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Takiyasha-hime
[Enichiji Temple, Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture] Enichiji Temple Also known as Okamotodera, Enichiji was first established in 709 when the Buddhist priest Jikei (Sanron sect), from Nara, built a grass hut here called Jihôsan Enichiji in an attempt to broaden Shô-toku Taishi's (574-622) understanding of Buddhist doctrines. In 940, Taira no Masakado's third daughter, Takiyasha-hime, fled to Enichiji, changed her name to Nyozôni, and became a devout Buddhist. She died at the age of eighty. The temple prospered as a convent from 1390 to 1394. Later, Enichiji became the tutelary temple of the lords of Iwaki and Taira domains. It contains twenty-five official letters bearing the vermilion seal of the Shôgun and has sixty-three branch temples. It also became the twenty-eighth of Iwaki's thirty-three Kan'on temples and thus is known also as Tamayama Kan'on Temple.  Enichiji Temple Takiyasha-hime's graveMonument marking the place where Takiyasha-hime died
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