nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: At 3pm, from Koro Tower three-thousand heart-shaped fans are scattered and thrown to visitors.
Japanese: 15時、ハート型をした3,000枚のうちわが鼓楼より参拝者に向けばら撒かれる。
English: Kaizan-ki (the anniversary of the founder of the temple's death), from June 5 to 7; as the anniversary of Jianzhen's death falls on June 6 the statue of Jianzhen (national treasure) is available to view at Goei-do Hall (the hall dedicated to the sect's founder) for three days before and after the anniversary.
Japanese: 開山忌（6月5日-6月7日）-6月6日が鑑真の命日にあたり、その前後3日間、御影堂において国宝の鑑真和上像を開扉する。
English: Kangetsu Sanbutsu E (a gathering held to watch the moon and praise Buddha), 14 to 16 August depending on the lunar calendar; the Kon-do Hall is open to the public during the night and the silhouettes of the Sansonbutsu (three Buddhist deities) stand out sharply against the light.
Japanese: 観月讃仏会（かんげつさんぶつえ、旧暦8月14日-16日）-夜間に金堂を開扉し、堂内の三尊仏がシルエットとして浮かび上がる。
English: It's predecessor was Hoko-ji Temple, the clan temple (ujidera) of the Soga Clan and the first proper temple in Japan (Hoko-ji means 'the temple where Buddhism flourished').
Japanese: 蘇我氏の氏寺で、日本最古の本格的寺院でもある法興寺（仏法が興った寺という意味）の後身である。
English: That is to say, the name of the temple built by SOGA no Umako was Hoko-ji Temple or Gango-ji Temple, and the official name of the small temple now standing on the site of Hoko-ji Temple's Chukondo (Middle Hall) is 'Angoin'; however, the name 'Asuka-dera Temple' appears in travel notes from the Edo period, and is also included in various technical terms, for example 'Asuka-dera-style temple layout'.
Japanese: すなわち蘇我馬子が建立した寺院の法号は「法興寺」または「元興寺」（がんごうじ）であり、法興寺中金堂跡に現在建つ小寺院の公称は「安居院」（あんごいん）だが「飛鳥寺」の呼称は江戸時代の紀行文などにも見え、「飛鳥寺式伽藍配置」など学術用語にも使われている。
English: In this article, 'Asuka-dera Temple' is used for both the temple built by Umako and the present temple which succeeded its tradition.
Japanese: 本項では馬子が建立した寺院とその法灯を継いで現存する寺院とを包括して、「飛鳥寺」と呼称することとする。
English: The principal image is of the Buddha, Shakyamuni, and is known as 'Asuka-daibutsu' or Great Buddha of Asuka; the temple was founded by Umako.
Japanese: 本尊は「飛鳥大仏」と通称される釈迦如来、開基（創立者）は馬子である。
English: Its 'sango' is Torigatazan, but since the ancient Asuka-dera Temple did not have a 'sango', this is a later addition.
Japanese: 山号を鳥形山（とりがたやま）と称するが古代の寺院には山号はなく、後になって付けられた山号である。
English: Torigatazan' is the name of a mountain to the northeast of the temple where Asukaniimasu-jinja Shrine is located.
Japanese: なお「鳥形山」は寺の北東、飛鳥坐神社（あすかにいますじんじゃ）のある山を指す。
English: Hoko-ji Temple, the predecessor of the present Asuka-dera Temple, was built from the late sixth century to the early seventh century as the clan temple of the Soga Clan and, along with Toyura-dera Temple (a nunnery and predecessor of Kogen-ji Temple) in Toyura, Asuka Village, is the first true Buddhist temple in Japan.
Japanese: 現在の飛鳥寺の前身である法興寺は蘇我氏の氏寺として6世紀末から7世紀初頭にかけて造営されたもので、明日香村豊浦の豊浦寺（尼寺。現在の向原寺がその後身）と並び日本最古の本格的仏教寺院である。
English: According to the "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan), SOGA no Umako decided to build Hoko-ji Temple in 587.
