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Tenpyo Kodoo 天平古道 Tenpyo Kodo, Old Highway
located in 島根県松江市竹矢町 Shimane, Matsue city, Chikuya town.

The road leads from Matsue city, 意宇（いう）平野 Iu Hirano in a straight line
to 出雲国分寺 the Kokubun-Ji temple of Izumo.
It was built on request of Emperor Shōmu 聖武天皇 Shomu Tenno (701 - 755).
In the Nara period (710 - 794) it was 6 meters wide and about 486 meters long.
Now it is used by the local farmers.
In former times, this area was the center of the Izumo culture.
On the South side of the road were the buildings of the Kokubun-Ji temple.

. Matsuyama Kaido 松山街道 .
松山と高知を結ぶ道 A road to connect Matsuyama with Kochi

. Kokubunji, Kokubun-Ji 国分寺 temples in Japan .
Izumo Kokubunji 出雲国分寺
The remains of this temple are well preserved.
The pillars were placed on stone podestals.

From the 南門 Southern gate to the 中門 Middle Gate and then the main 金堂 Golden Hall.
There was also a 講堂 Lecture hall
and 僧房 Living quarters for the priests.
There was also 国分尼寺 a Kokubunji for Nuns.
The regional Lord of Izumo, 石川年足 Ishikawa Toshitari, had the temple built.

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ISHIKAWA no Toshitari (688 - 762)
was a noble who lived from the end of the Asuka period to the middle of the Nara period. He was a grandson of a Shonagon (lesser councilor of state) SOGA no Yasumaro, who became the head of the Soga clan after the Jinshin War, and was a son of a Sangi (councillor) ISHIKAWA no Iwatari. He was at the Shosanmi (Senior Third Rank) and was a Gyoshi-taifu, an equivalent position to Dainagon (chief councilor of state).

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Although his father Iwatari had been alive until Toshitari became more then 40 years old, his first investiture was very late: it was finally taken place when he was 47 years old, and it was after Iwatari's death. Subsequently, however, he showed his excellent skill in politics, and in 739, he was granted thick silk fabric and linen by Emperor Shomu in praise of his good government as a kokushi (provincial governor) of Izumo Province.
Around that time, the influence of the Fujiwara clan was temporarily becoming weaker because four Fujiwara brothers died one after another due to smallpox. However, once FUJIWARA no Nakamaro, the second son of FUJIWARA no Muchimaro, who was a close friend of Toshitari's father Iwatari, became powerful, Toshitari could also enjoy Nakamaro's patronage because Toshitari was a second cousin of Nakamaro. When the Shibi Chudai (the office handled the principal Empress Komyo's affairs) was established in 749, he started to support Nakamaro as a daihitsu (undersecretary), and shortly after that, he was ennobled as a Sangi (councilor) although he was already 61 years old.
He was dispatched to Gango-ji Temple in 756. From 757 through 759, he contributed to the enforcement of the Yoro Ritsuryo Code, the change of official post names, and the compilation of 20 volumes of Bessiki (operational regulations of the Yoro Ritsuryo Code), which was not enforced in fact, and he was appointed as a Gyoshi-taifu (or Dainagon) in recognition of his great work in 758 in spite of his great age of 70. This was the highest official rank among members from the Soga (or Ishikawa) clan after his grandfather Yasumaro, and he finally ended his life at the age of 74 in 762, when a dark sign began to be seen in the influence of Nakamaro due to Empress Komyo's death, which occurred shortly after Toshitari's taking office, and the rise of Dokyo, a priest who healed the Retired Empress Koken.
People appreciated his personality and said, 'He was honest and diligence, and was granted a post called Shohanji because of a great achievement as a governor and the head of the family,' and 'He was happy as long as he could read books while on duty,' after his death. In 1820, his epitaph was discovered in Settsu Province more than 1,000 years after his death, and it is now designated as a National Treasure. Additionally, Manyoshu (The Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves) includes one Japanese poem composed by Toshitari.
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