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12-510: The ruins of the original Bitchū Kokubun-ji were designated as a National Historic Site in 1968, but the ruins of the associated provincial nunnery, the Bitchū Kokubun-niji ( 備中国分尼寺 ) were actually designated earlier, in 1922. The Shoku Nihongi records that in 741 AD, as the country recovered from a major smallpox epidemic , Emperor Shōmu ordered that a state-subsidized monastery and nunnery be established in every province for

24-592: A compound 108 meters east-lowest by 216 meters north-to-south. Nothing is known of its history, and it appears to have been destroyed by fire in the Nanboku-chō period. The foundation stones for the South gate, a portion of the Middle Gate, Kondō, Lecture Hall and nun's quarters have been found on north–south axis. Historic Sites of Japan Monuments ( 記念物 , kinenbutsu ) is a collective term used by

36-418: A higher classification as: As of February 2019, there were 3,154 nationally designated Monuments: 1,823 Historic Sites (including 62 Special Historic Sites), 415 Places of Scenic Beauty (including 36 Special Places of Scenic Beauty), and 1,030 Natural Monuments (including 75 Special Natural Monuments). Since a single property can be included within more than one of these classes, the total number of properties

48-432: Is less than the sum of designations: for example Hamarikyu Gardens are both a Special Historic Site and a Special Place of Scenic Beauty. As of 1 May 2013, there were a further 2,961 Historic Sites, 266 Places of Scenic Beauty, and 2,985 Natural Monuments designated at a prefectural level and 12,840 Historic Sites, 845 Places of Scenic Beauty, and 11,020 Natural Monuments designated at a municipal level. Alterations to

60-845: The Japanese government 's Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties to denote Cultural Properties of Japan as historic locations such as shell mounds , ancient tombs , sites of palaces, sites of forts or castles , monumental dwelling houses and other sites of high historical or scientific value; gardens, bridges, gorges, mountains, and other places of great scenic beauty; and natural features such as animals, plants, and geological or mineral formations of high scientific value. The government designates (as opposed to registers ) "significant" items of this kind as Cultural Properties (文化財 bunkazai ) and classifies them in one of three categories: Items of particularly high significance may receive

72-753: The Kibiji Fudoki-no-Oka Prefectural Natural Park ( 吉備路風土記の丘県立自然公園 ) , and Kōmorizuka Kofun is nearby. The site is about ten minutes by taxi from Higashi-Sōja Station on the JR West Momotaro Line . The Bitchū Kokubun-niji is about 600 meters east. The ruins of the provincial nunnery, or Bitchū Kokubun-niji, is located 600 meters east of the Bitchū Kokubun-ji ( 34°40′02.10″N 133°47′18.08″E  /  34.6672500°N 133.7883556°E  / 34.6672500; 133.7883556 ). It occupied

84-675: The Meiji period onward which require preservation can be registered as Registered Monuments ( 登録記念物 ) . Members of this class of Cultural Property receive more limited assistance and protection based mostly on governmental notification and guidance. As of April 2012, 61 monuments were registered under this system. Registered Monuments of Japan Download coordinates as: A Registered Monument ( 登録記念物 , tōroku kinen butsu ) includes Historic Sites, Places of Scenic Beauty, and Natural Monuments registered (as opposed to designated , for which see Monuments of Japan ) in accordance with

96-551: The atonement of sins. This system declined when the capital was moved from Nara to Kyoto in 794 AD. Little is known of the history of the Bitchū Kokubun-ji. According to the temple's own account, it had become abandoned after it was burned down in the wars of the Nanboku-chō period , and was rebuilt during the Tenshō era (1573-1592) by Shimizu Muneharu , the lord of Bitchū-Takamatsu Castle ; however, it fell into decline again and

108-662: The existing state of a site or activities affecting its preservation require permission from the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs. Financial support for purchasing and conserving designated land and for the utilization of the site is available through local governments. The Agency for Cultural Affairs designates monuments based on a number of criteria . A monument can be designated based on multiple criteria. A separate system of "registration" (as opposed to "designation" hereabove) has been established for modern edifices threatened by urban sprawl or other factors. Monuments from

120-515: The original temple, so many details are not clear; however, the original temple appears to have a layout patterned after Hokki-ji in Ikaruga, Nara . The foundations of the Kondō have not been found. The temple's landmark 34.3 meter five-story stone pagoda dates from the mid-Edo period reconstruction of the temple. It is designated a National Important Cultural Property . The temple is located in

132-406: The promotion of Buddhism and to enhance political unification per the new ritsuryō system. These were the kokubunji ( 国分寺 ) . The temples were constructed per a more-or-less standardized template, and were each to be staffed by twenty clerics who would pray for the state's protection. The associated provincial nunneries ( kokubunniji ) were on a smaller scale, each housing ten nuns to pray for

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144-565: Was rebuilt during the Hōei era (1704-1711) in the mid- Edo period . These dates are supported by earthenware fragments found at the site. During archaeological excavations , the Nara-period temple was found to have occupied an area of two chō (approximately 218 meters square) and the cornerstones of the South Gate and Middle Gate were discovered. The site of the modern temple overlaps with

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