@The Abe Temple is said to be a guardian
temple of the Abe family . Abeno Uchimaro
who played an active role with Fujiwara Kamatari
at the Reformation of the Taika era ( 646
) was affiliated with the family . The foundation
stone of the Abe Temple used to be situated
here and was later moved to the Tengachaya
Park . The stone tells us that there were
once a cathedral and temple buildings on
a considerable scale, Jukomon eaves tiles
and onigawara tiles made in the Hakuho and
Nara era were excavated around here . We
are able to find a small shrine with a stone
torii (a gateway at the entrance of the shrine
) at the site ( 6 -50, 3- chome, Matsuzaki-cho,
Tennoji-ku ) There is a view that the name
of Abeno has its origin in the Abe family
.
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