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足利義兼
Second head of the Minamoto-descended Ashikaga clan. He built the family residence at Ashikaga and founded Banna-ji with a private Buddhist hall inside it.
In 1196 he became a monk and built a hall for the Buddha Dainichi inside his residence; his Buddhist name, Banna, became the temple's name. The temple says he spent his last years at Hokaiji in Kabasaki, a temple he founded in memory of his mother, and died there in 1199.
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Ashikaga, Tochigi
足利氏館
The ancestral home of the Ashikaga shoguns became a temple, and its moat and earthen banks have survived around the temple grounds for 800 years.
built the residence and founded Banna-jiRecord source: article
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Ashikaga, Tochigi
足利氏館
The ancestral home of the Ashikaga shoguns became a temple, and its moat and earthen banks have survived around the temple grounds for 800 years.
BuiltRecord source: jokaku
