kosaku Line (Nara Prefecture), (access from Umeyashiki Station is shorter and easier because it is downhill to the main hall.)
Japanese: 近鉄生駒鋼索線宝山寺駅、梅屋敷駅(奈良県)（梅屋敷駅の方が近く、本堂まで下りになるので楽である。）
English: Osaka Electric Tramway (Daiki), a direct parent company of present Kinki Nippon Railway Company (Kintetsu) opened its first line (present Kintetsu Nara Line) between Uehonmachi Station (Present Osaka Uehonmachi Station) and Nara Station (Present Kintetsu Nara Station) in April 30, 1914, and Ikoma Station was set up on the foot of Mt. Ikoma.
Japanese: 1914年4月30日に現在の近畿日本鉄道（近鉄）の直系母体会社である大阪電気軌道（大軌）が初の路線である上本町駅（現、大阪上本町駅）～奈良駅（現、近鉄奈良駅）間の路線（現、近鉄奈良線）を開業させた際、生駒山の麓に生駒駅が開設された。
English: However, in addition to the huge cost burden of boring the Ikoma Tunnel under Mt. Ikoma, when the rainy season began, the service was reduced due to insufficient operating revenue because of a decline of tourists as well as a small population along the line, and people made fun of the railway company, calling it 'Osaka Tenki Kido' (Osaka Weather Tramway) instead of 'Osaka Denki Kido' (Osaka Electric Tramway).
Japanese: しかしその生駒山を貫く生駒トンネルの莫大な開削費用負担や、沿線人口が少なく観光客頼みであった輸送が雨天期になって減少したことで、大軌は「大阪天気軌道」と揶揄された。
English: Shortly after its inauguration, in late June of the same year, it was so financially pressed that it was unable to pay even the printing cost of tickets for the next day, let alone salaries of employees.
Japanese: 開通して間もない6月下旬には、社員給料の支払いはおろか翌日に使う切符の印刷費も出せないほどに財政が窮乏した。
English: One of the directors of the company, Mataichiro KANAMORI (later, representative director and president of the company) visited Hozan-ji Temple late at night and asked to lend him the money offered to the temple in exchange for 100,000 tickets.
Japanese: 同社の取締役の一人であった金森又一郎（後、同社の代表取締役・社長）は夜遅く宝山寺に向かい、寺に乗車券10万枚と引き換えに賽銭を貸して頂けないかと頼み込んだ。
English: As a result, the kannushi (Shinto priest) at that time replied, 'It was Hozan-ji Temple that made a petition to build a station in Ikoma when Daiki started the business, and since then your company has suffered from a burden of Ikoma Tunnel construction.'
Japanese: その結果、当時の管主は「大軌が開業する際に宝山寺が生駒に駅を設けることを請願したため、貴社は生駒トンネルの建設に苦しむこととなった。」
English: The priest said, 'We are willing to help you at any cost,' and kindly came up with the money for him.'
Japanese: 「力になれるならぜひとも」として、快く資金を都合してくれたという話が残っている。
English: It is said that the pay envelopes that Daiki employees received at that time were really heavy because the offertory coins were used for their salaries.
Japanese: この賽銭は給料にも回されたため、当時の大軌社員の給料袋はズッシリ重かったという。
English: In addition, it is said that one of the reasons why the first cable car in Japan in Ikoma was introduced was because Daiki showed its gratitude to the above favor that the temple rendered.
Japanese: また、日本初のケーブルカーが生駒に開業した要因の一つには、上記の話に対する大軌の礼というものもあったといわれる。
English: Yoshino-jingu Shrine located in Yoshino-cho, Yoshino-gun, Nara Prefecture is a shrine whose enshrined deity is Emperor Godaigo.
Japanese: 吉野神宮（よしのじんぐう）は、奈良県吉野郡吉野町に鎮座する後醍醐天皇を祭神とする神社。
English: Emperor Gomurakami of the Southern Court (Japan), after the death of his father the Emperor Godaigo in 1339, enshrined the statue of his father in Kissuiin.
Japanese: 南朝(日本)の後村上天皇は、父の後醍醐天皇が延元4年（1339年）に崩御した後、その像を吉水院に安置した。
English: It changed its name to Yoshimizu-jinja Shrine after the separation of Buddhism and Shintoism in 1873 and became a shine that enshrined Emperor Godaigo.
