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Student camps prove lucrative for cheap inns run by local gov'ts

FUKUI, Japan - Members of Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University's tennis club hold a club camp in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, on Aug. 7.

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China tours celebrate Prince Shotoku's dispatch of Ono no Imoko

TOKYO, Japan - Virginia Fumiyo Anami, wife of former Japanese Ambassador to China Koreshige Anami, is arranging tours to China to commemorate the 1,400th anniversary of Prince Shotoku's dispatch of Ono no Imoko as an official Japanese diplomatic delegate to China during the Sui dynasty.

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(1)Pieces of possibly oldest colored wall painting found at Horyuji

KASHIHARA, Japan - Charred pieces of what may be the oldest colored wall painting in Japan have been excavated from the remains of what is believed to be the original monastery of Horyuji Temple in Nara Prefecture, a local board of education said on Dec. 1. The biggest of the fragments (top left) measures 5 cm by 4 cm. It is the first time for wall painting fragments to be excavated from the monastery, said to have been built in 607 by Prince Shotoku (574-622) in the town of Ikaruga and destroyed by fire 63 years later.

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Matsushita, Daikin to launch venture in China

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Vice President Yukio Shotoku (R) and Daikin Industries Ltd. President Yukiyoshi Okano shake hands at a press conference Aug. 30 as the two companies announced they will form a venture in the Chinese city of Suzhou in September to make motors for use in air-conditioner compressors

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4 missing after trawler, freighter collide

KANAZAWA, Japan - Photo shows the 44-ton Shotoku Maru No. 1., a Japanese fishing boat. It sank Sept. 27 carrying six people, after colliding with the Cambodian-registered freighter Sea Rose in the Sea of Japan off Ishikawa Prefecture earlier in the day. The skipper and three other of its crew are missing.

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Horyuji Yumedono (Dream Hall)

Horyuji is a monastery temple located in the town of Ikaruga, some distance north of the Asuka region, Nara Prefecture. Originally it was a modest temple said to have been built in the early 7th century by order of Prince Shotoku, the prince regent, whose palace, Ikaruga no Miya, was being erected nearby. In time Horyuji was enlarged into a monastery famous for Buddhist studies, especially the doctrines of the Hosso Sect. Yumedono (Dream Hall) was buit on the site of Shotoku's chapel. According to legend, the prince was instructed by a golden being who appeared to him in a dream.

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Matsushita, Daikin to launch venture in China

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Vice President Yukio Shotoku (R) and Daikin Industries Ltd. President Yukiyoshi Okano shake hands at a press conference Aug. 30 as the two companies announced they will form a venture in the Chinese city of Suzhou in September to make motors for use in air-conditioner compressors (Kyodo)

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(5)Pieces of possibly oldest colored wall painting found at Hory

TOKYO, Japan - In this imaginary portrait thought to date from the late 7th or early 8th century, Prince Shotoku (574-622) holds a baton of rank, flanked by two young princes. (Kyodo)

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(1)Pieces of possibly oldest colored wall painting found at Hory

KASHIHARA, Japan - Charred pieces of what may be the oldest colored wall painting in Japan have been excavated from the remains of what is believed to be the original monastery of Horyuji Temple in Nara Prefecture, a local board of education said on Dec. 1. The biggest of the fragments (top left) measures 5 cm by 4 cm. It is the first time for wall painting fragments to be excavated from the monastery, said to have been built in 607 by Prince Shotoku (574-622) in the town of Ikaruga and destroyed by fire 63 years later. (Kyodo)

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Prince Shotoku Taishi - son of 31st Emperor Yomei-tenno

Prince Shotoku (574622) - also known as Prince Umayado or Prince Kamitsumiya - a semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko. The son of Emperor Yomei and his consort, Princess Anahobe no Hashihito, Shotoku commissioned the Shitenno-ji (temple) in Settsu Province (present-day Osaka) after his military victory against the powerful Mononobe clan. The Prince was an ardent Buddhist and is traditionally attributed the authorship of the Sangyo Gisho or "Annotated Commentaries on the Three Sutras". Date: 7th century

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Ceremony in memory of ancient Japanese politician Prince Shotoku

A ceremony in memory of Prince Shotoku, an ancient Japanese politician who died in 622, is held at the World Heritage-listed Horyu-ji temple -- said to have been built by him -- in Ikaruga in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on April 3, 2021.