Japanese: 『日本書紀』によると、法興寺は用明天皇2年（587年）に蘇我馬子が建立を発願したものである。
English: He is said to have sworn to build a temple if he was victorious over the anti-Buddhist faction, led by MONONOBE no Moriya.
Japanese: 馬子は排仏派の物部守屋との戦いに際し、この戦いに勝利したら仏寺を建立することを誓った。
English: SOGA no Umako won the battle, so he decided to build the temple in Makaminohara, Asuka.
Japanese: そして無事に勝利したので、飛鳥の真神原（まかみのはら）の地に寺を建てることにしたという。
English: The "Gangoji-engi" (Origin of Gango-ji Temple), written in 747, while giving the same year, differs from the "Nihonshoki" in the details.
Japanese: 一方、天平19年（747年）成立の『元興寺縁起』には発願の年は『書紀』と同じながら内容の異なる記載がある。
English: According to the "Gangoji-engi", in 587, 'a visitor from Baekje' offered counsel on building a temple for male Buddhist priests because there were only nunneries at that time in Japan, then Emperor Yomei ordered the later Empress Suiko and Prince Shotoku to seek out a place for the temple.
Japanese: 『縁起』によると丁未年（用明天皇2年、587年）、「百済の客」が当時の日本には尼寺しかなかったので法師寺を作るべきであることを上申し、用明天皇が後の推古天皇と聖徳太子に命じて寺を建てるべき土地を検討させたという。
English: (At that time in Japan, there seem to have been no official male Buddhist priests although there were nuns, such as Zenshin-ni who went to Baekje to study.)
Japanese: （当時の日本には百済に留学した善信尼などの尼はいたが、日本人の正式の男僧はいなかったと見られる。）
English: The "Nihonshoki" states that construction of Hoko-ji Temple began in 588, with the dispatch of Buddhist priests and craftsmen from Baekje and the demolition of the residence of Konoha, ancestor of the Asuka no Kinunui no Miyatsuko, in Makaminohara, Asuka.
Japanese: 『書紀』によれば翌崇峻天皇元年（588年）、百済から僧と技術者が派遣され飛鳥の真神原（まかみのはら）の地にあった飛鳥衣縫造祖樹葉（あすかきぬぬいのみやつこおやこのは）の邸宅を壊して法興寺の造営が始められた。
English: The "Nihonshoki" entry for 592 mentions that "construction began on Grand Hoko-ji Temple's Buddha statue hall and corridor", so it is possible that this was the first year of full-scale construction after ground leveling and procuring lumber.
Japanese: 『書紀』の崇峻天皇5年（592年）の条には「大法興寺の仏堂と歩廊とを起（た）つ」とあり、整地工事や木材の調達が終わって本格的な造営が始まったのはこの年からとする説もある。
English: The "Nihonshoki" entry for February 21, 593, also reports that "the Buddha's bones are put in the foundations of the central pillar of Hoko-ji Temple's pagoda" and, the following day (the 22nd), that "the central pillar was raised".
Japanese: 『書紀』の推古天皇元年1月15日(旧暦)（593年2月21日）の条には「法興寺の刹柱（塔の心柱）の礎の中に仏舎利を置く」との記事があり、翌日の1月16日(旧暦)（2月22日）に「刹柱を建てた」とある。
English: In 1957, excavations at the site of the pagoda confirmed a vessel containing the Buddha's bones had been buried under the foundation stone of the central pillar.
Japanese: なお昭和32年（1957年）の発掘調査の結果、塔跡の地下に埋まっていた心礎（塔の心柱の礎石）に舎利容器が埋納されていたことが確認されている。
English: The "Nihonshoki" article for November, 596, states that "Hoko-ji Temple was completed".
Japanese: 『書紀』の推古天皇4年（596年）11月条に「法興寺を造り竟（おわ）りぬ」との記事がある。
English: However, as stated below, the principal object of worship, a Shaka-sanzon, or Shakyamuni Buddha Triad, was not finished for a further nine years, meaning the temple did not have its principal images for nine years after it had been completed.
