Temples
The provincial temple for monks is popularly thought to have been Tōdai-ji, but it may have in fact been a different one in Kashihara. The one for nuns was Hokke-ji.
The primary shrine was Sakurai’s Ōmiwa Shrine, but the there have been no records stating as such found at the shrine itself. There were no secondary shrines. The sōja was Kokufu Shrine (Takatori, Takaichi, Nara).
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