| 71．Bandō Sanjūsankasho ・ |
| The Bandō Sanjūsankasho (坂東三十三箇所) ("The Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage") is a series of 33 Buddhist temples in Eastern Japan sacred to Kannon. Bandō is the old name for what is now the Kantō region,[1] used in this case because the temples are all in the Prefectures of Kanagawa, Saitama, Tokyo, Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi and Chiba. As is the case with all such circuits, each location has a rank, and pilgrims believe that visiting them all in order is an act of great religious merit.[1] |
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| 72．Enpuku-ji ・293 Babachō Chōshi, Chiba Prefecture ・Buddhism |
| Enpuku-ji (円福寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Chōshi in Chiba Prefecture. According to tradition, the temple was founded by Kūkai between 810 and 824 AD, and possibly sits on the site of a former temple called Iinuma-ji. According to tradition, in this period Kūkai built a dōu (堂宇) main hall and conducted services at the temple.[1] Enpuku-ji is the 27th station on the Bandō Sanjūsankasho circuit of temples in Eastern Japan, sacred to Goddess Kannon. The majority of buildings in the temple complex were destroyed during the aerial bombing of Chōshi in World War II.[citation needed] |
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| 73．Enmyō-in ・1535 Yamamoto, Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture ・Buddhism |
| Enmyō-in (圓明院) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon Chizan sect located in the city of Kimitsu in Chiba Prefecture. Its honzon, or primary object of veneration, is a statute of Fudō Myōō. A well-known kaya, or Japanese nutmeg-yew tree, of almost 5.4 meters in circumference is located within the temple grounds. A small hall was built at Enmyō-in in 1989 dedicated to prayers for traffic safety. |
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| 74．Kasamori-ji ・302 Kasamori, Chōnan, Chōsei District, Chiba Prefecture ・Tendai |
| Kasamori-ji (笠森寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the town of Chōnan in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The temple is also called "Kasamori-dera" using the alternate pronunciation of the Chinese character for temple (tera). Kasamori-ji is temple number 31 in the Bandō Sanjūsankasho, or the circuit of 33 Buddhist temples in Eastern Japan sacred to Goddess Kannon. The Eleven-Faced Kannon of Kasamori-ji is only shown to the public in the years of the Ox and Horse in the 12-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac. |
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| 75．Kazusa Kokubun-ji ・1-7-23 Soja, Ichihara-shi, Chiba-ken ・Buddhist |
| Kazusa Kokubun-ji (上総国分寺) is a Buddhist temple in Ichihara, Chiba, Japan, belonging to the Shingon-shu Buzan-ha sect, and is the provincial temple ("kokubunji") of former Kazusa Province. The present temple is of uncertain foundation, but claims to be the direct descendant of the original Nara period kokubunji temple which fell into ruins sometime in the Muromachi period. The Nara-period temple ruins were designated a National Historic Site in 1929, with the area under protection expanded in 1979 due to additional archaeological finds.[1] |
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| 76．Kanpuku-ji (Yamakura, Katori) ・1934-1 Yamakura, Katori-shi, Chiba-ken ・Buddhist |
| Kanpuku-ji (観福寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon Buzan Sect located in Yamakura, Katori, Chiba Prefecture. The temple is one of two temples in Katori with the same name, the other being Makinosan Kanpuku-ji. |
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| 77．Kyōnin-ji ・ |
| The Kyōnin-ji, situated in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, was founded on 5 March 1281 and is one of the most important historic temples of Nichiren-shū. On 11 November 1264, following an invite by Kudō Yoshitaka Lord of Amatsu, Nichiren came under attack by Nembutsu adherents while on his way to the Lord’s residence. Kyōninbō Nichigyō and Kudō Yoshitaka who rushed to his aid were killed in the event while two other of Nichiren's companions were injured. Legend has it that Nichiren's prayer beads protected him from serious injuries. In remembrance of those events Nichiryū, son of the killed Kudō Yoshitaka and a disciple of Nichiren, founded the temple in 1281. |
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| 78．Kiyomizu-dera (Isumi, Chiba) ・1270 Kamone, Misaki-machi, Isumi, Chiba Prefecture ・Tendai |
| Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Isumi in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. According to an alternate reading of the name in Japanese, the temple is also referred to as Seisui-ji, and is commonly known as the Kiyomizu Kannon. Kiyomizu-dera is the 32nd temple in the Bandō Sanjūsankasho, or the circuit of 33 Buddhist temples in Eastern Japan sacred to bodhisattva Kannon. |
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| 79．Kōzō-ji (Kisarazu, Chiba) ・1245 Yana, Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture 292-0812 ・Buddhism |
| Kōzō-ji (高蔵寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The temple is also known as the "Takazō Kannon". It is the 30th temple in the Bandō Sanjūsankasho, the circuit of 33 Buddhist temples in Eastern Japan sacred to the Bodhisattva Kannon. Amulets issued by the temple are highly valued throughout Japan.[1] |
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| 80．Jindai-ji (Chiba) ・78-1 Shinmachi, Sakura, Chiba Prefecture ・Tendai |
| Jindai-ji (甚大寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Sakura in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The temple was originally located in Yamagata Prefecture, but when the Hotta clan was granted control of the Sakura Domain, Hotta Masasuke moved the temple in 1746 to serve as the clan's funerary temple (菩提寺, bodaiji), or family temple. The Hotta clan's historical grave marker is located at Jindai-ji, as are the tombstones of Hotta Masatoshi, Hotta Masayoshi, and Hotta Masatomo, all of which are designated as Chiba Prefectural Historical Places. The bronze statue of the Eleven-Faced Kannon, the primary object of veneration at Jindai-ji, is by the artist Tsuda Shinobu (1875-1946). |
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| 81．Seichō-ji ・Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture ・Buddhism |
| Seichō-ji (Japanese: 清澄寺), also known as Kiyozumi-dera (清水寺), is a Nichiren Buddhist[2] temple located in the city of Kamogawa in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Along with Kuon-ji in Yamanashi Prefecture, Ikegami Honmon-ji in the south of Tokyo, and Tanjō-ji also in Kamogawa City, Seichō-ji is one of the "Four Sacred Places of Nichiren Shū." |
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| 82．Daifuku-ji ・835 Funakata Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture ・Buddhism |
| Daifuku-ji (大福寺) is a Buddhist temple in the city of Tateyama in Chiba Prefecture, and is a temple of the Chizen Sect of Shingon Buddhism.According to tradition, the temple was founded by Gyōki (668 - 749) in 717 early in the Nara period. It was later revived by a visit by the Tendai Buddhist priest Ennin (794 - 864) early in the Heian period. The date at which the temple returned to the Shingon sect is unknown. The temple received a juinjō (朱印状) seal of certification from the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period. |
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| 83．Tanjō-ji ・Kominato 183, Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture ・Buddhist |
| Tanjō-ji (誕生寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Nichiren Shū located in the city of Kamogawa in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Along with Kuon-ji in Yamanashi Prefecture, Ikegami Honmon-ji in the south of Tokyo, and Seichō-ji also in Kamogawa City, Tanjōji is one of the "Four Sacred Places of Nichiren Shū." |
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| 84．Tōkai-ji (Chiba) ・1738 Fuse, Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture ・Shingon Buzan Sect |
