nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: Ishiyama was a low hill located at the northern end of the Uemachi Plateau, rising above the point where the Yodo-gawa River and the former Yamato-gawa river met, and close to where the port of Watanabe-no-tsu, which was the hub of water traffic along the Yodo-gawa Water System and on the Seto Inland Sea, and the departure point for land traffic to Sumiyoshi, Sakai, and Kishu, was established.
Japanese: 石山は上町台地の北端にある小高い丘で、真下で淀川と旧大和川が合流し、その付近に淀川水系や瀬戸内海の水運の拠点で、住吉や堺、紀州に向かう陸上交通の起点でもある渡辺津が形成されていた。
English: Following the enlargement of Rennyo's retirement retreat, Ishiyama grew to a jinai-cho (town within temple precincts), where merchants and artisans lived and governed themselves.
Japanese: 蓮如の隠居坊から次第に拡大して寺内町を形成して商工民などが住み自治が行われた。
English: The jinai-cho was called 'Kosaka', which literally means 'small slope', because it was located on a slope up to the plateau, and later came to be called 'Osaka', meaning 'big slope' (it is said that the name "Osaka" started to be used in 1498).
Japanese: この寺内町が、台地にそった坂にあることから「小坂」、後に「大坂」と呼ばれるようになった（大坂という地名の出現は1498年とされる）。
English: Many followers revered the site because of Rennyo's retreat, and its power began to overwhelm the head temple, Yamashina Hongan-ji Temple.
Japanese: 蓮如の隠居房であった事から、ここを崇敬する門徒も多く、本山であった山科本願寺をも圧倒する勢いを見せる。
English: Jitsunyo, Rennyo's successor, felt uneasy about the situation and started to break up the followers of Ishiyama (the conflict is known as the 'Osakaichiran war' or, occasionally, as the 'Kyoroku-Tembun war' because many of the followers of Ishiyama were from Kawachi Province)
Japanese: これを危惧した蓮如の後継者実如は永正元年（1504年）石山門徒の鎮圧に踏み切った（「大坂一乱」・また石山門徒には河内国出身者が多かった事から「享禄・天文の乱」とも）。
English: However, after Yamashina Hongan-ji Temple was lost during the Tenbun era (1532-1555), Ishiyama Hongan-ji Temple became firmly established as the head temple.
Japanese: だが天文(元号)年間に山科本願寺を失った後には本山としての地位を確立する。
English: In the late Sengoku (Warring States) period, Ishiyama Hongan-ji Temple was fortified with stone walls which were as strong as castle walls.
Japanese: 戦国時代(日本)末期には城郭に匹敵する堅固な石垣をめぐらして要塞化した。
English: The temple was besieged during the Ishiyama War by Nobunaga ODA and after a decade-long battle, the chief priest of the sect, Kennyo, under attack from Nobunaga, made a peace settlement with him in 1580.
Japanese: 織田信長との石山戦争では篭城戦を行ったが、10年に及ぶ戦闘の後、信長の攻勢に、1580年門主顕如は和睦。
English: Kyonyo, Kennyo's eldest son, did not agree with the peace settlement and, with a few others, including Rairyu SHIMOTSUMA, continued to hold out in the temple, though eventually he was ordered to leave and moved to Kii Saginomori.
Japanese: 長男の教如はこれに従わず下間頼龍らとともに籠城を続けたが、退去を命じられて、紀伊鷺森に移った。
English: It is also said that there was a tumulus or the grounds of Ikukunitama-jinja Shrine at the site, before Ishiyama Hongan-ji Temple was built.
Japanese: また、同寺建立以前は、古墳であったとも言われ、生国魂神社の境内であったともいわれている。
English: Some people say that because Ikukunitama-jinja Shrine dates back to ancient times, Ishiyama was an ancient 'iwakura' (dwelling place of a god).
Japanese: 同神社は太古からの神社であるため、石山が太古の磐座であったとの説もある。
English: Kasuga-Taisha Shrine is located in Nara Park, Nara City, Nara Prefecture.
