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Rengebuji
蓮華峰寺
Religion
Affiliation	Shingon Buddhism
Sect	Chisan-ha
Prefecture	Niigata
Year consecrated	806 (see text)
Location
Municipality	Sado
Country	Japan
Prefecture	Niigata
Architecture
Founder	Kūkai

Rengebuji (蓮華峰寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Chisan-ha sect of Shingon Buddhism located in the Southern side of Sado island. The temple is said to have been founded by Kūkai in the 9th century.

Its compound houses some well-preserved ancient buildings, several designated important cultural properties at a national level.

Among those are a Kondō (金堂) hall built before 1459, a Kohodō (弘法堂) hall celebrating Kūkai dated 1609, and an ossuary built before 1348, making it the oldest building in Niigata prefecture.

References

1. "Database of the Agency of cultural affairs". Retrieved 6 May 2022.
2. "Database of the Agency of cultural affairs". Retrieved 6 May 2022.
3. "Database of the Agency of cultural affairs". Retrieved 6 May 2022.

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