Japanese: 神仏分離により明治6年（1873年）、吉水神社に改称して後醍醐天皇を祭神とする神社となった。
English: Aside from this, the foundation of Yoshino no miya Shrine as one of Kanpei-chusha (middle-scale government shrines) was decided in accordance with the Emperor Meiji's wishes in 1889.
Japanese: これとは別に、明治22年（1889年）に後醍醐天皇を祀る官幣中社吉野宮の創建が、明治天皇の意向で決定した。
English: After the main building was completed in 1892, the statue of Emperor Godaigo was moved from Yoshimizu-jinja Shrine and Senza-sai (a ceremony to commemorate the transfer of a Shinto shrine) was held
Japanese: 明治25年（1892年）に社殿が竣工して、吉水神社から後醍醐天皇像を移して遷座祭が斎行された。
English: It was raised to Kanpei-taisha in 1901 and changed its name to Yoshino-jingu Shrine in 1918.
Japanese: 明治34年（1901年）に官幣大社に昇格し、大正7年（1918年）に吉野神宮に改称した。
English: Honden (main hall), Haiden (a hall of worship), and Shinmon (shrine gate) are oriented to the north in the direction of Kyoto, which was a layout adopted in order to meet Emperor Godaigo's ardent wish to return to gosho (Imperial Palace) in Kyoto.
Japanese: 本殿・拝殿・神門はかつて後醍醐天皇が京都の御所へ帰還される事を熱望されていた心情を汲んで、京都の方角を向き、北向きに建てられている。
English: Their enshrined deities are those who performed distinguished services in the Southern Court: Suketomo HINO, Toshimoto HINO, Norinaga KOJIMA, Takanori KOJIMA, Shigetoshi SAKURAYAMA, Michimasu DOI, and Michitsuna TOKUNO.
Japanese: 祭神は南朝方で活躍した、日野資朝、日野俊基、児島範長、児島高徳、桜山茲俊、土居通益、得能通綱。
English: Hoki-ji (also pronounced as Hokki-ji) is a temple of the Shotoku sect located at Okamoto, Ikaruga Town, Ikoma County, Nara Prefecture.
Japanese: 法起寺（ほうきじ、ほっきじ）は、奈良県生駒郡斑鳩町岡本にある聖徳宗の寺院。
English: Its sango (literally, "mountain name"), which is the title prefixed to the name of a Buddhist temple, is 'Okamoto san' (however, temples established before the Nara period did not originally have sango; if such a temple has sango now, that is the one given at a later day).
Japanese: 山号は「岡本山」（ただし、奈良時代以前創建の寺院にはもともと山号はなく、後世付したものである）。
English: Sometimes the temple is counted as one of the seven major temples Prince Shotoku erected, but in fact, the temple was completed several decades after Prince Shotoku's death.
Japanese: 聖徳太子建立七大寺の一つに数えられることもあるが、寺の完成は太子が没して数十年後のことである。
English: This temple had been called 'Hokki-ji' in documents up to the end of the 20th century, but currently the official name admitted by the temple authority is 'Hoki-ji.'
Japanese: 寺名は20世紀末頃までの文献では「ほっきじ」と読んでいたが、現在、寺側では「ほうきじ」を正式の読みとしている。
English: This decision is made by Ryoshin TAKADA, the chief abbot of Horyu-ji Temple, when Horyu-ji and Hoki-ji were registered as the World Heritage at the same time, with the intention that the readings of the first Chinese character commonly used in the names of Horyu-ji and Hoki-ji should start with the same pronunciation 'ho' in a consistent manner.
Japanese: これは、法起寺が法隆寺とともに世界遺産に登録されるにあたり、「法」の読み方に一貫性が欲しい、という理由により、高田良信法隆寺管長により、「ほうきじ」を正式とする、という判断がされたためである。
English: In the Ikaruga area, where World Heritage Horyu-ji Temple is located, in addition to Hoki-ji, there are many other old temples that have connection with Prince Shotoku, such as Horin-ji Temple (Ikaruga Town), Chugu-ji Temple, and others.