Japanese: 春日大社（かすがたいしゃ）は、奈良県奈良市の奈良公園内にある神社である。
English: It enshrines Takemikazuchi-no-mikoto and Futsunushi-no-kami (Futsunushi-no-mikoto), guardian gods of the Fujiwara clan, and Amenokoyane-no-mikoto and Hime-no-kami, Soshin (ancestors honored as god) of the Fujiwara clan.
Japanese: 藤原氏の守護神である武甕槌命と経津主命、祖神である天児屋根命と比売神を祀る。
English: The deer is considered a 'shinshi' (a messenger of kami, or gods), because Takemikazuchi-no-mikoto is believed to have come here riding on a white deer.
Japanese: 武甕槌命が白鹿に乗ってやってきたとされることから、シカが神使とされる。
English: In 710 when the national capital was transferred to Heijo-kyo in Nara, FUJIWARA no Fuhito transferred Kashima-no-kami (Takemikazuchi-no-mikoto), the Fujiwara clan's guardian god, to Mt. Mikasa in Kasuga to be enshrined there.
Japanese: 奈良・平城京に遷都された710年（和銅3年）、藤原不比等が藤原氏の氏神である鹿島神（武甕槌命）を春日の御蓋山に遷して祀った。
English: The shrine's history says that it was founded in 768 when FUJIWARA no Nagate united Takemikazuchi-no-mikoto of Kashima-jingu Shrine, Futsunushi-no-mikoto of Katori-jingu Shrine, and Amenokoyan-no-mikoto and Hime-no-kami enshrined in Hiraoka-jinja Shrine and erected four shrine buildings at the foot of Mt. Mikasa
Japanese: 社伝では、768年（神護景雲2年）に藤原永手が鹿島神宮の武甕槌命、香取神宮の経津主命と、枚岡神社に祀られていた天児屋根命・比売神を併せ、御蓋山の麓の四殿の社殿を造営したのをもって創祀としている。
English: However, recent excavations have suggested that rituals may have been held in this region before the Jingo-keiun period (767-770).
Japanese: ただし、近年の境内の発掘調査により、神護景雲以前よりこの地で祭祀が行われていた可能性も出てきている。
English: Kasuga-matsuri Festival, a reisai (regular festival) of Kasuga-taisha Shrine, was one of the sanchokusai (three great festivals designated by the Imperial Court) along with Kamo-jinja Shrine's Aoi-Matsuri Festival and Iwashimizu Hachiman-gu Shrine's Iwashimizu-Sai Festival.
Japanese: 当社の例祭である春日祭は、賀茂神社の葵祭、石清水八幡宮の石清水祭とともに三勅祭の一つとされる。
English: The imperial rank of Shoichii (Senior First Rank) was conferred on Takemikazuchi-no-mikoto and Futsunushi-no-mikoto in 850 and Amenokoyane-no-mikoto in 940.
Japanese: 850年（嘉承3年）には武甕槌命・経津主命が、940年（天慶3年）には、朝廷から天児屋根命が最高位である正一位の神階を授かった。
English: When FUJIWARA no Fuyutsugu had the Nanen-do Hall built at Kofuku-ji Temple in 813, Kasuga-taisha Shrine's Takemikazuchi-no-mikoto was held to be the Shinto version of Fukukensaku Kannon (Amoghapasa), the honzon (principal image of Buddha) of the temple.
Japanese: 813年（弘仁4年）、藤原冬嗣が興福寺南円堂を建立した際、その本尊の不空絹索観音が、当社の祭神・武甕槌命の本地仏とされた。
English: Towards the end of the 11th century, warrior-monks from Kofuku-ji Temple often took part in direct 'goso' (literally, forceful protest).
Japanese: 11世紀末から興福寺衆徒らによる強訴がたびたび行われるようになった。
English: One such means of 'goso' was the 'shinboku-doza' (moving of the sacred tree), in which the monks went up to Kyoto under the authority of the Sakaki tree (shinboku (sacred tree)) into which a divine spirit of Kasuga-taisha Shrine was infused.