| Tōkai-ji (東海寺), formally called Kōryūzan Fuse Benten Tōkai-ji (紅龍山布施弁天東海寺), is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Kashiwa in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. In the year 807, Emperor Saga requested Kūkai to found this temple. 35°53′N 140°0′E / 35.883°N 140.000°E / 35.883; 140.000 |
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| 85．Nago-dera ・1125 Nago, Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture ・Buddhism |
| Nago-dera (那古寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Tateyama in southern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The temple is also called Nago-ji using the alternate pronunciation of the final Chinese character in its name, or the Nago Kannon (古寺観音), after its primary object of worship. |
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| 86．Narita-san ・1 Narita, Narita-shi, Chiba prefecture ・Shingon |
| Narita-san (成田山 "Narita mountain") Shinshō-ji (新勝寺 "New victory temple") is a Shingon Buddhist temple located in central Narita, Chiba, Japan. It was founded in 940 by Kanchō Daisōjō, a disciple of Kōbō Daishi. It is a lead temple in the Chisan branch (Chisan-ha 智山派) of New Shingon (Shingi Shingon 新義真言宗), includes a large complex of buildings and grounds, and is one of the best-known temples in the Kantō region. It is dedicated to Ācala (Japanese: Fudō myōō ("Unmovable Wisdom King")) who is usually depicted holding a sword and rope and surrounded by flames.[1] Often called a fire god, he is associated with fire rituals.[2] |
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| 87．Nihon-ji ・Nokogiriyama, Kyonan, Chiba Prefecture ・Buddhism |
| Nihon-ji (日本寺, Nihon-ji) is a Buddhist temple in the city of Kyonan, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The temple is located on the slopes of Mount Nokogiri and is known for its Nihon-ji Daibutsu. Nihon-ji was established as a Hossō sect temple, was transferred to the Tendai sect, and is now a Sōtō Zen temple. Since its founding the temple has fallen into ruin and been revived numerous times. |
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| 88．Nyoirin-ji ・624 Kōzeki, Mobara, Chiba Prefecture ・Buddhism |
| 35°26′41.02″N 140°15′0.33″E / 35.4447278°N 140.2500917°E / 35.4447278; 140.2500917 Nyoirin-ji (如意輪寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Mobara in Chiba Prefecture. Nyoirin-ji is a Nichiren-sect temple noted for its ancient ginkgo tree. The temple is also near the remains of the Tonoyatsu Castle. |
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| 89．Myōhōshō-ji ・1749 Tsutsumori, Ōtaki, Chiba Prefecture ・Nichiren Buddhism |
| 35°10′28.6″N 140°10′00.72″E / 35.174611°N 140.1668667°E / 35.174611; 140.1668667 Myōhōshō-ji (妙法生寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the town of Ōtaki in Chiba Prefecture, and is a temple of the Nichiren sect. The temple was given its name in 1253, and is a reference to the opening line of the Lotus Sutra. Myōhōshō-ji is located deep in the Bōsō Hill Range in the center of the Bōsō Peninsula. The temple had fallen into nearly complete ruin by 1904, but was slowly rebuilt starting in 1931 by Nichiren Buddhists.[1] |
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| 90．Seichō-ji ・Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture ・Buddhism |
| Seichō-ji (Japanese: 清澄寺), also known as Kiyozumi-dera (清水寺), is a Nichiren Buddhist[2] temple located in the city of Kamogawa in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Along with Kuon-ji in Yamanashi Prefecture, Ikegami Honmon-ji in the south of Tokyo, and Tanjō-ji also in Kamogawa City, Seichō-ji is one of the "Four Sacred Places of Nichiren Shū." |
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| 91．Daifuku-ji ・835 Funakata Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture ・Buddhism |
| Daifuku-ji (大福寺) is a Buddhist temple in the city of Tateyama in Chiba Prefecture, and is a temple of the Chizen Sect of Shingon Buddhism.According to tradition, the temple was founded by Gyōki (668 - 749) in 717 early in the Nara period. It was later revived by a visit by the Tendai Buddhist priest Ennin (794 - 864) early in the Heian period. The date at which the temple returned to the Shingon sect is unknown. The temple received a juinjō (朱印状) seal of certification from the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period. |
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| 92．Nago-dera ・1125 Nago, Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture ・Buddhism |
| Nago-dera (那古寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Tateyama in southern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The temple is also called Nago-ji using the alternate pronunciation of the final Chinese character in its name, or the Nago Kannon (古寺観音), after its primary object of worship. |
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| 93．Nihon-ji ・Nokogiriyama, Kyonan, Chiba Prefecture ・Buddhism |
| Nihon-ji (日本寺, Nihon-ji) is a Buddhist temple in the city of Kyonan, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The temple is located on the slopes of Mount Nokogiri and is known for its Nihon-ji Daibutsu. Nihon-ji was established as a Hossō sect temple, was transferred to the Tendai sect, and is now a Sōtō Zen temple. Since its founding the temple has fallen into ruin and been revived numerous times. |
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| 94．Narita-san ・1 Narita, Narita-shi, Chiba prefecture ・Shingon |
| Narita-san (成田山 "Narita mountain") Shinshō-ji (新勝寺 "New victory temple") is a Shingon Buddhist temple located in central Narita, Chiba, Japan. It was founded in 940 by Kanchō Daisōjō, a disciple of Kōbō Daishi. It is a lead temple in the Chisan branch (Chisan-ha 智山派) of New Shingon (Shingi Shingon 新義真言宗), includes a large complex of buildings and grounds, and is one of the best-known temples in the Kantō region. It is dedicated to Ācala (Japanese: Fudō myōō ("Unmovable Wisdom King")) who is usually depicted holding a sword and rope and surrounded by flames.[1] Often called a fire god, he is associated with fire rituals.[2] |
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| 95．Kawasaki Daishi ・4-48 Daishi-machi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki ・Chizan sect of Shingon Buddhism |
| Kawasaki Daishi (川崎大師) is the popular name of Heiken-ji (平間寺, Heiken-ji), a Buddhist temple in Kawasaki, Japan. Founded in 1128, it is the headquarters of the Chizan sect of Shingon Buddhism. Kawasaki Daishi is a popular temple for hatsumōde (the first visit to a place of worship in the new year). In 2006, 2.72 million people engaged in hatsumōde here, the third largest figure in Japan and the largest in Kanagawa Prefecture. In 2016, the temple made preparations to receive 3 million visitors over the same period.[2] Keihin Electric Express Railway, the oldest railroad company in the Kantō region of Japan, commenced service in January 1899 to carry passengers to Kawasaki Daishi from Tokyo. |
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| 96．Mangan-ji (Setagaya) ・3-15-1 Todoroki, Setagaya City, Tokyo 158-0082 ・Buddhism |
| Mangan-ji (満願寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the Setagaya Ward of Tokyo, Japan. The temple is also called Todoroki Fudō (等々力不動), after a famous image in one of its chapels. The temple is noteworthy as being the 17th on the Bandō Sanjūroku Fudōson Reijō pilgrimage route of 36 temples in the Kantō region dedicated to Fudō Myōō. The temple currently belongs to the Shingon-shū Chisan-ha school of Japanese Buddhism. |
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| 97．Ryūsen-ji ・3-20-26 Shimomeguro, Meguro, Tokyo 153-0064 ・Buddhism |
| Ryūsenji (瀧泉寺) also known as the Meguro Fudō (目黒不動, Black-eyed Fudō)[1] is a Buddhist temple located in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan.[2] The temple currently belongs to the Tendai school of Japanese Buddhism, and its main image is a hibutsu statue of Fudō-myōō. The temple is 18th of the Kantō Sanjūroku Fudō pilgrimage route of 36 temples in the Kantō region dedicated to Fudō-myōō. |
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| 98．Koyasan Tokyo Betsuin ・ |