Japanese: 世界遺産・法隆寺が所在する斑鳩（いかるが）の里には、他にも法起寺、法輪寺(斑鳩町)、中宮寺など、聖徳太子ゆかりの古代寺院が存在する。
English: It is said that the origin of Hoki-ji Temple goes back to the time when Prince Yamashiro no oe, Prince Shotoku's son, converted Okamoto Palace into a temple according to his father's will.
Japanese: 太子の遺言により子息の山背大兄王（やましろのおおえのおう）が岡本宮を寺に改めたのが法起寺の始まりとされている。
English: As a result of the archaeological studies conducted around the temple, the remains of an ancient structures that had dug-standing pillars (a construction style in which pillars are erected directly against the ground, without using foundation stones) were found.
Japanese: 境内周辺の発掘調査の結果、掘立柱（礎石を据えずに地面に直接柱を立てる）建物の遺構が検出された。
English: This means that another building had already existed on the site before Hoki-ji Temple was established.
Japanese: つまり法起寺創建以前に何らかの前身建物が存在したことは確認されている。
English: When Hoki-ji Temple was constructed, the complex had a similar layout to that of Saiin (Western Precinct) of Horyu-ji Temple with the Kondo (main hall of Buddhist temple) and the pagoda arranged side-by-side (east-west).
Japanese: 創建当時の法起寺の伽藍は、金堂と塔が左右（東西）に並び、法隆寺西院の伽藍配置と似る。
English: When the three-story pagoda was established and how the temple was constructed are shown in a historical material called 'Hokki-ji Sanjuno Robanmei' (the description carved on the base of the pagoda finial of Hokki-ji Temple) which was cited in a medieval document titled "Shotoku Taishi denshiki" (the Private Recollections of the Life of Prince Shotoku) (written by Kenshin in 1242.
Japanese: 三重塔の建立時期、及び寺の建立経緯については、『聖徳太子伝私記』（仁治3年・1242年、顕真著）という中世の記録に引用されている「法起寺三重塔露盤銘」という史料がよりどころとなっている。
English: According to this, Okamoto Palace was converted into a temple following Prince Shotoku's will.
Japanese: それによれば、岡本宮は聖徳太子の遺願によって寺に改められることとなった。
English: In 638, the Kondo was constructed by the direction of a priest called Fukuryo, and Miroku-butsu (Miroku Buddha) was enshrined as its principal image.
Japanese: 舒明天皇10年（638年）、福亮僧正なる人物によって弥勒仏を本尊とする金堂が建てられた。
English: The construction of the pagoda started in 684 by the direction of Priest Eshi and finished in 706.
Japanese: 塔は恵施(僧)僧正によって天武天皇13年（684年）に起工、慶雲3年（706年）に至って完成したという。
English: An architectural historian Tadashi SEKINO (1868-1935) and others advocated that the 'Hoki-ji Sanjunoto Robanmei' was a counterfeit.
Japanese: 「法起寺三重塔露盤銘」については、かつて建築史学者の関野貞（1868年-1935年）などが偽作説を唱えた。
English: However, according to the research conducted later, it is now considered to be a substantially reliable historic material.
Japanese: しかしその後の研究の進展により、おおむね信頼できる史料と認められるようになった。
English: From the viewpoint of architectural style, it is also considered appropriate to estimate the completion period of the Hoki-ji Temple pagoda to be around 706.
Japanese: 建築様式の点からも、法起寺塔を706年頃の完成と見るのはおおむね妥当とされている。
English: It is also said to be the largest three-storied pagoda in Japan, except for Yakushi-ji Toto (East Pagoda of Yakushi-ji Temple) that has a peculiar style.
Japanese: また、特異な形式の三重塔である薬師寺東塔を除けば、日本最大の三重塔と言われている。
English: As a general rule, a wooden pagoda in Japan is constructed with hosangen method (a construction method to use four pillars and to create three areas between the pillars on every side).
Japanese: 日本の木造塔は方三間（正側面のいずれにも柱が4本並び、柱間の数が3つになるという意味）が原則である。
English: However, this temple has a special style; there are three areas between the pillars in the first and second layers, while there are two areas between the pillars in the third layer.
Japanese: しかしこの塔は初層・二層の柱間が3間、三層の柱間が2間という特殊な形式になる。
English: It is also pointed out that the sizes of the first, second and third layers of Hoki-ji Temple are almost the same as those of the first, third and fifth layers of Horyu-ji Temple.