Japanese: その手段として、春日大社の神霊を移した榊の木（神木）を奉じて上洛する「神木動座」があった。
English: Takemikazuchi-no-mikoto is enshrined in the first honden, Futsunushi-no-mikoto in the second, Amenokoyane-no-mikoto in the third, and Hime-no-kami in the fourth.
Japanese: 第一殿に武甕槌命、第二殿に経津主命、第三殿に天児屋根命、第四殿に比売神が祀られている。
English: General visitors, who have paid hatsuho-ryo (ceremony fee) in front of the votive offering hall to request special viewing, pray at the Chumon gate.
Japanese: 一般の参拝者は幣殿の前にて、初穂料を納めて特別拝観を申し込んだ場合は本殿前の中門から参拝することになる。
English: Wakimiya-jinja Shrine, a sessha (auxiliary shrine) that stands to the east of the honden, enshrines Amenooshikumone-no-mikoto, the mikogami (child god) of Hime-no-kami.
Japanese: 本殿の東側には比売神の御子神として天押雲根命を祀る摂社若宮神社がある。
English: The twelve shrines, including Wakamiya-jinja Shrine and Meoto-daikokusha Shrine, that stand to the east of the honden have been revered since ancient times as the 'Pilgrimage to the twelve shrines of The God of Good Fortune.'
Japanese: 若宮神社、夫婦大国社を始めとする本殿東側の十二社は、「福の神十二社めぐり」として古来より崇敬を集めている。
English: The enshrined deity of Enomoto-jinja Shrine is a jinushigami (god of an area of land), a god believed to have been originally enshrined in this area.
Japanese: 榎本神社の祭神は当地の地主神であり、元々この地で祀られていた神であるとされる。
English: Important Cultural Property - 'Kasuga-taisha Ichi no Torii Gate'- ranked along with those of Hike-jingu Shrine and Itsukushima-jinja Shrine as one of the Three Great Torii of Japan
Japanese: 重要文化財「春日大社本社一の鳥居」-気比神宮と厳島神社の大鳥居に並ぶ「日本三大鳥居」の一つ
English: Important Cultural Property 'former Kasuga-taisha Shrine Ita-gura Warehouse (round windows)' (owned by Nara Prefecture, located in Nara Park)
Japanese: 重要文化財「旧春日大社板倉（円窓）」（奈良県所有）（奈良公園内所在）
English: National Treasure - 'ikakeji raden hyomon katabami hyomon hyogogusari tachi' (gold 'ikakeji' ground with creeping wood sorrel lacquer design), blade unsigned
Japanese: 国宝「沃懸地酢漿平文（いかけじかたばみひょうもん）兵庫鎖太刀中身無銘」
English: National Treasure - 'Kurokawa Odoshiya Yazuzane Domaru (armor wrapped around the torso), helmet, 'osode' shoulder guards'
Japanese: 国宝「黒韋威矢筈札胴丸（くろかわおどしやはずざねどうまる）兜、大袖付」
English: Important Cultural Property - 'wooden bugaku (court dance and music) masks: Ounin, Shintoriso, Chikyu, Nasori, Korobase' five masks
Japanese: 重要文化財「木造舞楽面皇仁、新鳥蘇、地久、納曾利、崑崙八仙（ころばせ）」5面
English: Important Cultural Property - 'wooden bugaku masks: 1 Nasori mask, 3 Shintoriso masks, 1 Sanju mask, 1 Kitoku-koikuchi mask, 1 Saisoro mask' seven masks
Japanese: 重要文化財「木造舞楽面納曾利一、新鳥蘇三、散手一、貴徳鯉口一、採桑老一」7面
English: Important Cultural Property - 'Tetsu sanjurokken shihojiro hoshi kabuto-bachi (bowl helmet of thirty-six iron plates and raised rivets, with four white sides) and yoroi kanagu (yoroi armor metal fittings)'
Japanese: 重要文化財「鉄三十六間四方白星兜鉢及鎧金具（てつさんじゅうろっけんしほうじろほしかぶとばち」
English: Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property - 'public entertainment of Shinto rituals of Kasuga Wakamiya Onmatsuri Festival'
Japanese: 重要無形民俗文化財「春日若宮おん祭の神事芸能」（春日若宮おん祭保存会）