| Kōyasan Tokyo Betsuin (高野山東京別院, Kōyasan Tōkyō Betsuin, "Kōyasan Tokyo Branch Temple") is a temple located in Minato Ward at Takanawa 3-15-18 (facing Nihonenoki dori ) in Tokyo. It belongs to the Kōyasan Shingon school of Japanese Buddhism, and the principal image is Kūkai. The head temple of this betsuin is Kongōbu-ji in Wakayama Prefecture. It stands next to the Takanawa Police Station. |
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| 99．Kamei-in ・4-4-9 Mama, Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture ・Buddhism |
| Kamei-in (亀井院) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Ichikawa in Chiba Prefecture. Kamei-in is a Nichiren Buddhist temple noted for the Mama Well. |
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| 100．Shimōsa Kokubun-ji ・Ichikawa-shi, Chiba-ken ・Buddhist |
| The Shimōsa Kokubun-ji (下総国分寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan, belonging to the Shingon-shu Buzan-ha sect. The present temple is of uncertain foundation, but claims to be the direct descendant of the original Nara period provincial temple ("kokubunji") of former Shimōsa Province. which fell into ruins sometime in the Kamakura period. The Nara-period temple ruins were designated a National Historic Site in 1967, and the area under protection includes the site of a kiln used to produce roof tiles used by the temple. The area designated was expanded in 2002[1] |
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| 101．Hokekyō-ji (Ichikawa) ・ |
| Hokekyō-ji (法華経寺) is a temple of the Nichiren-shū[1] founded during the Kamakura period in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. One of Nichiren's most important writings the Risshō Ankoku Ron,[2] regarded as one of the National Treasures of Japan, is kept at the temple. Next to other documents it is being presented to the public on 3 November each year. |
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| 102．Chiba-dera ・161 Chiba-dera, Chūō-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture ・Shingon Buzan Sect |
| 35°35′42.5″N 140°7′54.1″E / 35.595139°N 140.131694°E / 35.595139; 140.131694 Chiba-dera (千葉寺, Chiba-dera), also known as Senyō-ji (千葉寺),[1] is a Buddhist temple in the city of Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The temple is located in the central Chūō District in the city of Chiba. Chiba-dera is one of many Buddhist temples in the region that, according to tradition, was established by the priest Gyōki (668–749).[2] Chiba-dera is a temple of the Shingon Buzan Sect, and is temple number 29 in the Bandō Sanjūsankasho, or the circuit of 33 Buddhist temples in eastern Japan sacred to the Goddess Kannon.[3] |
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| 103．Narita-san ・1 Narita, Narita-shi, Chiba prefecture ・Shingon |
| Narita-san (成田山 "Narita mountain") Shinshō-ji (新勝寺 "New victory temple") is a Shingon Buddhist temple located in central Narita, Chiba, Japan. It was founded in 940 by Kanchō Daisōjō, a disciple of Kōbō Daishi. It is a lead temple in the Chisan branch (Chisan-ha 智山派) of New Shingon (Shingi Shingon 新義真言宗), includes a large complex of buildings and grounds, and is one of the best-known temples in the Kantō region. It is dedicated to Ācala (Japanese: Fudō myōō ("Unmovable Wisdom King")) who is usually depicted holding a sword and rope and surrounded by flames.[1] Often called a fire god, he is associated with fire rituals.[2] |
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| 104．Naritasan Kurume Bunin ・1386-22 Kamitsu-machi, Kurume-shi, Fukuoka prefecture ・Shingon |
| Naritasan Kurume Bunin (成田山久留米分院) or Kurume Narita-san (久留米成田山) is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is a direct branch of Narita-san Shinshō-ji in Narita, Chiba Prefecture. |
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| 105．Ichigatsu-ji ・Kogane 242, Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture ・Nichiren Shōshū |
| Ichigatsu-ji (一月寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Matsudo in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It was the home temple of the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism.[1] The Fuke sect featured distinctive mendicant komusō monks, who wore a distinctive basket covering the head and played a shakuhachi. Kanto-area komusō were based mainly in Ichigatsu-ji and Reibō-ji in present-day Tokyo. Monks of the sect were allowed to travel the country freely by the Tokugawa Bakufu, and were frequently utilized by the government as spies. Due to its negative association with the Tokugawa government, the sect was abolished at the end of the Edo period, and Ichigatsu-ji ceased to function as a Fuke temple, and was taken over by the Nichiren Shōshū sect of Buddhism.[citation needed] |
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| 106．Manman-ji ・2547 Mabashi, Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture ・Buddhist |
| Manman-ji (万満寺)is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen, located in the city of Matsudo in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Its main image is a statue of Amida Nyōrai. |
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| 107．Bandō Sanjūsankasho ・ |
| The Bandō Sanjūsankasho (坂東三十三箇所) ("The Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage") is a series of 33 Buddhist temples in Eastern Japan sacred to Kannon. Bandō is the old name for what is now the Kantō region,[1] used in this case because the temples are all in the Prefectures of Kanagawa, Saitama, Tokyo, Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi and Chiba. As is the case with all such circuits, each location has a rank, and pilgrims believe that visiting them all in order is an act of great religious merit.[1] |
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| 108．Musashino Kannon Pilgrimage ・ |
| The Musashino Kannon Pilgrimage (Japanese: 武蔵野三十三観音霊場, Musashino Sanjūsan(33) Kan-non Reijō) is a Japanese pilgrimage of thirty three Buddhist temples and an extra one, founded 1940. The temples located in Tokyo and Saitama prefectures, and along the Seibu Railway (formerly name is "Musashino" Railway). The sanctuaries are situated nearby urban area of Tokyo, and the Musashino Kannon Pilgrimage Ground Association prepares dedicaded stamp books for this pilgrimage, so it can be said it is a kind of relatively easy pilgrimade. Each temple has its own go-eika, which is a kind of tanka for pilgrimage. In addition, it is sometimes called "The hundred[note 1] Kannon Prilgrimage in Musashi Province[note 2]" together with the Chichibu 34 Kannon Sanctuary and the Sayama Kannon Pilgrimage.[1][2][3] |
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| 109．Shōfuku-ji (Higashimurayama) ・Higashimurayama, Tokyo ・Rinzai school (Kencho-ji branch) |
| Shōfuku-ji (正福寺, lit. Temple of the Correct Fortune) is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan. Its early 15th century Jizō hall is a registered National Treasure of Japan. It is considered to be the oldest intact building in Tokyo Prefecture and a unique example of Kamakura period architecture. |
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| 110．Jindai-ji (Tokyo) ・ |
| Jindai-ji (深大寺)is a temple belonging to the Tendai school of Buddhism. It is located in Chōfu in Tokyo Prefecture. |
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| 111．Musashi Kokubun-ji ・Kokubunji, Tokyo ・Buddhist |
| The Musashi Kokubun-ji (武蔵国分寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Kokubunji, Tokyo, Japan, belonging to the Shingon-shu Buzan-ha sect. It claims to be the successor to the original Nara period provincial temple ("kokubunji") of former Musashi Province which fell into ruins sometime in the Kamakura period. The Nara-period temple ruins were designated a National Historic Site in 1921, with the area under protection extended in 1976, 1979 and 2010 as archaeological excavations revealed more of its ruins.[1] |
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| 112．Koyasan Tokyo Betsuin ・ |
| Kōyasan Tokyo Betsuin (高野山東京別院, Kōyasan Tōkyō Betsuin, "Kōyasan Tokyo Branch Temple") is a temple located in Minato Ward at Takanawa 3-15-18 (facing Nihonenoki dori ) in Tokyo. It belongs to the Kōyasan Shingon school of Japanese Buddhism, and the principal image is Kūkai. The head temple of this betsuin is Kongōbu-ji in Wakayama Prefecture. It stands next to the Takanawa Police Station. |
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| 113．Kita-in ・1-20-1 Kosenba-machi, Kawagoe, Saitama ・Tendai |
