| Fujii-dera (葛井寺) is a Buddhist temple in Fujiidera, Osaka, Japan. The temple is associated with Shingon Buddhism and has as its main image a sculpture of the Thousand-armed Kannon. It is the fifth temple on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage. The temple was founded on the order of Emperor Shōmu in 725 and consecrated by the monk Gyōki. It became part of a system of provincial temples (Kokubun-ji) founded by the state with the purpose of providing prayers and other services for the protection of the nation and the Imperial House. Archaeological finds on the temple grounds confirm the foundation of the temple in the 8th century and the connection to the Fujii family, descendants of the royal house of Baekje, which had migrated to Japan. |