Japanese: しかし後述のように法興寺本尊の釈迦三尊像が完成したのはそれから少なくとも9年後のことであり寺は完成したが、9年間は本尊が存在しなかったということになってしまう。
English: On this point, different researchers have different explanations, with one theory being that the pagoda was completed first in 596, and the other temple buildings were built in turn after that.
Japanese: この点については研究者によってさまざまな解釈があり、一説には推古天皇4年（596年）にはまず塔が完成し他の堂宇はその後順次建立されたのではないかという。
English: Excavations from 1956 to1957 found that the original Hoko-ji Temple was a magnificent one-pagoda-three-hall-style temple with a central five-storied pagoda surrounded by a middle kondo, an eastern kondo, and a western kondo.
Japanese: 昭和31～32年（1956年～1957年）の発掘調査の結果によれば当初の法興寺は中心の五重塔を囲んで中金堂、東金堂、西金堂が建つ一塔三金堂式の壮大な伽藍であった。
English: According to the "Nihonshoki", the principal image of the middle kondo of Hoko-ji Temple, the statues of the Shakyamuni Buddha Triad are said to have been begun by Kuratsukurinotori in 605 and finished in 606.
Japanese: 法興寺中金堂本尊の釈迦三尊像について『書紀』は推古天皇13年（605年）に造り始められ翌14年（606年）完成、作者は鞍作鳥（くらつくりのとり）であるという。
English: Incidentally, according to "Gangoji-engi", there was an inscription on the halo of the sixteen-shaku (around 4.85m) high statue, which said the statue was "reverently begun" in 605 and finished in 609.
Japanese: なお、『元興寺縁起』に引く「丈六光銘」（「一丈六尺の仏像の光背銘」の意）には乙丑年（推古天皇13年、605年）に「敬造」（謹んで造るの意）し、己巳年（609年）に「畢竟」（造り終わるの意）とある。
English: Even after the Taika Reforms led to the extinction of the Soga Clan's head family, Hoko-ji Temple remained a center of religion and, during Emperor Tenmu's reign, came under the protection of the Imperial Court as the one of the 'Four Great Temples', along with Daian-ji Temple, Kawahara-dera Temple, and Yakushi-ji Temple.
Japanese: 大化の改新による蘇我氏宗家滅亡以後も内外の信仰を集め、天武天皇の時代には大安寺・川原寺・薬師寺と並ぶ「四大寺」の一とされて朝廷の保護を受けるようになった。
English: Relating to that, many ancient coins, known as Fuhonsen, were found in the Asukaike Ruins near Asuka-dera Temple and their origins (including a connection with Asuka-dera Temple) are hotly debated.
Japanese: これに関連して飛鳥寺近くの飛鳥池遺跡からは大量の富本銭が発見され、その位置づけを巡って（飛鳥寺との関係も含めて）様々な議論が行われている。
English: When the capital was moved to Heijo-kyo, Hoko-ji Temple was also moved to present-day Nara City and renamed Gango-ji Temple, though Hoko-ji Temple in Asuka continued to exist under the name Moto Gango-ji Temple.
Japanese: 都が平城京へ移るとともに法興寺も現在の奈良市に移転し元興寺となったが、飛鳥の法興寺も存続し本元興寺と称された。
English: It was destroyed by fire in 1196, and went into a drastic decline during the Middle Ages so that, in the Edo period, only a temporary hall remained.
Japanese: 建久7年（1196年）の火災による焼失後、中世以降の衰退は著しく江戸時代には仮堂一宇を残すのみであった。
English: Norinaga MOTOORI, the Edo period scholar, visited Asuka-dera Temple in 1772, describing it in his diary "Sugegasa Nikki" as "having no gate" and "a temporary hall" that contained only the principal image of the Buddha.
Japanese: 江戸時代の学者・本居宣長の『菅笠日記』には、彼が明和9年（1772年）に飛鳥を訪ねた時の様子が書かれているが、当時の飛鳥寺は「門などもなく」「かりそめなる堂」に本尊釈迦如来像が安置されるのみだったという。
English: A stone monument referring to "Asuka-daibutsu", which now stands at the entrance of the approach to the temple, has existed since 1792 and shows that the statue was already called "Asuka-daibutsu" at that time.
