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*''Japanese'': [[新羅]]善神堂 ''(Shinra Zenshindou)''

The Shinra Zenshindô is a shrine associated with [[Miidera]] (Onjô-ji), a major Buddhist temple in [[Otsu|Ôtsu]], [[Shiga prefecture]]. Located at the foot of the mountain below the temple, it enshrines an image of Shinra Myôjin (the god of [[Silla]]), a Korean deity said to have appeared to [[Enchin]], founder of Miidera, while on his return to Japan from a journey to China. The statue has been designated a [[National Treasure]].

[[Minamoto no Yoshimitsu]] celebrated his coming-of-age at this shrine, taking on the name Shinra Saburô. Both the shrine and the Miidera temple complex came to be patronized by the [[Kawachi Genji]] branch of the [[Minamoto clan]], and by the [[Ashikaga clan]], who claimed descent from them.

The current shrine building was restored by [[Ashikaga Takauji]] in [[1347]].

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