English: Ten minute walk from Kintetsu-Nara Station on Kinki Nippon Railway's Kintetsu Nara Line and Nara Station on West Japan Railway Company's Kansai Main Line and Sakurai Line
Japanese: 近畿日本鉄道近鉄奈良線近鉄奈良駅、西日本旅客鉄道関西本線桜井線・奈良駅徒歩10分
English: Fudasho (temple collecting and offering amulets): 8th of the thirty-three-temple Kansai Kannon Pilgrimage; 16th of the eighteen-temple Shingon Head Temple Pilgrimage; 35th temple on the Sacred Places of Shinto and Buddhism Pilgrimage
Japanese: 札所等西国三十三箇所8番真言宗十八本山16番神仏霊場巡拝の道第35番
English: Cultural properties: the Hondo, or main hall; the Hase-dera sutra; the bronze plaque of the Hokke Sesso-zu (National Treasure); the wooden standing statue of Eleven-faced Kannon; the Nio (or Deva) Gate; etc (Important Cultural Properties)
Japanese: 文化財本堂、長谷寺経、銅板法華説相図（国宝）木造十一面観音立像、仁王門ほか（重要文化財）
English: Hase-dera Temple, in Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture, is the head temple of the Buzan school of Shingon Buddhism.
Japanese: 長谷寺（はせでら）は、奈良県桜井市にある真言宗豊山派（ぶざんは）総本山の寺院。
English: It is also the eighth of the thirty-three temples that make up the Kansai Kannon Pilgrimage, and is one of the most famous sacred places of Kannon in Japan.
Japanese: 西国三十三箇所観音霊場の第八番札所であり、日本でも有数の観音霊場として知られる。
English: The hondo stands on the side of Mt. Hatsuse overlooking the Ise Shrine Pilgrimage Road which linked Yamato Province with Ise Province.
Japanese: 大和国と伊勢国を結ぶ伊勢参宮街道を見下ろす初瀬山の中腹に本堂が建つ。
English: Mt. Hatsuse is famous for peonies, of which it is said that more than 150 different kinds and 7,000 flowers are in full bloom from late April to early May.
Japanese: 初瀬山は牡丹の名所であり、4月下旬～5月上旬は150種類以上、7,000株と言われる牡丹が満開になる。
English: In addition, it is described in many classic works of literature such as 'Makura no soshi' (The Pillow Book), 'Genji Monogatari' (The Tale of Genji) and 'Sarashina Nikki' (Sarashina Diary).
Japanese: また「枕草子」、「源氏物語」、「更級日記」など多くの古典文学にも登場する。
English: The two Japanese cedar trees which appear in the Tamakazura (Jeweled Chaplet) chapter of 'Genji Monogatari' still remain in the precincts.
Japanese: 中でも「源氏物語」にある玉鬘(源氏物語)（たまかずら）の巻のエピソード中に登場する二本（ふたもと）の杉は現在も境内に残っている。
English: It is believed that Hase-dera Temple was established in the early part of the 8th century during the Nara period, but details on the period and circumstances of its establishment are unknown.
Japanese: 長谷寺の創建は奈良時代、8世紀前半と推定されるが、創建の詳しい時期や事情は不明である。
English: According to temple legend, Domyo Shonin had a three-storied pagoda built on the west side of Mt. Hatsuse (the place known today as Motohase-dera Temple) in 686, and then, in 727, Tokudo Shonin founded the temple when he enshrined the statue of the Eleven-faced Kannon on the east side (where the present Hondo stands).
Japanese: 寺伝によれば、天武朝の朱鳥元年（686年）、道明上人が初瀬山の西の丘（現在、本長谷寺と呼ばれている場所）に三重塔を建立、続いて神亀4年（727年）、徳道上人が東の丘（現在の本堂の地）に本尊十一面観音像を祀って開山したという。
English: FUJIWARA no Michinaga made a pilgrimage there in 1024, and from the medieval period onwards, samurai and commoners came to worship there.
Japanese: 万寿元年（1024年）には藤原道長が参詣しており、中世以降は武士や庶民にも信仰を広めた。
English: Hase-dera Temple was originally a branch temple of Todai-ji Temple (the Kegon sect) but became a branch temple of Kofuku-ji Temple (the Hosso sect) in the middle of the Heian period.
Japanese: 長谷寺は東大寺（華厳宗）の末寺であったが、平安時代中期には興福寺（法相宗）の末寺となった。
English: From the 16th century, it was a temple of the Shingi Shingon sect, which was begun by Kogyo Daishi Kakuban and completed by Raiyu, a priest with the highest rank of 'sojo'
Japanese: 16世紀以降は興教大師覚鑁（かくばん）によって興され頼瑜僧正により成道した新義真言宗の流れをくむ寺院となっている。
English: In 1588, believers of the Shingi Shingon sect who had escaped Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI's attack on Mt. Negoro arrived at Mt. Hatsuse and Sojo Senyo of the same sect established the present Buzan school of Shingon Buddhism.
Japanese: 天正16年（1588年）、豊臣秀吉により根来山を追われた新義真言宗門徒が入山し、同派の僧正専誉により現在の真言宗豊山派が大成された。
English: Many temples throughout Japan have an Eleven-faced Kannon as their principal object of worship use the name 'Hase-dera Temple', including Hase-dera Temple in Kamakura, and therefore, in order to distinguish the Nara temple from others, it is sometimes called 'Hase-dera Temple of Yamato Province' or 'Sohonzan Hase-dera Temple' amongst others.
Japanese: 十一面観音を本尊とし「長谷寺」を名乗る寺院は鎌倉の長谷寺をはじめ日本各地に多く、他と区別するため「大和国長谷寺」「総本山長谷寺」等と呼称することもある。
English: The 'Noboriro' (enclosed stairway) rises 399 steps from the entrance at the Nio-mon Gate to the Hondo.
Japanese: 入口の仁王門から本堂までは399段の登廊（のぼりろう、屋根付きの階段）を上る。
English: On the hillside to the west of the Hondo is the area called 'Motohase-dera', which contains a five-storied pagoda other buildings.
Japanese: 本堂の西方の丘には「本長谷寺」と称する一画があり、五重塔などが建つ。
English: The Hondo is designated a National Treasure and the Nio-mon Gate, Shimo-Noboriro (lower stairway), Tsunagiya (a building connecting the lower and middle stairways), Naka-Noboriro (middle stairway), Zaodo Hall, Kami-Noboriro (upper stairway), Sanbyakuyosha Shrine, Shoro (bell tower) and Tsunagiro (a corridor connecting the bell tower and the Hondo) are designated Important Cultural Properties.
Japanese: 国宝の本堂のほか、仁王門、下登廊、繋屋、中登廊、蔵王堂、上登廊、三百余社、鐘楼、繋廊が重要文化財に指定されている。
English: Hondo (National Treasure): a magnificent building consisting of the Shodo, where the statue of Kannon stands; the Ainoma (Middle Room), located in between Honden main hall and Haiden oratory; and the Raido (worship hall); and the front is constructed in the kake-zukuri, or platform, style like the hondo of Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto.
Japanese: 本堂（国宝）－本尊を安置する正堂（しょうどう）、相の間、礼堂（らいどう）から成る巨大な建築で、前面は京都の清水寺本堂と同じく懸造（かけづくり、舞台造とも）になっている。
English: The hondo was burnt down seven times between the Nara period and 1536.
Japanese: 本堂は奈良時代から室町時代の天文(元号)5年（1536年）まで7回焼失している。
English: After the seventh fire, a new hall was completed in 1588 with Hidenaga TOYOTOMI's assistance.
Japanese: 7回目の焼失後、豊臣秀長の援助で天正16年（1588年）に新しい堂が完成した。
English: After that, due to leaks and heavy damage, it was decided to again rebuild instead of repair it.