Japanese: 現在、参道入口に立つ「飛鳥大仏」の石碑は寛政4年（1792年）のもので当時すでに「飛鳥大仏」と呼ばれていたことがわかる。
English: The present main hall was rebuilt in 1825 at the end of the Edo period with support from a donor in Osaka, and as such, it is hard to gain an appreciation of the magnificent original temple.
Japanese: 現・本堂は江戸末期の文政8年（1825年）に大坂の篤志家の援助で再建されたもので、創建当時の壮大な伽藍をしのぶべくもない。
English: However, excavations have revealed that the place where Asuka-dera Temple's main hall now stands is the exact same site as the middle golden hall of Hoko-ji Temple built by Umako, and the principal image of the Buddha (or Asuka-daibutsu), although extensively repaired, is enshrined in the same position as it was in the Asuka period.
Japanese: しかし発掘調査の結果、現在の飛鳥寺本堂の建つ場所はまさしく馬子の建てた法興寺中金堂の跡地であり、本尊の釈迦如来像（飛鳥大仏）は補修が甚だしいとはいえ飛鳥時代と同じ場所に安置されていることがわかった。
English: In other words, although it has experienced a decline, Hoko-ji Temple, the oldest temple in Japan, has maintained its traditions up until today, the 21st century.
Japanese: 日本最古の寺院・法興寺は衰退したとはいえ、21世紀の今日までその法灯を守り続けているわけである。
English: He is generally considered to have been the same person as Shibatukuri no Obito Tori, who made the Shakyamuni Triad that is the principal image in Horyu-ji Temple's kondo.
Japanese: 作鳥は、法隆寺金堂本尊釈迦三尊像の作者である「司馬鞍首止利」（しばくらつくりのおびととり）と同一人物とみるのが一般的理解である。
English: It is believed to have originally been a triad like the statues of Horyu-ji Temple's Shakyamuni triad; however, both side-attendants were lost and the statue itself was seriously damaged by fire caused by lightning, so that only the upper half of the face, the left ear, and the index, middle, and third fingers of the right hand are said to be original.
Japanese: 当初は法隆寺釈迦三尊像と同様の三尊形式だったはずだが両脇侍像は失われ、釈迦像も鎌倉時代の建久7年（1196年）の落雷のための火災で甚大な損害を受けており当初の部分は顔の上半分、左耳、右手の第2・3・4指に残るのみだといわれる。
English: Cracked parts are covered with clay and then paper, and then painted with Indian ink, so it is certain that it has undergone extensive repairs.
Japanese: 亀裂の入った部分を粘土で埋め紙を張って墨を塗った部分などがあり、大幅な補修が加えられていることは確かである。
English: The index finger, middle finger, and third finger of the right hand were confirmed by X-ray to be mortised to the palm.
Japanese: 右手の第2・3・4指については、掌の部分にほぞ差しされていることがエックス線撮影によって確認されている。
English: The representation of its almond-shape eyes is common to other extant Asuka-style Buddha statues.
Japanese: アーモンド形の眼の表現などは現存する他の飛鳥仏に共通する表現が見られる。
English: Although almost every part of the body seems to have been repaired at some point, the knot tying the string on the chest is done in an old style, and so is likely to replicate the original.
Japanese: 体部のほとんどが後補とみられるが胸前に紐の結び目を表す服制は古様であり、当初像の表現を踏襲している可能性がある。
English: According to the temple history, it was founded on May 28, 1596 and the founder was Tadamasa HONDA.
Japanese: 由緒によれば開基は慶長元年(1596)5月28日、開基者は本多忠政公。
English: He founded it for salvation of Kumahime (also referred to as Yuhime or Kunihime) -- a wife of Tadamasa HONDA and a daughter of Saburo Nobuyasu OKAZAKI (granddaughter of Ieyasu TOKUGAWA and Nobunaga ODA) -- and her late father.
Japanese: 本多忠政公の室、岡崎三郎信康息女熊姫《ユウ姫》また（国姫）（徳川家康、織田信長の孫姫）亡父の菩提の為建立。
English: On June 25, 1626, Kumahime died in the Himeji Castle (Myoko-in Temple Kaiyo Yukei).