Japanese: また法隆寺五重塔の初層・三層・五層の大きさが法起寺三重塔の初層・二層・三層にほぼ等しいことが指摘されている。
English: However, during the disassembly and restoration in 1970-1975, the pagoda was restored to its original state, based on the traces left on the structural members.
Japanese: しかし1970年～1975年の解体修理の際、部材に残る痕跡を元に、創建当時の形に復元した。
English: The site of Kamiyodo abandoned temple is an archaeological site of an ancient temple extended over Sakurada, Hogyo and Kakisago of the Fukuoka area, Yodoe-cho, Yonago City, Tottori Prefecture.
Japanese: 上淀廃寺跡（かみよどはいじあと）は、鳥取県米子市淀江町福岡字櫻田・法行・垣サゴに所在する古代寺院の遺跡。
English: One of the oldest Buddhist wall paintings, whose antiquity is comparable to that of Horyu-ji Temple Kondo (golden hall), was excavated and it caught people's attention.
Japanese: 法隆寺金堂壁画と並ぶ日本最古級の仏教壁画が初めて出土し、社会的に注目された。
English: The site was evaluated as one of few ruins that would be able to recover Donai Shogon (the decoration of Buddha statues and temples) of the Buddhist architectural style in the Hakuho period, and designated as a national historic site on March 29, 1996.
Japanese: 数少ない白鳳時代寺院の堂内荘厳を復元し得る遺跡と評価され、1996年3月29日に、国の史跡に指定された。
English: Judging from the relics such as tiles with the years carved on them, it is supposed that they were established in the latter half of Asuka period (end of the 7th century), and after the restoration in the middle of the 8th century, it burned down in the middle of Heian period (beginning of 11th century).
Japanese: 紀年銘瓦等の遺物から飛鳥時代後期（7世紀後葉）の建立、8世紀中頃の改修を経て、平安時代中期（11世紀前葉）に焼失したものと考えられる。
English: As a result of study to date, the remains of the temple's central structure, its complex and other buildings such as a warehouse were found, but the Kodo Hall (lecture hall) has not been identified.
Japanese: これまでの調査で中心伽藍、寺域、その他倉庫等の雑舎が確認されているが、講堂の所在が不明である。
English: The site of the temple measures 212 m from east to west and 106 m from north to south, and in the middle of the complex the central structure of 53 ㎡ was located.
Japanese: 寺域は天平尺で東西約2町（212メートル）、南北1町（106メートル）の規格とみられ、ほぼ中央に半町（53メートル）四方の中心伽藍が位置する。
English: It seems that the complex was designed to be oriented to the south, and on the east of Kondo (main hall) which was supposed to be the structure lying east and west, three pagodas were planned to be constructed in a row in a north-south direction.
Japanese: 伽藍配置は南を正面として、東西棟の金堂の東側に、南北に3基の塔を並べる設計とみられる。
English: The plan of these pagodas might not have been completed, but even so, there are no other ancient temples with three pagodas, or with two pagodas lying in north-south direction.
Japanese: 計画のみとしても3塔を配置する例は無く、2塔でも南北に配置する古代寺院は他に無い。
English: The stylobate of Kondo measures 14.2 m from east to west and 12.5 m from north to south, and that of each pagoda was a 9.5 m by 9.5 m square..
Japanese: 基壇の規模は、金堂が東西14.2メートル、南北12.5メートル、塔はいずれも9.5メートル四方を測る。
English: The Kondo as well as the middle and southern pagodas had a double-layer stylobate with stone lines around the piled tiles, which was a style often seen in the temples in Paekche (an ancient kingdom located in southwest Korea).
Japanese: 金堂及び中・南塔の基壇は瓦積みの周囲に石列を設置する二重基壇で、百済の寺院に多く見られる様式である。
English: The excavated relics were about 1,300 pieces of wall clay (including wall paintings), about 3,500 pieces of sozo (earthen images), tiles (including Shibi [ornamental ridge-end tile]), earthware, ironware and gilt bronze products.
Japanese: 遺物は、壁土（壁画含む）約1,300点の他に、塑像約3,500点、瓦類（鴟尾含む）、土器、鉄器、金銅製品が出土した。