| Emperor Shomu decided to construct provincial monasteries (kokubun-ji) and provincial nunneries (kokubun-niji) in all provinces, each of which had a seven-story pagoda and one copy each of the Golden Light Sutra and the Lotus Sutra. |
聖武天皇により諸国に僧寺（国分寺）・尼寺（国分尼寺）を建て、それぞれに七重の塔を作り、金光明最勝王経と妙法蓮華経を一部ずつ置くことにした。 |