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By the time construction work finished on the temple in 698, Emperor Tenmu had been dead for 12 years.
A decade later work began on the new capital, Heijō-kyō (平城京 - modern Nara), and in 718 Yakushi-ji was partly dismantled and moved to its new (current) home.
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The shrine was likely founded by Agatainukai-no-Michiyo (県犬養三千代 655?-733), mother of Empress Kōmyō (光明皇后), to enshrine her family ancestors (she was the first of her clan to hold the name Tachibana).
Empress Kōmyō then moved the shrine to the capital Heijō-kyō (平城京 the old name for Nara).
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Yakushi-ji was counted as one of the original "Nanto Shichi Daiji" (南都七大寺), the "7 Great Temples of the Southern Capital" (Nara).
🪷Daian-ji (大安寺)
🪷Gangō-ji (元興寺)
🪷Hōryū-ji (法隆寺)
🪷Kōfuku-ji (興福寺)
🪷Saidai-ji (西大寺)
🪷Tōdai-ji (東大寺)
🪷Yakushi-ji (薬師寺)