| 35°55′03.09″N 139°29′20.64″E / 35.9175250°N 139.4890667°E / 35.9175250; 139.4890667 Seiya-san Muryōshuji Kita-in (星野山無量寿寺喜多院) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Kawagoe in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It is noted for its main hall, which was part of the original Edo Castle, and the statues of 540 Rakan, disciples of the Buddha. It is also known informally as the Kawagoe Daishi (川越大師). |
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| 114．Narita-san ・1 Narita, Narita-shi, Chiba prefecture ・Shingon |
| Narita-san (成田山 "Narita mountain") Shinshō-ji (新勝寺 "New victory temple") is a Shingon Buddhist temple located in central Narita, Chiba, Japan. It was founded in 940 by Kanchō Daisōjō, a disciple of Kōbō Daishi. It is a lead temple in the Chisan branch (Chisan-ha 智山派) of New Shingon (Shingi Shingon 新義真言宗), includes a large complex of buildings and grounds, and is one of the best-known temples in the Kantō region. It is dedicated to Ācala (Japanese: Fudō myōō ("Unmovable Wisdom King")) who is usually depicted holding a sword and rope and surrounded by flames.[1] Often called a fire god, he is associated with fire rituals.[2] |
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| 115．Kawasaki Daishi ・4-48 Daishi-machi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki ・Chizan sect of Shingon Buddhism |
| Kawasaki Daishi (川崎大師) is the popular name of Heiken-ji (平間寺, Heiken-ji), a Buddhist temple in Kawasaki, Japan. Founded in 1128, it is the headquarters of the Chizan sect of Shingon Buddhism. Kawasaki Daishi is a popular temple for hatsumōde (the first visit to a place of worship in the new year). In 2006, 2.72 million people engaged in hatsumōde here, the third largest figure in Japan and the largest in Kanagawa Prefecture. In 2016, the temple made preparations to receive 3 million visitors over the same period.[2] Keihin Electric Express Railway, the oldest railroad company in the Kantō region of Japan, commenced service in January 1899 to carry passengers to Kawasaki Daishi from Tokyo. |
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| 116．Mangan-ji (Setagaya) ・3-15-1 Todoroki, Setagaya City, Tokyo 158-0082 ・Buddhism |
| Mangan-ji (満願寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the Setagaya Ward of Tokyo, Japan. The temple is also called Todoroki Fudō (等々力不動), after a famous image in one of its chapels. The temple is noteworthy as being the 17th on the Bandō Sanjūroku Fudōson Reijō pilgrimage route of 36 temples in the Kantō region dedicated to Fudō Myōō. The temple currently belongs to the Shingon-shū Chisan-ha school of Japanese Buddhism. |
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| 117．Ryūsen-ji ・3-20-26 Shimomeguro, Meguro, Tokyo 153-0064 ・Buddhism |
| Ryūsenji (瀧泉寺) also known as the Meguro Fudō (目黒不動, Black-eyed Fudō)[1] is a Buddhist temple located in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan.[2] The temple currently belongs to the Tendai school of Japanese Buddhism, and its main image is a hibutsu statue of Fudō-myōō. The temple is 18th of the Kantō Sanjūroku Fudō pilgrimage route of 36 temples in the Kantō region dedicated to Fudō-myōō. |
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| 118．Koyasan Tokyo Betsuin ・ |
| Kōyasan Tokyo Betsuin (高野山東京別院, Kōyasan Tōkyō Betsuin, "Kōyasan Tokyo Branch Temple") is a temple located in Minato Ward at Takanawa 3-15-18 (facing Nihonenoki dori ) in Tokyo. It belongs to the Kōyasan Shingon school of Japanese Buddhism, and the principal image is Kūkai. The head temple of this betsuin is Kongōbu-ji in Wakayama Prefecture. It stands next to the Takanawa Police Station. |
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| 119．Koyasan Tokyo Betsuin ・ |
| Kōyasan Tokyo Betsuin (高野山東京別院, Kōyasan Tōkyō Betsuin, "Kōyasan Tokyo Branch Temple") is a temple located in Minato Ward at Takanawa 3-15-18 (facing Nihonenoki dori ) in Tokyo. It belongs to the Kōyasan Shingon school of Japanese Buddhism, and the principal image is Kūkai. The head temple of this betsuin is Kongōbu-ji in Wakayama Prefecture. It stands next to the Takanawa Police Station. |
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| 120．Shōfuku-ji (Higashimurayama) ・Higashimurayama, Tokyo ・Rinzai school (Kencho-ji branch) |
| Shōfuku-ji (正福寺, lit. Temple of the Correct Fortune) is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan. Its early 15th century Jizō hall is a registered National Treasure of Japan. It is considered to be the oldest intact building in Tokyo Prefecture and a unique example of Kamakura period architecture. |
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| 121．Musashino Kannon Pilgrimage ・ |
| The Musashino Kannon Pilgrimage (Japanese: 武蔵野三十三観音霊場, Musashino Sanjūsan(33) Kan-non Reijō) is a Japanese pilgrimage of thirty three Buddhist temples and an extra one, founded 1940. The temples located in Tokyo and Saitama prefectures, and along the Seibu Railway (formerly name is "Musashino" Railway). The sanctuaries are situated nearby urban area of Tokyo, and the Musashino Kannon Pilgrimage Ground Association prepares dedicaded stamp books for this pilgrimage, so it can be said it is a kind of relatively easy pilgrimade. Each temple has its own go-eika, which is a kind of tanka for pilgrimage. In addition, it is sometimes called "The hundred[note 1] Kannon Prilgrimage in Musashi Province[note 2]" together with the Chichibu 34 Kannon Sanctuary and the Sayama Kannon Pilgrimage.[1][2][3] |
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| 122．Ryōhō-ji ・2-1 Hiyoshi-chō, Hachiōji, Tōkyō ・Buddhism |
| Ryōhō-ji (了法寺) is a Buddhist temple affiliated with Nichiren-shū located in the city of Hachiōji in western Tōkyō, Japan. Its mountain name is Shōei-zan (松栄山). The temple is among those of the Hachiōji Shichifukujin Pilgrimage (八王子七福神めぐり), and enshrines the goddess Benzaiten. It is popularly known as Moe-ji (萌え寺).[1] It was formerly associated with Honkoku-ji (本圀寺) of the Rokujōmon-ryū (六条門流) branch of Nichiren Buddhism. |
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| 123．Ekō-in ・Ryōgoku, Sumida, Tokyo ・Pure Land |
| Ekō-in (回向院), also known as Honjo Ekō-in, is a Pure Land Buddhist temple in Ryōgoku, Tokyo. The formal name of the temple is Shoshūzan Muen-ji Ekō-in (諸宗山 無縁寺 回向院), reflecting its founding principle of Pariṇāmanā, or the spreading of Amida Buddha's benevolence to all souls of all living creatures.[1] |
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| 124．Jōkan-ji ・ |
| Jōkan-ji (浄閑寺) is a Buddhist temple in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan. Its cemetery houses the remains and spirits of about 25,000 prostitutes and fire victims of the Yoshiwara quarter of the Edo period. A memorial to the dead was consecrated in the Meiji era.[1] |
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| 125．Ikegami Honmon-ji ・1-1-1, Ikegami, Ōta-kuTokyo 146-8576 ・Nichiren Buddhism[1] |
| Ikegami Honmon-ji (池上本門寺) is a temple of the Nichiren Shū south of Tokyo, erected where Nichiren is said to have died. Also Nichiren's disciple Nikkō spent the rest of his life at this temple.[2] The temple grounds also include Nichiren Shū's administrative headquarters. A short walk from Ikegami Station (Tōkyū Ikegami Line) or Nishi-Magome Station (Toei Asakusa Line), Ikegami Honmon-ji contains a number of buildings, most of which have been reconstructed since the bombing of 15 March 1945. They include the Important Cultural Property designated five-storey pagoda built in 1608, the kyōzō (経蔵, repository of religious writings) built in 1784, and the hōtō (宝塔), built in 1781 where Nichiren was cremated. Other buildings have been rebuilt, or newly constructed, since 1945. |
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| 126．Shibamata Taishakuten ・7-10-3 Shibamata, Katsushika, Tokyo ・Buddhist |
| Daikyō-ji (題経寺), popularly known as Shibamata Taishakuten (柴又帝釈天), is a Nichiren-shū Buddhist temple in Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1629, the main image is of Taishakuten.[1] In 1996 the Ministry of the Environment designated the temple and its ferryboat as one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan.[2] In 2009 the temple and its ferryboat were selected as one of the 100 Landscapes of Japan (Heisei era).[3] |
