The origin of a name

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The origin of a name
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The origin of the name of Nison-in originates in that there is the two principal image installed in Hondo. They are the Shaka Nyorai image in which one is installed in the Hondo right among those, and the Amitabha Tathagata image in which another is installed in the Hondo left, Both are important cultural properties by 作 of the Heian period.