Japanese: 寛永3年(1626)6月25日、姫路城内にて熊姫逝去《妙光院快誉裕慶》。
English: When Noto no kami (the governor of Noto Province), Tadayoshi HONDA, entered Oshu Shirakawa, he established Kyusho-ji Temple at the site of Zuiho-ji Temple in Enmyoji-cho near the Shirakawa Castle.
Japanese: 本多能登守忠義奥州白河入部に際して白河城下円妙寺町隋宝寺跡を久松寺と為し菩提寺とす。
English: Located at Miwa Sakurai City Nara Prefecture, Byodo-ji Temple now belongs to the Soto sect.
Japanese: 平等寺（びょうどうじ）は、奈良県桜井市三輪にある現在は曹洞宗の寺院。
English: However "Omiwa-Jinja Shi" (The history of Omiwa-Jinja Shrine) denies it, saying that it was founded by Kyoen on the ground that 'a statue of Kyoen was enshrined in Kaisan-do Hall (temple where the statue of founder priest is placed) of the temple.'
Japanese: しかし『大神神社史』は、「平等寺境内の開山堂に慶円の像を安置していた」ことを根拠に、寺伝を否定し、慶円を開山者としている。
English: Only after the Kamakura period, it was specifically described in historical materials: "Mirokunyorai Kanno Shoso" (The selection of the influence of Mirokunyorai) described it for the fist time in 1236.
Japanese: 史料上、明確に現れてくるのは鎌倉時代以降、「弥勒如来感応抄草」の1236年（嘉禎2）である。
English: It is clear with no question that Byodo-ji Temple existed and was called "Miwa-bessho" at the time.
Japanese: このころに、平等寺が存在し、「三輪別所」と呼称されていたことは問題がなく確実である。
English: Relatively soon after that the seminary came to be called "Byodo-ji Temple."
Japanese: その後、比較的早い時期には「平等寺」という名称で呼ばれることとなった。
English: In the end of the Kamakura period, the temple filled a position of betto-ji (a temple attached to a shrine) of Omiwa-jinja Shrine--the position superior to Daigorin-ji Temple, which was also ranked as a jingu-ji (betto-ji).
Japanese: 鎌倉末期には、同じ神宮寺であった大御輪寺をもしのぎ、大神神社の別当寺の地位にたっていた。
English: In the meanwhile, "Daijoin jisha zojiki" (Miscellaneous Records of the Daijo Temple and Shrine) describes that Byodo-ji Temple and other temples were imposed Goyosen (the money paid to the authorities) by the Kofuku-ji Temple (Sakurai City).
Japanese: 一方で、「大乗院寺社雑事記」には、興福寺が平等寺に御用銭を課していることが見られる。
English: It also retained a relation with Daigo-ji Temple, because it taught Shugendo (Japanese mountain asceticism-shamanism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts).
Japanese: また、同時に修験道を伝えていたことから、醍醐寺との関係も保持していた。
English: This is why two groups of monks were formed in the temple--a group of academic monks (Kofuku-ji Temple Daijo-in) and a group of Zen monks (Sanbo-in of Daigo-ji Temple).
Japanese: そのため、内部に「学衆（興福寺大乗院）」と「禅衆（醍醐寺三宝院）」という、二つの僧侶集団が作られた。
English: "Daijoin jisha zojiki" also describes that there were fierce conflicts between the groups of academic monks and Zen monks in the middle of the Muromachi period.
Japanese: 室町時代中期には、禅衆と学衆が激しく争ったことも、「大乗院寺社雑事記」には描かれている。
English: Although the temple left the control of Kofuku-ji Temple and became a temple of the Shingo sect, it continued teaching Shugendo.
Japanese: 江戸時代には、興福寺の支配を離れ、真言宗の寺院となりつつも、修験道も伝えていた。
English: It also tells that there were several large and small Buddhist buildings such as Gyojado hall for ascetic training, Mieido hall to enshrine the founder's image, Hondo (a main hall), and Issaikyodo hall to store the Buddhist scriptures.