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| 127．Tōsen-ji ・ |
| Narihira-san Tōsen-ji (業平山東泉寺) is a Buddhist temple in Katsushika, Tokyo, near the Yamamoto House and Mizumoto City Park. This temple is famous for the "Bound Jizo" discussed in the Case of the Bound Jizo of Ōoka Tadasuke, a famous judge in Edo (Tokyo) during the Edo period. In The Case of the Bound Jizo or Suspect Statue, Ōoka Tadasuke was called upon to discover the thief of a cartload of cloth from a local kimono maker. Ōoka ordered a statue of Jizo of the Narihira-san Tōsen-ji, a temple in Tokyo, to be bound and brought forth to be called to answer for dereliction of its custodial duty. When the bound statue arrived in the courtroom, the spectators burst into laughter. Ōoka sternly ordered each spectator to be punished with a token fine for their outburst. Each was ordered to provide a small swatch of cloth as a fine. When the spectators paid their fines, the robbed kimono maker identified the piece of cloth from one spectators as identical to the cloth stolen in the crime. The spectator, who was the actual thief, was arrested, and Ōoka ordered the Jizo statue released as having discharged his duty. In 1925, the statue was removed from downtown Tokyo to a little temple called Nanjo–in on its outskirts. The statue still stands, and is wrapped in rope tied by hopeful victims of thieves. However, the statue is worn almost smooth because of over 200 years of binding. |
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| 128．Reigan-ji (Kōtō) ・1 Chome-3-32 Shirakawa, Koto City, Tokyo 135-0021 ・Buddhist |
| Reigan-ji (霊巌寺), is a Buddhist temple located in Kōtō-ku, Tokyo, Japan. The temple belongs to the Jōdo-shū sect of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is a statue of Amida Nyōrai |
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| 129．Tōkai-ji (Shinagawa) ・3-11-9 Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo-to ・Buddhist |
| Tōkai-ji (東海寺), is a Buddhist temple located in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. The temple belongs to the Daitoku-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. |
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| 130．Renkō-ji ・3‐30-20, Wada, Suginami-ku, Tokyo ・Nichiren Buddhism |
| Renkō-ji (蓮光寺, Renkōji) is a Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan. It is assumed to be the purported location of the ashes of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian revolutionary, which have been preserved since September 18, 1945.[1] The small, well-preserved temple was established in 1594 inspired by the God of Wealth and Happiness.[clarification needed] It belongs to the Nichiren sect of Buddhism that believes that human salvation lies only in the Lotus Sutra. |
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| 131．Gōtoku-ji ・Gōtokuji, Setagaya, Tokyo ・Buddhism |
| Daikeizan Gōtoku-ji (大谿山 豪徳寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the Gōtokuji district of Setagaya ward, Tokyo, Japan.[1] Gōtoku-ji is a Sōtō Zen temple and served as the Bodai-ji (bodhi temple) of the Ii clan, who were lords of the Hikone Domain, in Edo period. It is known as the "cat temple" because of the maneki-neko.[2] |
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| 132．Zenyōmitsu-ji ・2-7-11 Noge, Setagaya, Tokyo ・Buddhist |
| Zenyōmitsu-ji (善養密寺) is a Buddhist temple in the Setagaya ward of Tokyo, Japan. The temple follows the Shingon creed of Vajrayana Buddhism, which attaches particular importance to the origins of Buddhism and its manifestation throughout history. Zenyōmitsu-ji has a rich collection of authentic historical artifacts from India, Central Asia and China. Most notable is an exceptional collection of art from Gandhara, which was gathered over the course of twenty years by the head of the Temple. |
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| 133．Mangan-ji (Setagaya) ・3-15-1 Todoroki, Setagaya City, Tokyo 158-0082 ・Buddhism |
| Mangan-ji (満願寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the Setagaya Ward of Tokyo, Japan. The temple is also called Todoroki Fudō (等々力不動), after a famous image in one of its chapels. The temple is noteworthy as being the 17th on the Bandō Sanjūroku Fudōson Reijō pilgrimage route of 36 temples in the Kantō region dedicated to Fudō Myōō. The temple currently belongs to the Shingon-shū Chisan-ha school of Japanese Buddhism. |
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| 134．Kan'ei-ji ・Uenosakuragi 1-14-11, Taito-ku, Tokyo ・Tendai |
| Tōeizan Kan'ei-ji Endon-in (東叡山寛永寺円頓院) (also spelled Kan'eiji or Kaneiji) is a Tendai Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1625 during the Kan'ei era by Tenkai, in an attempt to emulate the powerful religious center Enryaku-ji, in Kyoto. The main object of worship is Yakushirurikō Nyorai (薬師瑠璃光如来).[1] |
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| 135．Genkū-ji ・6-19-2 Higashiueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0015 ・Buddhist |
| Genkū-ji (源空寺), is a Buddhist temple located in the Higashiueno neighborhood of Taitō-ku, Tokyo, Japan. The temple belongs to the Jōdo-shū sect of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is a statue of Hōnen. |
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| 136．Zenshō-an ・ |
| Zenshō-an (全生庵) is a Buddhist Rinzai Zen temple, located in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan.[1] It has a large collection of Japanese yūrei paintings, which are normally exhibited in August, the traditional month of spirits and ghosts. These paintings were most probably kept by families during the Edo period also to ward off evil. The temple has long been popular with influential Japanese figures, including Prime Ministers Shinzo Abe and Nakasone Yasuhiro.[1] |
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| 137．Sensō-ji ・2-3-1 Asakusa, Taitō-ku, Tokyo ・Buddhist |
| Sensō-ji ([sẽ̞ꜜɰ̃so̞ːʑi] ⓘ, 浅草寺, officially Kinryū-zan Sensō-ji (金龍山浅草寺), also known as Asakusa Kannon (浅草観音)), is an ancient Buddhist temple located in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. It is Tokyo's oldest temple, and one of its most significant. Formerly associated with the Tendai sect of Buddhism, it became independent after World War II. It is dedicated to Kannon, the bodhisattva of compassion, and is the most widely visited religious site in the world with over 30 million visitors annually.[1][2] Adjacent to the temple is a five-story pagoda, the Asakusa Shinto shrine,[3] and many shops with traditional goods in the Nakamise-dōri.[4] |
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| 138．Kappa-dera ・3-7-2 Matsugaya, Taitō, Tokyo ・Buddhism |
| Kappa-dera (かっぱ寺), also known as Sōgen Temple (曹源寺, "Sōgen-ji"), is a Zen Buddhist temple in the Kappabashi area of Tokyo and is named after the kappa, a Japanese folklore figure. |
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| 139．Tennō-ji (Taitō) ・Yanaka 7-14-8, Taitō, Tokyo ・Tendai |
| Tennō-ji (天王寺) is a Tendai Buddhist temple of Japan, located in Yanaka, Taitō, Tokyo. The temple was erected by Nichigen (日源) in 1274. |
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| 140．Tsukiji Hongan-ji ・3-15-1 Tsukiji, Chūō-ku, Tokyo Prefecture ・Jōdo Shinshū Honganji-ha |
| Tsukiji Hongan-ji (築地本願寺), sometimes archaically romanized Hongwan-ji, is a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist temple located in the Tsukiji district of Tokyo, Japan. The temple is adjacent to Tsukiji Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line. |
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| 141．Jōgan-ji (Nakano, Tokyo) ・ |
| Jōgan-ji (成願寺) is a Buddhist temple located in Honchō, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan. It was a filming location of the 2003 movie Lost in Translation.[1][2][3] Media related to Jōgan-ji (Nakano, Tokyo) at Wikimedia Commons 35°41′39″N 139°40′54″E / 35.69410°N 139.68162°E / 35.69410; 139.68162 |
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| 142．Kisshō-ji ・ |