Japanese: その後、堂の雨漏りや傷みが激しいため、修理ではなく新築することとなった。
English: With a donation from Iemitsu TOKUGAWA and after five years work, the hondo, which still stands today, was completed
Japanese: 徳川家光の寄進を得て、5年がかりの工事の後、慶安3年（1650年）に新築落慶したのが現・本堂である。
English: The Eleven-faced Kannon statue, which is more than ten meters high, was completed two years after the hondo was burnt down in 1536, and was not moved when the new hondo was built in 1650.
Japanese: 高さ10メートル以上ある本尊・十一面観音像は、天文5年の本堂焼失の2年後に完成しており、慶安3年の新本堂建設工事は本尊を原位置から移動せずに行われた。
English: Therefore, the hondo has a complicated structure, with a 'nainaijin' (the innermost sanctuary where the principal object stands) within the 'naijin' (inner sanctuary), and as a result, the nainaijin acts as a big 'zushi' (a cupboard-like shrine with double doors used to store images of Buddha, sutras, etc).
Japanese: そのため、本堂は内陣の中にさらに内々陣（本尊を安置）がある複雑な構成となっており、内々陣は巨大な厨子の役目をしている。
English: Deemed representative of large early-modern hondo, it was designated a National Treasure on December 2004.
Japanese: 近世前半の大規模本堂の代表作として、2004年12月、国宝に指定された。
English: Bronze plaque of the Hokke Sesso-zu: an embossed carving of a pagoda and several buddhas on a copper plate 84cm long and 75cm wide depicting the scene in "The Emergence of the Treasure Tower" chapter of the Lotus Sutra when a large pagoda appeared in the sky while Shakyamuni was preaching.
Japanese: 銅板法華説相図－法華経の見宝塔品（けんほうとうほん）で、釈迦が説法していたところ、空中に巨大な宝塔が出現した場面を表現したもので、縦84センチ、横75センチの鋳銅の板に宝塔と諸仏が浮き彫り状に表わされている。
English: The inscription shows that it was made by the priest Domyo in order to cure a disease of "the Emperor who governed the world at Asukakiyomihara" in "the Year of the Dog".
Japanese: そこには「戌年」に「飛鳥浄御原で天下を治めた天皇」の病気平癒のため、僧・道明が作ったという意味のことが書かれている。
English: Although a temple legend says that this Year of the Dog was 686, many researchers regard that this was made in 698, one cycle of the Oriental zodiac later.
Japanese: この戌年について、寺伝では天武天皇の朱鳥元年（686年）とするが、研究者の間では干支が一巡した文武天皇2年（698年）の作と見る意見が多い。
English: Lotus Sutra, Samantabhadra Contemplation Sutra, Sutra of Immeasurable Meanings, Amida Sutra, Heart Sutra, 34 scrolls in total: a series of 'soshokukyo' (decorative sutras) made in the Kamakura period and commonly called the 'Hasedera-kyo Sutras'.
Japanese: 法華経、観普賢経、無量義経、阿弥陀経、般若心経、計34巻－鎌倉時代に制作された「装飾経」のセットで「長谷寺経」と通称される。
English: The sutras are ornately decorated with gold and silver leaf decorating the paper and crystal used for the rollers.
Japanese: 本文の用紙は金銀の切箔などで装飾し、巻き軸には水晶を用いるなど、装飾をこらしている。
English: Wooden standing statue of the Eleven-Faced Kannon (in the hondo) together with the wooden standing statue of the Dragon King Nanda (Nanda-ryuo) and stored goods inside the statue, and the wooden standing statue of Sekishou Douji (a synthesis of the Vairocana Buddha and the Shinto Sun Goddess, Amaterasu) and stored goods inside the statue
Japanese: 木造十一面観音立像（本堂安置）附木造難陀龍王立像及び像内納入品、木造赤精童子立像及び像内納入品
English: According to a legend about the founding of Hase-dera Temple, in the 720s a big sacred tree washed up on the banks of the Hatsuse River and brought down a great curse, causing fear among the villagers, who asked the founder, Tokudo, to make a statue of the Bodhisattva Kannon from the sacred tree, which was the root of curse, and the statue was enshrined on Mt. Hatsuse near the village.