Japanese: 行者堂・御影堂・本堂・一切経堂など、複数の堂舎が存在したことがうかがわれる。
English: This put Byodo-ji Temple under the control of shanin (shrine priests) of Miwa-sha in 1870.
Japanese: これにより、1870年（明治3）には、平等寺は三輪社の社人が管理するにいたる。
English: In 1954, when "The History of Omiwa-cho Town" was in compilation, 'no trace of the Buddhist buildings is found in the site except for a stone wall left in the pagoda, and principal Buddha statues have been moved to Suisho-ji temple,' ("The History of Omiwa-cho Town," p.469).
Japanese: 1959年（昭和34）の『大三輪町史』編纂の段階では、「現在は、その伽藍は存在せず、わずかに塔中の石垣のみが遺跡として存在するとともに、主たる仏像は翠松寺も移されているような現況である」（『大三輪町史』496p）とあるように堂舎は存在せず、一切の建物も残っていない状態となっていた。
English: In 1977, the temple was reconstructed as a Zen temple, 'Miwa-san Byodo-ji Temple' of the Soto sect.
Japanese: 1977年（昭和52）、曹洞宗の寺院、「三輪山平等寺」として再興した。
English: Tanzan-jinja Shrine is a shrine located in Mt. Tonomine, Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture.
Japanese: 談山神社（たんざんじんじゃ）は、奈良県桜井市の多武峰（とうのみね）にある神社。
English: Its temple history written in Kamakura period describes the origin of the shine, and according to it, after the death of the founder of the Fujiwara clan, FUJIWARA no Kamatari, a monk and his elder son Joe came back to Japan from China (Tang Dynasty) and moved his father's tomb from Ai, Settsu Province (see Abuyama Tumulus) to Yamato Province, where he erected Jusanjunoto (Thirteen-storied pagoda) in 678.
Japanese: 鎌倉時代に成立した寺伝によると、藤原氏の祖である藤原鎌足の死後の天武天皇7年（678年）、長男で僧の定恵が唐からの帰国後に、父の墓を摂津国安威の地（参照：阿武山古墳）から大和国のこの地に移し、十三重塔を造立したのが発祥である。
English: In 680, Kodo Hall (existent shrine architecture) was build and named Myoraku-ji Temple.
Japanese: 天武天皇9年（680年）に講堂（現在の神社建築）が創建され、そこを妙楽寺と号した。
English: In 701, Shido (a hall dedicated to the souls of ancestors) (existent shrine architecture) was built beside the Jusanjunoto to enshrine a wooden image of Kamatari and was called Shoryoin.
Japanese: 大宝(日本)元年（701年）、十三重塔の東に鎌足の木像を安置する祠堂（現在の神社建築）が建立され、聖霊院と号した。
English: It is believed that the name Tanzan (mountain of negotiation) came from an episode that FUJIWARA no Kamatari and Emperor Tenchi held a meeting in May 645 in Mt. Tonomine to discuss the Taika Reforms and, and later the mountain came to be called "kataraiyama" (mountain of chat) or "dansho no mori" (woods of consultation).
Japanese: 談山の名の由来は、藤原鎌足と天智天皇が、大化元年（645年）5月に大化の改新の談合をこの多武峰にて行い、後に「談い山（かたらいやま）」「談所ヶ森」と呼んだことによるとされる。
English: In the Heian period, the temple developed along with the prosperity of the Fujiwara clan, as is shown in such episodes as the ascetic stay of FUJIWARA no Takamitsu at the temple after he had entered into priesthood and the temple's invitation to a holy priest Zoga shonin.
Japanese: 平安時代には藤原高光が出家後に入山、増賀上人を招聘するなど、藤原氏の繁栄と共に発展を遂げた。
English: Since the temple invited Zoga, who was a priest of Tendai sect, in the Heian period, it was never free from disputes with Kofuku-ji Temple, which were common in connection with the Fujiwara clan of Yamato-no-kuni but different in the sect.