| Kisshō-ji, also Kichijō-ji (吉祥寺) is a Buddhist Temple located in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan.[1] It was founded in 1458, during the Muromachi period. In 1592, the "Sendan-Rin" School for Buddhist monks was founded in the precincts of the temple. In 1905, the Sendan-Rin School was renamed Soto-shu University; in 1925 Soto-shu University became Komazawa University. |
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| 143．Gokoku-ji ・5-40-1 Ōtsuka, Bunkyō-ku, Tokyo35°43′18.3″N 139°43′32.3″E / 35.721750°N 139.725639°E / 35.721750; 139.725639 ・Buzan School of Shingon Buddhism |
| Gokoku-ji (護国寺) is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Tokyo's Bunkyō. |
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| 144．Gyoran-ji ・Minato, Tokyo ・Buddhist |
| Gyoran-ji (魚藍寺), formal name Suigetsu-in Gyoran-ji (水月院魚藍寺), is a Buddhist temple in 4 Mita, Minato, Tokyo, Japan.It is located in the mountain side of Tsuki no Misaki. The name was chosen because the principal image is Gyoran Kanzeon Bosatsu (魚藍観世音菩薩), whose figure is a maiden with her hair tied in a Chinese style topknot (唐様). |
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| 145．Koyasan Tokyo Betsuin ・ |
| Kōyasan Tokyo Betsuin (高野山東京別院, Kōyasan Tōkyō Betsuin, "Kōyasan Tokyo Branch Temple") is a temple located in Minato Ward at Takanawa 3-15-18 (facing Nihonenoki dori ) in Tokyo. It belongs to the Kōyasan Shingon school of Japanese Buddhism, and the principal image is Kūkai. The head temple of this betsuin is Kongōbu-ji in Wakayama Prefecture. It stands next to the Takanawa Police Station. |
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| 146．Saikai-ji ・ |
| Shūkōzan Chōjuin Saikai-ji (周光山長寿院済海寺), more commonly Saikai-ji (済海寺), is a Japanese temple in 4-16-23, Mita, Minato, Tokyo (on the Tsuki no Misaki). Its religious sect and principal image are Pure Land Buddhism and Amitābha respectively. This is a 26th the place where can get the green paper of Edo thirty three Kannon hallow ground. Green Paper's principal image is Kamezuka Seikannon Bosatsu (亀塚正観世音菩薩). |
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| 147．Sengaku-ji ・11-1, Takanawa 2-chōme, Minato-ku, Tokyo ・Buddhist |
| Sengaku-ji (泉岳寺) is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Sōtō school of Japanese Zen located in the Takanawa neighborhood of Minato-ku, near Sengakuji Station and Shinagawa Station, Tokyo, Japan. It was one of the three major Sōtō temples in Edo during the Tokugawa shogunate, and became famous through its connection with the Akō incident of the forty-seven Rōnin in the 18th century. |
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| 148．Zenkō-ji (Tokyo) ・3-5-17 Kita-Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo ・Jōdo-shū |
| Zenkō-ji (善光寺, Temple of the Benevolent Light) is a Buddhist temple in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. |
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| 149．Zenpuku-ji ・1-6-21 Motoazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo Prefecture ・Jōdo Shinshū Honganji-ha |
| Zenpuku-ji (善福寺), also known as Azabu-san (麻布山), is a Jōdo Shinshū temple located in the Azabu district of Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the oldest Tokyo temples, after Asakusa. |
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| 150．Zōjō-ji ・4 Chome-7-35 Shibakoen, Minato, Tokyo 105-0011 ・Jōdo-shū |
| Zōjō-ji (増上寺) is a Jōdo-shū Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan. It is the main temple of the Jōdo-shū ("Pure Land") Chinzei sect of Buddhism in the Kantō region,.[1][2] Its mountain name is San'en-zan (三縁山). Zōjō-ji is notable for its relationship with the Tokugawa clan, the rulers of Japan during the Edo period, with six of the Tokugawa shōguns being buried in the Taitoku-in Mausoleum in the temple grounds. Also, the temple's Sangedatsumon (main gate) is the oldest wooden building in Tokyo, dating from 1622. The original buildings, temples, mausoleums and the cathedral were destroyed by fire, natural disasters or air raids during World War II.[3] |
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| 151．Daishin-ji ・ |
| Hōtōzan Hōju-in Daishin-ji (宝島山峯樹院大信寺), abbreviated Daishin-ji, is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo sect in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. In 1611, the founder, Ryō-kō Shōnin, was given land for the temple in Minami Hatchōbori by the Tokugawa shogunate. The temple was originally named Hōtōzan. In 1635, it was relocated to its present site in Mita 4 chōme by order of the government, to accommodate the continuing expansion of Edo. In 1636, Ishimura Genzaemon, considered the first shamisen craftsman in Edo, was buried in the temple. From Ishimura Omi, the graves of eleven generations of the family were also constructed there. For this reason, the temple is sometimes nicknamed "The Shamisen Temple." |
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| 152．Tōzen-ji ・3-16-16 Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0074 ・Buddhist |
| Tōzen-ji (東禅寺), is a Buddhist temple located in Takanawa, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The temple belongs to the Myōshin-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen.[1] One of the four great Zen temples of Edo, it is best known in history as the location of the first British legation in Japan during the Bakumatsu period and the site of a number of incidents against foreigners by pro-sonnō jōi samurai. The temple's precincts were designated a National Historic Site in 2010.[2] [3] |
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| 153．Yūtenji ・ |
| Yūtenji (祐天寺, yūtenji) is a temple of the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism in Nakameguro, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan. In 1718, the 3rd year of the Kyōhō era, the 36th Buddhist monk of Zōjōji called Yūten (祐天, yūten) died. One of his disciples, Yumi (祐海, yumi), built Yūtenji as his shrine and made him the founder. |
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| 154．Ryūsen-ji ・3-20-26 Shimomeguro, Meguro, Tokyo 153-0064 ・Buddhism |
| Ryūsenji (瀧泉寺) also known as the Meguro Fudō (目黒不動, Black-eyed Fudō)[1] is a Buddhist temple located in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan.[2] The temple currently belongs to the Tendai school of Japanese Buddhism, and its main image is a hibutsu statue of Fudō-myōō. The temple is 18th of the Kantō Sanjūroku Fudō pilgrimage route of 36 temples in the Kantō region dedicated to Fudō-myōō. |
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| 155．Bandō Sanjūsankasho ・ |
| The Bandō Sanjūsankasho (坂東三十三箇所) ("The Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage") is a series of 33 Buddhist temples in Eastern Japan sacred to Kannon. Bandō is the old name for what is now the Kantō region,[1] used in this case because the temples are all in the Prefectures of Kanagawa, Saitama, Tokyo, Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi and Chiba. As is the case with all such circuits, each location has a rank, and pilgrims believe that visiting them all in order is an act of great religious merit.[1] |
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| 156．Sagami Kokubun-ji ・1-chōme-25-38 Kokubuminami Ebina-shi, Kanagawa-ken 243-0405 ・Buddhist |
| The Sagami Kokubun-ji (相模国分寺) is a Buddhist temple in the city of Ebina, Kanagawa, Japan. It is the provincial temple ("kokubunji") of former Sagami Province. The grounds of the temple are a National Historic Site.[1] and its Kamakura period Bonshō is an Important Cultural Property.[2] The temple was destroyed and rebuilt several times over its long history, and much of its documentary history has been lost. It now belongs to the Kōyasan Shingon-shū sect. |
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| 157．Shōfuku-ji (Odawara) ・1167 Iizumi Odawara-shi, Kanagawa ・Tō-ji branch Shingon |
| Shōfuku-ji (勝福寺) is a Shingon sect Buddhist temple located in the northeastern portion of the city of Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is more popularly known as the Iizumi Kannon (飯泉観音), after its primary object of worship. Shōfuku-ji is the 5th temple in the Bandō Sanjūsankasho pilgrimage circuit of 33 Buddhist temples in the Kantō region of eastern Japan to the Bodhisattva Kannon. |
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| 158．Iiyama Kannon ・Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa ・Shingon |