Japanese: 長谷寺の本尊像については、神亀年間（720年代）、近隣の初瀬川に流れ着いた巨大な神木が大いなる祟りを呼び、恐怖した村人の懇願を受けて開祖徳道が祟りの根源である神木を観音菩薩像に作り替え、これを近くの初瀬山に祀ったという長谷寺開山の伝承がある。
English: Regardless of the veracity of this legend, it seems that the wood the original statue was carved from was some kind of 'sacred wood'.
Japanese: 伝承の真偽はともかく、当初像は「神木」等、何らかのいわれのある木材を用いて刻まれたものと思われる。
English: Although it was made in the Muromachi period, when Buddhist sculpture was in decline, it is a superb large statue over ten meters tall.
Japanese: 仏像彫刻衰退期の室町時代の作品だが、10メートルを超える巨像を破綻なくまとめている。
English: Unlike usual Eleven-Faced Kannon statues, it holds a 'shakujo' (priest's pewter staff) in the right hand similar to Jizo Bosatsu (Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva) and stands on a rock (like most Eleven-Faced Kannon statues, it has a 'suibyo', or water jug, in the left hand).
Japanese: 本像は通常の十一面観音像と異なり、右手に地蔵菩薩の持つような錫杖を持ち、岩の上に立つ姿である（左手には通常の十一面観音像と同じく水瓶を持つ）。
English: According to the legend, this signifies that Kannon, like Jizo, will come down to the world of mortals and walk around giving salvation to all living things and is a unique style which is not seen in other sects (including other schools of Shingon Buddhism).
Japanese: 伝承によれば、これは地蔵菩薩と同じく、自ら人間界に下りて衆生を救済して行脚する姿を表したものとされ、他の宗派（真言宗他派も含む）には見られない独特の形式である。
English: Eleven-Faced Kannon with this kind of shakujo are called 'Hase-dera-style Eleven-Faced Kannon (Hase-style Kannon)'.
Japanese: この種の錫杖を持った十一面観音を「長谷寺式十一面観音（長谷型観音）」と呼称する。
English: Akaito Odoshi Yoroi (red braided armor) with osode (large sleeves), Shiroito Odoshi Yoroi (white braided armor) with osode, Takanoha Odoshi Yoroi (Red-threaded Armor) with osode, Mitsumezane Yoroi (armor made of small pieces of iron or leather that have three rows of holes for lacing), and Aikawa Odoshi Kataaka Osode (deer skin armor died indigo with large red sleeves)
Japanese: 赤糸威鎧　大袖付、白糸威鎧　大袖付、鷹羽威鎧　大袖付、三目札鎧、藍韋威肩赤大袖
English: Yakushi-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Nishinokyo-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, which is a Daihonzan (Head Temple) of the Hosso sect along with Kofuku-ji Temple.
Japanese: 薬師寺（やくしじ）は、奈良県奈良市西ノ京町に所在する寺院であり、興福寺とともに法相宗の大本山である。
English: Regarded as a part of "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara," this temple has been registered as a World Heritage site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) since 1998.
Japanese: 1998年に古都奈良の文化財の一部として、国際連合教育科学文化機関より世界遺産に登録されている。
English: First established in Asuka (now Kidono-cho, Kashihara City, Nara Prefecture) at the end of the seventh century, Yakushi-ji temple was transferred to the present place in the beginning of the eighth century following the transfer of national capital to Heijo.
Japanese: 薬師寺は7世紀末、飛鳥（奈良県橿原市城殿（きどの）町）の地に創建され、平城遷都後の8世紀初めに現在地に移転したものである。
English: Meanwhile, temple buildings of the original Yakushi-ji Temple in Asuka (called Moto-Yakushiji Temple) is believed to have existed until around the tenth century.
Japanese: ただし、飛鳥の薬師寺（本薬師寺、）の伽藍も10世紀頃までは引き続き存続していたと見られる。
English: According to the "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan), Emperor Tenmu founded Yakushi-ji Temple in Asuka in 680 to pray that Empress Uno-no-Sarara, the later Empress Jito, might recover from an illness.