Japanese: 平安時代に天台僧・増賀を迎えたことから、同じ大和国の藤原氏縁の寺院でありながら、宗派の違う興福寺とは争いが絶えなかった。
English: From the Kamakura period through the Muromachi period, the two temples frequently had disputes over the territory.
Japanese: 鎌倉時代から室町時代にかけてはたびたび領地などを巡り争論を繰り広げていた。
English: In 1585, after Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI issued a strict order to relocate the temple to an area under control of Koriyama-jo Castle, its buildings were destroyed and transferred.
Japanese: 1585年（天正13）、豊臣秀吉により、郡山城下に移すことを厳命され破却、遷座。
English: There is no end to the number of people who climb the mountain and visit Tanzan-jinja Shrine whose Buddhist Garan is still found in its precinct.
Japanese: 仏教伽藍は現代も談山神社境内に見ることができ、登拝者も後を絶たない。
English: Although Haibutsu-kishaku (a movement to abolish Buddhism) in the Meiji period forced it to eliminate the Buddhist institution and remain only as a shrine, it has continued using its Buddhist temple architecture and conserved a unique atmosphere.
Japanese: 明治の廃仏毀釈の際に寺を廃し神社のみとなったが、建物は寺院建築をそのまま使用しているため、独特の雰囲気を残している。
English: A mausoleum believed to be the tomb of FUJIWARA no Kamatari is behind a mountain pass that goes from Tanzan-jinja Shrine to Goharetsu-zan Mountain.
Japanese: 談山神社から御破裂山への山道があり、その奥に藤原鎌足の墓所といわれる陵がある。
English: There are a stone pagoda believed to be the tomb for the second son of FUJIWARA no Kamatari, Tankaiko (a posthumous title of FUJIWARA no Fuhito) within a short walk from Tanzan-jinja Shrine.
Japanese: 談山神社から、少し歩いたところに藤原鎌足の次男、淡海公（藤原不比等）の墓といわれる石塔がある。
English: For reference, images of its haiden (a hall of worship) and Jusanjunoto were adopted on Bank of Japan notes a few times before the war (in prewar times).
Japanese: 尚、拝殿や十三重塔は戦前に何度か日本銀行券の図案に採用された事がある。
English: Fukubachi (inverted bowl-shaped base of a pagoda finial) of Obara-dera Temple Sanjunoto (three-storied pagoda): an artifact of Obara-dera Temple, whose ruin is found in the mountains in Obara, Sakurai City (northeast of Tanzan-jinja Shrine)
Japanese: 粟原寺三重塔伏鉢（おうばらでらさんじゅうのとうふくばち）‐桜井市粟原（談山神社の北東方向）の山中に跡が残る粟原寺の遺物である。
English: "Fukubachi" refers to a part of "Sorin (metal pinnacle)" on the top of three- or five-storied pagodas.
Japanese: 「伏鉢」とは、三重塔、五重塔などの最上部に立つ「相輪」の部材の一つ。
English: It describes the origin of Obara-dera Temple that NAKATOMI no Ason Oshima founded it for Prince Kusakabe with an imperial order.
Japanese: 中臣大島（なかとみのあそんおおしま）が草壁皇子のために発願したという粟原寺の由緒が書かれている。
English: Fudasho (temple where amulets are collected) etc.: The 18th temple of the 18 Historical Temples with Pagodas (Holy Places of Butto-koji), the eighth temple of Saigoku Yakushi 49 sacred places, En no Gyoja Reiseki Fudasho (Sacred Site for pilgrimage), the 36th temple on the pilgrimage to sacred places for Gods or Buddha
Japanese: 札所等仏塔古寺十八尊第18番西国薬師四十九霊場第八番役行者霊蹟札所神仏霊場巡拝の道第36番
English: Cultural properties: The golden hall, The five-storied pagoda, the wooden standing statue of Shaka Nyorai and so on (national treasure); Mirokudo hall, the wooden standing statue of Manjusri (Bodhisattva) and so on (important cultural property)
Japanese: 文化財金堂、五重塔、木造釈迦如来立像ほか（国宝）弥勒堂、木造文殊菩薩立像ほか（重要文化財）
English: Muro-ji Temple is a temple located in Uda City, Nara Prefecture, which is the head temple of Shingon sect Muro-ji school.
