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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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New coronavirus

Shitenno-ji Temple is closed on May 2, 2020, during the Golden Week holidays under the state of emergency declared over the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Shitenno-ji Temple is closed on May 2, 2020, during the Golden Week holidays under the state of emergency declared over the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Shitenno-ji Temple is closed on May 2, 2020, during the Golden Week holidays under the state of emergency declared over the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Shitenno-ji Temple is closed on May 2, 2020, during the Golden Week holidays under the state of emergency declared over the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Festival of semi-naked men in Osaka temple

Hundreds of young men, wearing only loincloths and headbands, scramble to catch charms to fend off evil that have been scattered from the ceiling of Osaka's Shitenno-ji temple during the annual Doya Doya festival on Jan. 14, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo