Editing Mii-dera (section)

{{Short description|Historic Buddhist temple in Ōtsu, Shiga prefecture, Japan}}
{{About|the temple in Shiga Prefecture|the temple in Nara Prefecture|Hōrin-ji (Nara)}}
{{Infobox religious building
| name                  = Mii-dera<br />{{nihongo2|三井寺}}
| native_name           = 
| image                 = Miidera-no-bansho-M2075.jpg
| alt                   = 
| caption               = ''Mii-dera no Bansho'' ({{nihongo2|三井寺の晩鐘}}), the evening bell at Mii-dera.
| map_type  = Japan Shiga Prefecture#Japan
| relief  = 1 
| location              = 246 Onjō-ji-chō, [[Ōtsu]], [[Shiga Prefecture]]
| coordinates           = {{Coord|35|00|48|N|135|51|10|E|region:JP_type:landmark_source:dewiki|display=title}}
| religious_affiliation = [[Buddhist]]
| rite = [[Jimon and Sanmon|Jimon]] [[Tendai]]
| deity                 = [[Maitreya|Miroku Bosatsu]]
| country               = [[Japan]]
| functional_status     = 
| website               = {{official website|http://www.shiga-miidera.or.jp/|www.shiga-miidera.or.jp/}}
| founded_by            = [[Emperor Tenmu]]
|established=672
| year_completed        = 19th century (Reconstruction)
| footnotes          = {{box|background=white|align=center|wide=yes|border size=3px|border color=red|text align=center|[[National Treasure (Japan)|National Treasure]]}}  {{box|background=white|align=center|wide=yes|border size=3px|border color=pink|text align=center|[[Important Cultural Property (Japan)|National Important Cultural Property (Japan)]]}} {{box|background=white|align=center|wide=yes|border size=3px|border color=brown|text align=center|[[Monuments of Japan|National Historic Site of Japan]]}} {{box|background=white|align=center|wide=yes|border size=3px|border color=green|text align=center|[[Monuments of Japan|National Place of Scenic Beauty]]}} 
}}
[[File:Mii-dera Otsu Shiga pref01s5s4592.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Golden Hall (National Treasure of Japan)]]
[[File:Miidera-Shikyakumon-M2037.jpg|thumb|The ''Shikyaku-mon'' or "Four-Legged Gate".]]
[[File:Mii-dera Otsu Shiga pref18n4200.jpg|thumb|]]
[[File:Statue - Mii-dera - Otsu, Shiga - DSC07249.JPG|thumb|[[Rāgarāja]]]]
[[File:Miidera-kannondo5313.ogv|thumb|Video]]

{{Nihongo|'''Nagara-san Onjo-ji'''|長等山園城寺|Nagarasan Onjōji}}, also known as just '''Onjo-ji''', or {{Nihongo|'''Mii-dera'''|三井寺}}, is a [[Buddhist temples in Japan|Buddhist temple in Japan]] located at the foot of [[Mount Hiei]],<ref name=Hinago>{{Cite book |last=Hinago |first=Motoo |title=Japanese Castles |publisher=Kodansha International Ltd. and Shibundo |year=1986 |isbn=0870117661 |page=41}}</ref><ref name=Sansom>{{Cite book |last=Sansom |first=George |title=A History of Japan to 1334 |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=1958 |isbn=0804705232 |page=221}}</ref> in the city of [[Ōtsu]] in [[Shiga Prefecture]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Iwao|first=Seiichi|title=Dictionnaire historique du Japon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fW9v37poqcQC|year=1963|publisher=Librairie Kinokuniya|isbn=978-2-7068-1632-1|page=2134}}</ref> It is a short distance from both [[Kyoto]], and [[Lake Biwa]], Japan's largest lake. The head temple of the [[Jimon and Sanmon|Jimon]] sect of [[Tendai]], it is a sister temple to [[Enryaku-ji]], at the top of the mountain, and is one of the four largest temples in Japan. Altogether, there are 40 named buildings in the Mii-dera complex.

Mii-dera is temple 14 in the [[Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage]].