Sagami-ji

, is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Kasai, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Its mountain name (sangō) is Senjōsan (泉生山). Emperor Shōmu ordered its construction in the 17th year of the Tenpyō era (745 AD), at the request of Gyōki, a Buddhist priest.
== History ==
According to the temple records, the priest Gyōki received an oracle from Sagami Myōjin (modern Sumiyoshi-jinja) instructing a temple to be built on these grounds. Gyōki took the request to Emperor Shōmu, who then ordered the construction of Sagami-ji. When finished in 745, it was named Sagami after the oracle's origins. Inscriptions on temple plaques record later visits from various emperors and shoguns, including shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu.
The building was badly damaged in the Heiji Rebellion of 1159, and later rebuilt. The main temple was burnt down in conflicts during 1578, and was not rebuilt until the daimyo of Himeji, Honda Tadamasa, agreed to aid the Ikeda clan in its reconstruction.
== Architecture ==
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== Images ==
File:Sagamiji01s3200.jpg|Rōmon
File:Sagamiji02s3200.jpg|Entrance
File:Sagamiji07s3200.jpg|Courtyard
File:Sagamiji05s3200.jpg|The belfry
File:Sagami Temple 2600px.jpg|Belfry closeup
File:Sagamiji04s3200.jpg|Tahōtō brackets closeup
File:Sagamiji08s3200.jpg|Main temple path
== External links ==
Category:Buddhist temples in Hyōgo Prefecture
Category:Japanese building and structure stubs
Category:Important Cultural Properties of Japan
Category:Japanese pagodas
Category:Shingon Buddhism
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