Japanese: 室生寺（むろうじ）は、奈良県宇陀市にある真言宗室生寺派大本山の寺院。
English: The temple buildings are scattered between the foot and middle of Mt. Muro located in the north bank of Muro-gawa River which is a branch of Uda-gawa River.
Japanese: 宇陀川の支流室生川の北岸にある室生山の山麓から中腹に堂塔が散在する。
English: With early Heian period buildings and Buddha statues, its precinct is famous for rhododendrons.
Japanese: 平安時代前期の建築や仏像を伝え、境内はシャクナゲの名所としても知られる。
English: In contrast to Mt. Koya which prohibited women, Muro-ji Temple allowed women to visit, so it was also called 'Nyonin Koya,' which means Koya for women.
Japanese: 女人禁制だった高野山に対し、女性の参詣が許されていたことから「女人高野」の別名がある。
English: Although there is a legend that Muro-ji Temple was opened by EN no Ozunu (or EN no Gyoja) in 680 and revived by Kukai, as far as records tell, it began in the end of the Nara period.
Japanese: 天武天皇9年（680年）、役小角（えんのおづぬ、役行者）の草創、空海の中興という伝承もあるが、記録で確認できる限りでは、奈良時代最末期の草創と思われる。
English: There is Muroryuketsu-jinja Shrine, which enshrines a dragon god, located about a kilometer to the east of Muro-ji Temple, the dragon god is related to the origin of Muro-ji Temple.
Japanese: 室生寺の東方約1キロのところには竜神を祀る室生竜穴（りゅうけつ）神社があるが、室生寺の草創にも竜神が関係している。
English: "Shoku Nihongi" (Chronicle of Japan Continued) and "Benichisan nenbundosha sojo" say that in the late Nara period (770-781), a ceremony to cure the disease of the crown prince, Imperial Prince Yamanobe (later Emperor Kanmu), was held in Muro, after which he recovered thanks to the power of the dragon god, so Imperial Court ordered a priest of Kofuku-ji Temple: Kenkyo to build a temple on the site.
Japanese: 『続日本紀』や『宀一山年分度者奏状』（べんいちさんねんぶんどしゃそうじょう）によると、奈良時代末期の宝亀年間（770年－781年）、時の東宮・山部親王（のちの桓武天皇）の病気平癒のため、室生の地において延寿の法を修したところ、竜神の力でみごとに回復したので、興福寺の僧・賢璟（けんきょう）が朝廷の命でここに寺院を造ることになったという。
English: Kenkyo died in 793, so his disciple named Shuen: a priest of the same Kofuku-ji Temple took over construction of Muro-ji Temple.
Japanese: 賢璟は延暦12年（793年）没しており、造営は同じ興福寺の僧である弟子の修円に引き継がれた。
English: Shuen died in 835, and the five-storied pagoda is the only building which dates back to his time (the first half of the ninth century) among the present buildings of Muro-ji Temple, it must have taken a considerable number of years to complete the buildings as they are now.
Japanese: 修円は承和(日本)2年（835年）に没しているが、現存の室生寺の堂塔のうち、この時期（9世紀前半）にまでさかのぼると見られるのは五重塔のみであり、現在のような伽藍が整うまでには相当の年数を要したものと思われる。
English: Because two founders were priests from Kofuku-ji Temple, Muro-ji Temple had a close relationship with Kofuku-ji Temple; however, it left the Hosso sect to become a temple of the Shingon sect later, in 1698 during the Edo period.
Japanese: 草創にかかわった2人の人物が興福寺僧であった関係から、室生寺は長らく興福寺との関係が深かったが、時代は下って江戸時代の元禄11年（1698年）、興福寺の法相宗から独立して、真言宗寺院となった。
English: Since it allowed women to enter the mountain, it was called 'Nyonin Koya.'
Japanese: 女人の入山が許されたことから「女人高野」と呼ばれ、これは室生寺の代名詞にもなっている。