Castle
Ashikaga Clan Residence (Banna-ji)
🇯🇵 Japan · 12th century
Banna-ji (鑁阿寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon tradition in the city of Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, in northern Kantō region of Japan. The honzon of the temple is a statue of Dainichi Nyōrai, leading to the temple's nickname of Dainichisama. The temple is built on the ruins of the ancestral fortified residence of the Ashikaga clan who ruled Japan during the Muromachi shogunate, and its grounds are a National Historic Site
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Ashikaga Clan Residence (Banna-ji) ranks #2,451 of 3,811 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #120 of the 229 mapped in Japan. Founded 1196, it is older than 82% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 227 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
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