Hōryū-ji (on the postcard:  Horuji) is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture. Its full name is Hōryū Gakumonji, or Learning Temple of the Flourishing Law, the complex serving as both a seminary and monastery.  This unused and quite old B&W postcard has an extensive Japanese caption on the reverse.  Grade: 1