Uegano Temple

Uegano Temple [上笹方；うえがの・ほら] was a Kiren temple located on the border of what are now the cities of Tōwara and Bando in Tomono Prefecture. It was a provincial temple established by Emperor Beiji during the Nittori period for the purpose of promoting Kiren as the national religion of Kanton and standardising control of the Imperial rule over the provinces. The temple no longer stands, but the grounds were designated as a National Historic Site by the government in 1926. The ruins of the adjacent nunnery, the Uegano Kyōdan, are not included within this site.
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