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Ceremony in memory of ancient Japanese politician Prince Shotoku

A ceremony in memory of Prince Shotoku, an ancient Japanese politician who died in 622, is held at the World Heritage-listed Horyu-ji temple -- said to have been built by him -- in Ikaruga in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on April 3, 2021.

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Ceremony in memory of ancient Japanese politician Prince Shotoku

A ceremony in memory of Prince Shotoku, an ancient Japanese politician who died in 622, is held at the World Heritage-listed Horyu-ji temple -- said to have been built by him -- in Ikaruga in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on April 3, 2021.

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Ceremony in memory of ancient Japanese politician Prince Shotoku

A ceremony in memory of Prince Shotoku, an ancient Japanese politician who died in 622, is held at the World Heritage-listed Horyu-ji temple -- said to have been built by him -- in Ikaruga in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on April 3, 2021.

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Ceremony in memory of ancient Japanese politician Prince Shotoku

A ceremony in memory of Prince Shotoku, an ancient Japanese politician who died in 622, is held at the World Heritage-listed Horyu-ji temple -- said to have been built by him -- in Ikaruga in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on April 3, 2021.

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Ceremony in memory of ancient Japanese politician Prince Shotoku

A ceremony in memory of Prince Shotoku, an ancient Japanese politician who died in 622, is held at the World Heritage-listed Horyu-ji temple -- said to have been built by him -- in Ikaruga in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on April 3, 2021.

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Ceremony in memory of ancient Japanese politician Prince Shotoku

Dancers perform during a ceremony held in memory of Prince Shotoku, an ancient Japanese politician who died in 622, at the World Heritage-listed Horyu-ji temple -- said to have been built by him -- in Ikaruga in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on April 3, 2021.

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Ceremony in memory of ancient Japanese politician Prince Shotoku

A ceremony in memory of Prince Shotoku, an ancient Japanese politician who died in 622, is held at the World Heritage-listed Horyu-ji temple -- said to have been built by him -- in Ikaruga in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on April 3, 2021.

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The five-story pagoda and Kondo, Shitennoji Temple

One of the seven buildings built by Shotoku Taishi. The picture is that of the five-story pagoda (to the rear) and the Golden Hall (fore).==Date:1904, Place:Osaka, Photo:Underwood, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐20‐0]

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Shitennoji Temple

One of the seven buildings built by Shotoku Taishi. The picture is that of the five-story pagoda (to the rear) and the Golden Hall (fore).==Date:unknown, Place:Osaka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number71‐30‐0]

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The five-story pagoda at Shitennoji Temple

One of the seven buildings built by Shotoku Taishi. The picture is that of the five-story pagoda (to the rear) and the Golden Hall (fore).==Date:unknown, Place:Osaka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number57‐14‐2]

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The five-story pagoda and Kondo, Shitennoji Temple

One of the seven buildings built by Shotoku Taishi. The picture is that of the five-story pagoda (to the rear) and the Golden Hall (fore).==Date:unknown, Place:Osaka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐67‐2]

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The five-story pagoda and Kondo, Shitennoji Temple

One of the seven buildings built by Shotoku Taishi. The picture is that of the five-story pagoda (to the rear) and the Golden Hall (fore).==Date:unknown, Place:Osaka, Photo:[R. Stillfried], (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number27‐12‐0]

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Shitennoji Temple

One of the seven buildings built by Shotoku Taishi. The picture is that of the five-story pagoda (to the rear) and the Golden Hall (fore).==Date:unknown, Place:Osaka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number103‐6‐0]

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Shotoku-taishi's picture

Shotoku-taishi's picture==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Shotoku-taishi's picture

Shotoku-taishi's picture==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Shotoku-taishi's picture

Shotoku-taishi's picture==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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4 missing after trawler, freighter collide

KANAZAWA, Japan - Photo shows the 44-ton Shotoku Maru No. 1., a Japanese fishing boat. It sank Sept. 27 carrying six people, after colliding with the Cambodian-registered freighter Sea Rose in the Sea of Japan off Ishikawa Prefecture earlier in the day. The skipper and three other of its crew are missing. (Kyodo)