| Hase-dera, or Chōkoku-ji (長谷寺) is a Shingon sect Buddhist temple located outside of Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is more popularly known as the Iiyama Kannon (飯山観音), after its primary object of worship. It is the 6th temple in the Bandō Sanjūsankasho pilgrimage circuit of 33 Buddhist temples in the Kantō region of eastern Japan to the goddess Kannon. |
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| 159．Narita-san ・1 Narita, Narita-shi, Chiba prefecture ・Shingon |
| Narita-san (成田山 "Narita mountain") Shinshō-ji (新勝寺 "New victory temple") is a Shingon Buddhist temple located in central Narita, Chiba, Japan. It was founded in 940 by Kanchō Daisōjō, a disciple of Kōbō Daishi. It is a lead temple in the Chisan branch (Chisan-ha 智山派) of New Shingon (Shingi Shingon 新義真言宗), includes a large complex of buildings and grounds, and is one of the best-known temples in the Kantō region. It is dedicated to Ācala (Japanese: Fudō myōō ("Unmovable Wisdom King")) who is usually depicted holding a sword and rope and surrounded by flames.[1] Often called a fire god, he is associated with fire rituals.[2] |
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| 160．Kawasaki Daishi ・4-48 Daishi-machi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki ・Chizan sect of Shingon Buddhism |
| Kawasaki Daishi (川崎大師) is the popular name of Heiken-ji (平間寺, Heiken-ji), a Buddhist temple in Kawasaki, Japan. Founded in 1128, it is the headquarters of the Chizan sect of Shingon Buddhism. Kawasaki Daishi is a popular temple for hatsumōde (the first visit to a place of worship in the new year). In 2006, 2.72 million people engaged in hatsumōde here, the third largest figure in Japan and the largest in Kanagawa Prefecture. In 2016, the temple made preparations to receive 3 million visitors over the same period.[2] Keihin Electric Express Railway, the oldest railroad company in the Kantō region of Japan, commenced service in January 1899 to carry passengers to Kawasaki Daishi from Tokyo. |
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| 161．Mangan-ji (Setagaya) ・3-15-1 Todoroki, Setagaya City, Tokyo 158-0082 ・Buddhism |
| Mangan-ji (満願寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the Setagaya Ward of Tokyo, Japan. The temple is also called Todoroki Fudō (等々力不動), after a famous image in one of its chapels. The temple is noteworthy as being the 17th on the Bandō Sanjūroku Fudōson Reijō pilgrimage route of 36 temples in the Kantō region dedicated to Fudō Myōō. The temple currently belongs to the Shingon-shū Chisan-ha school of Japanese Buddhism. |
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| 162．Ryūsen-ji ・3-20-26 Shimomeguro, Meguro, Tokyo 153-0064 ・Buddhism |
| Ryūsenji (瀧泉寺) also known as the Meguro Fudō (目黒不動, Black-eyed Fudō)[1] is a Buddhist temple located in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan.[2] The temple currently belongs to the Tendai school of Japanese Buddhism, and its main image is a hibutsu statue of Fudō-myōō. The temple is 18th of the Kantō Sanjūroku Fudō pilgrimage route of 36 temples in the Kantō region dedicated to Fudō-myōō. |
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| 163．Koyasan Tokyo Betsuin ・ |
| Kōyasan Tokyo Betsuin (高野山東京別院, Kōyasan Tōkyō Betsuin, "Kōyasan Tokyo Branch Temple") is a temple located in Minato Ward at Takanawa 3-15-18 (facing Nihonenoki dori ) in Tokyo. It belongs to the Kōyasan Shingon school of Japanese Buddhism, and the principal image is Kūkai. The head temple of this betsuin is Kongōbu-ji in Wakayama Prefecture. It stands next to the Takanawa Police Station. |
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| 164．Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Kamakura ・ |
| The Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Kamakura (鎌倉十三佛霊場, Kamakura jūsan butsu reijō) are a group of 13 Buddhist sacred sites in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.[1] The temples are dedicated to the Thirteen Buddhas. |
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| 165．Ankokuron-ji ・4-18, Ōmachi 4-chome, Kamakura, Kanagawa 248-0007 ・Nichiren |
| Myōhōkekyōzan Ankokuron-ji (妙法華経山安国論寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Nichiren sect in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan.[1] It is one of a group of three built near the site in Matsubagayatsu (Valley of Pine Needles (松葉ヶ谷)[2] where Nichiren, founder of the Buddhist sect that bears his name, is supposed to have had his hut. |
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| 166．An'yō-in (Kamakura) ・Ōmachi 3-1-22, 248-0007 Kamakura ・Jōdo |
| Gionzan An’yō-in Chōraku-ji (祇園山安養院長楽寺) is a Jōdo shū Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan.[1] Famous for its rhododendrons, it was named after its founder's (great historical figure Hōjō Masako) posthumous name.[1] The main object of worship is Amida Nyorai,[2] but it also enshrines Senju Kannon, Goddess of Mercy. An’yō-in is Number three of the 33 temples of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho pilgrimage circuit.[2] |
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| 167．Eishō-ji ・1-16-3, Ogigayatsu, Kamakura-shi, Kanagawa-ken ・Jōdo-shū |
| Eisho-ji (英勝寺) is a Jōdo-shū temple in Ogigayatsu, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, and is the sole nunnery in Kamakura. The mountain name is Tokozan. Okaji no Kata, a concubine of Tokugawa Ieyasu, took the name Eishoin after her pabbajja and founded the temple. The temple is thought to be located at the site of the residence of Ōta Dōkan, who was ancestor of the found. Okaji no Kata bore Ieyasu a daughter, Ichihime, but she died very young. After Ichihime's death, Ieyasu ordered Okaji no Kata to become the adoptive mother of Tokugawa Yorifusa, who later reigned over Mito Domain. The founding priestess Gyokuhōseiinni was a daughter of Yorifusa. From its foundation, princesses of Mito Domain regularly became priestesses of Eisho-ji. Thus people called the temple "Mito palace" or "Nunnery of Mito". |
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| 168．Engaku-ji ・409 Yamanouchi, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture ・Engaku-ji Rinzai |
| Zuirokusan Engaku Kōshō Zenji (瑞鹿山円覚興聖禅寺), or Engaku-ji (円覚寺), is one of the most important Zen Buddhist temple complexes in Japan and is ranked second among Kamakura's Five Mountains. It is situated in the city of Kamakura, in Kanagawa Prefecture to the south of Tokyo. Founded in 1282 (Kamakura period, the temple maintains the classical Japanese Zen monastic design, and both the Shariden and the Great Bell (大鐘, Ogane) are designated National Treasures. Engaku-ji is one of the twenty-two historic sites included in Kamakura's proposal for inclusion in UNESCO's World Heritage Sites. |
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| 169．Ōfuna Kannon ・ ・Buddhist |
| Ōfuna Kannon Temple (大船観音寺, Ōfuna Kannonji) is a Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The statue stands at 25 meters/82 feet tall and weighs nearly 2,000 tons. It depicts the East Asian bodhisattva (a being that foregoes their nirvana in order to stay on Earth and help people) known as Guanyin or Kannon. Specifically, the Byakue (White-robed) Kannon, one of 33 forms of the Buddhist deity, said to prevent natural disasters, cure the sick, and assist women in childbirth.[1] Ōfuna Kannon Temple (大船観音寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Sōtō school of Zen located in Ōfuna, northern Kamakura. Visitors heading to Kamakura will notice the most prominent feature of the Kannon-ji once their train approaches Ōfuna Station: the 25-metre tall snow-white statue of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, known in Japan as Kannon (観音), the Goddess of Mercy.[2] |
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| 170．Kenchō-ji ・8 Yamanouchi, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture ・Kenchō-ji Rinzai |
| Kenchō-ji (建長寺) is a Rinzai Zen temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, which ranks first among Kamakura's so-called Five Great Zen Temples (the Kamakura Gozan) and is the oldest Zen training monastery in Japan.[1] These temples were at the top of the Five Mountain System, a network of Zen temples started by the Hōjō Regents. Still very large, it originally had a full shichidō garan and 49 subtemples.[1] |