Japanese: 『日本書紀』によれば、天武天皇9年（680年）、天武天皇が後の持統天皇である鵜野讃良（うののさらら）皇后の病気平癒を祈願し、飛鳥の地に創建したのが薬師寺であるとされる。
English: There is a similar description in 'Toto Satsumei,' inscription on the Sorinto Pillar (pillar of the metal pinnacle on the top of pagodas) that is on the roof of East Pagoda in Yakushi-ji Temple.
Japanese: 薬師寺東塔の屋上にある相輪支柱に刻まれた「東塔檫銘」（「さつ」は木扁に「察」）にも同趣旨の記述がある。
English: However, as the Emperor Tenmu died in 686 before this temple was completed, Empress Jito and Emperor Monmu took over the construction work.
Japanese: しかし、天武天皇は寺の完成を見ずに朱鳥元年（686年）没し、伽藍整備は持統天皇、文武天皇の代に引き継がれた。
English: There is a description in the "Nihonshoki" that an event called "Mushadaie Festival" was held at Yakushi-ji Temple in 688, which suggests that the temple buildings had been completed to some degree by that time.
Japanese: 持統天皇2年（688年）、薬師寺にて無遮大会（むしゃだいえ）という行事が行われたことが『書紀』に見え、この頃までにはある程度伽藍が整っていたものと思われる。
English: According to "Shoku Nihongi" (Chronicles of Japan Continued), the construction work had almost been completed in 698, which enabled Buddhist priests to live in the temple.
Japanese: 『続日本紀』によれば、文武天皇2年（698年）には寺の造営がほぼ完成し、僧を住まわせている。
English: The ruins of Yakushi-ji Temple in Asuka have remained in Kidono-cho, Kashihara City, lying midway between Mt. Unebi and Amanokaguyama hill--both of which are counted among Three Mountains of Yamato--to be designated as the Special Historic Sites 'The ruins of Moto-Yakushiji Temple.'
Japanese: この、飛鳥の薬師寺跡は大和三山の畝傍山と天香具山の中間にあたる橿原市城殿町に残り、「本薬師寺（もとやくしじ）跡」として特別史跡に指定されている。
English: Afterwards, following the transfer of the national capital to the Heijo-kyo in 710, Yakushi-ji Temple was transferred from Asuka to a place facing Rokujo-oji Street of Heijo-kyo, where Yakushi-ji Temple is now standing.
Japanese: その後、和銅3年（710年）の平城京への遷都に際して、薬師寺は飛鳥から平城京の六条大路に面した現在地に移転した。
English: According to "Yakushi-ji Engi" (The History of Yakushi-ji Temple) compiled in 1015, Yakushi-ji Temple was relocated in 718.
Japanese: 移転の時期は長和4年（1015年）成立の『薬師寺縁起』が伝えるところによれば養老2年（718年）のことであった。
English: In the chapter of March 29, 730 of "Fuso Ryakki" (A Brief History of Japan), there is a description of 'East Pagoda of Yakushi-ji Temple was established.'
Japanese: 『扶桑略記』天平2年（730年）3月29日条に、「始薬師寺東塔立」とある。
English: This description shows that the East Pagoda (a three-story pagoda) was completed in 730, and that the construction work had lasted until that time.
Japanese: 東塔（三重塔）が完成したのがその年のことで、その頃まで造営が続いていたものと思われる。
English: Meanwhile, the original Yakushi-ji Temple (Moto-Yakushiji Temple) in Asuka existed for a while even after the relocation to Heijo-kyo.
Japanese: なお、平城京への移転後も、飛鳥の薬師寺（本薬師寺）はしばらく存続していた。
English: According to historical materials and excavation research, the original Yakushi-ji Temple had apparently existed until around the tenth century, or during the middle of the Heian period.
Japanese: 史料や発掘調査の結果からは平安時代中期、10世紀ころまでは存続していたようだ。
English: It turned out that the flat size of the hall and pagodas, the distance between them are almost the same as that of Yakushi-ji Temple in Heijo-kyo.
Japanese: 堂塔の平面規模、金堂と塔との距離などが平城薬師寺とほぼ等しいことがわかっている。