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| 171．Kōtoku-in ・4 Chome-2-28 Hase, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture 248-0016 ・Jōdo-shū |
| Kōtoku-in (高徳院) is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo-shū sect, in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Its mountain name is Taiizan (大異山), and its common temple name is Shōjōsen-ji (清浄泉寺). The temple is renowned for The Great Buddha of Kamakura (鎌倉大仏, Kamakura Daibutsu), a monumental outdoor bronze statue of Amitābha, which is one of the most famous icons of Japan. It is also a designated National Treasure, and one of the twenty-two historic sites included in Kamakura's proposal for inclusion in UNESCO's World Heritage Sites. |
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| 172．Kōmyō-ji (Kamakura) ・1-19, 6-chome, Zaimokuza, Kamakura, Kanagawa 248-0013 ・Jōdo |
| Tenshōzan Renge-in Kōmyō-ji (天照山蓮華院光明寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo sect in Zaimokuza, near Kamakura, Japan, the only major one in the city to be close to the sea. Kōmyō-ji is number one among the Kantō Jūhachi Danrin (関東十八檀林), a group of 18 Jōdo temples established during the Edo period by Tokugawa Ieyasu, and dedicated to both the training of priests and scholarly research.[1] It is also the sect's head temple for the Kantō region.[2] In spite of the fact it is a Jōdo sect temple, Kōmyō-ji has several of the typical features of a Zen temple, for example a sanmon (main gate), a pond and a karesansui (rock garden). |
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| 173．Gokuraku-ji (Kamakura) ・3-6-7 Gokuraku-jiKamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture ・Shingon Ritsu |
| Gokuraku-ji (極楽寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect located in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 1259 by Ninshō (1217-1303) and has been restored and rebuilt many times since then. 35°18′37″N 139°31′42″E / 35.310278°N 139.528472°E / 35.310278; 139.528472 |
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| 174．Jufuku-ji ・1-Chōme-17-7 Ōgigayatsu, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture ・Kenchō-ji Rinzai |
| Kikokuzan Kongō Jufuku Zenji (亀谷山金剛寿福禅寺), usually known as Jufuku-ji, is a temple of the Kenchō-ji branch of the Rinzai sect and the oldest Zen temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Ranked third among Kamakura's prestigious Five Mountains, it is number 24 among the Thirty-Three Kamakura Kannon (鎌倉三十三観音, Kamakura Sanjūsan Kannon) pilgrimage temples and number 18 of the Kamakura Nijūyon Jizō (鎌倉二十四地蔵) temples. Its main object of worship is Shaka Nyorai. |
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| 175．Jōchi-ji ・1402 Yamanouchi, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture ・Engaku-ji Rinzai |
| Kinpōzan Jōchi-ji (金宝山浄智寺) is a Buddhist Zen temple in Kita-Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Engaku-ji school of the Rinzai sect and is ranked fourth among Kamakura's Five Mountains. The main objects of worship are the three statues of Shaka, Miroku and Amida Nyorai visible inside the main hall. |
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| 176．Jōmyō-ji ・3-chōme-8-31 Jōmyōji, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture ・Kenchō-ji Rinzai |
| Tōkasan Jōmyō Zenji (稲荷山浄妙寺) is a Zen Buddhist temple of the Rinzai sect, Kenchō-ji school, in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Jōmyō-ji is Number Five of the five temples known as Kamakura Gozan ("Kamakura's Five Mountains"), and the only one of the five not founded by a member of the Hōjō clan. Jōmyō-ji has instead, as nearby Zuisen-ji, deep ties with the Ashikaga clan, and was one of the family's funeral temples (bodaiji).[1] For this reason the family's kamon, or crest, is ubiquitous on its premises. The first three characters of its full name mean "Inari mountain", presumably from the hill of the same name where it stands, in its turn named after an ancient Inari myth (see below). Jōmyō-ji has given its name to the surrounding area, the characters for which have been however deliberately changed from 浄妙寺 to 浄明寺.[2] |
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| 177．Zuisen-ji ・710 Nikaidō, Kamakura, Kanagawa 248-0002 ・Rinzai, Engaku-ji school |
| Kinbyōzan Zuisen-ji (錦屏山瑞泉寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Rinzai sect in Nikaidō's Momijigayatsu Valley (紅葉ヶ谷, Valley of the Autumn Leaves) in Kamakura, Japan.[1] During the Muromachi period it was the family temple of the Ashikaga rulers of Kamakura (the Kantō kubō): four of the five kubō are buried there in a private cemetery closed to the public[1][2] and first kubō Ashikaga Motouji's is also known by the name Zuisen-ji-den (瑞泉寺殿).[3] Designed by prominent Zen religious figure, poet and Zen garden designer Musō Soseki (also known as Musō Kokushi), the temple lies on top of an isolated hill and is famous for both its garden and its Zen rock garden.[4] The beauty and the quantity of its plants have gained it since antiquity the nickname "Temple of Flowers" (花の寺).[1] The main object of worship is Jizō Bosatsu.[5] Zuisen-ji is an Historic Site and contains numerous objects classified as Important Cultural Properties and Places of Scenic Beauty.[6] |
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| 178．Sugimoto-dera ・903 Nikaidō, Kamakura, Kanagawa 248-0002 ・Tendai |
| Sugimoto-dera (大蔵山観音院杉本寺, Taizō-zan Kannon-in Sugimoto-dera) is a Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, one of the oldest temples in Kamakura and, together with Hōkai-ji, the only one of the Tendai denomination.[1] The temple is Number one of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho pilgrimage circuit.[1] Two of the three statues of goddess Kannon it enshrines are Important Cultural Properties.[1] Sugimotodera is nicknamed Geba Kannon ("Dismount Kannon"), because horsemen never failed to dismount from their steeds when they passed by.[2] (According to a different version of the legend, non-believers always fell from their horse when passing in front of the temple.)[3] The temple is a branch temple (末寺, matsuji) of Hōkai-ji.[4] |
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| 179．Chōju-ji (Kamakura) ・1520 Yamanouchi, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture ・Kenchō-ji Rinzai |
| Hōkizan Chōju Zenji (宝亀山長寿禅寺) is a Rinzai Buddhist temple of the Kenchō-ji school in Yamanouchi (a.k.a. Kita-Kamakura), near Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It lies between two Kita-Kamakura landmarks, the entrance of the Kamegayatsu Pass and Kenchō-ji, the oldest Zen monastery in Japan. Chōju-ji is one of two bodaiji (菩提寺), or funeral temples, dedicated to Ashikaga Takauji, founder of the dynasty of shōguns that carries his name. (The other is Kyoto's Tōji-in.) In its garden there are a gorintō dedicated to the shōgun and a hōkyōintō containing some of his hair. Chōju-ji has recently opened for the first time its doors, and receives visitors from Friday to Sunday, 10 AM to 3 PM.[1] The temple allows the use of pocket cameras, however professional and semiprofessional equipment are forbidden, the reason being that visitors should not visit the temple to take photographs.[1] |
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| 180．Chōshō-ji ・12-17, Zaimokuza 2-chome, Kamakura, Kanagawa 248-0013 ・Nichiren Buddhism |
| Ishiizan Chōshō-ji (石井山長勝寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Nichiren Shū in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan.[1] It's one of a group of three built near the site in Matsubagayatsu (Valley of Pine Needles (松葉ヶ谷)[2] where Nichiren, founder of the Buddhist sect that bears his name, is supposed to have had his hut. The first part of its name is derived from the founder's last name (Ishii), the second is an alternative reading of the characters for Nagakatsu, the founder's first name.[3] |
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| 181．Tōkei-ji ・1367 Yamanouchi, Kamakura, Kanagawa 247-0062 ・Rinzai, Engaku-ji School |
| Matsugaoka Tōkei-ji (松岡山東慶寺), also known as Kakekomi-dera (駆け込み寺) or Enkiri-dera (縁切り寺), is a Buddhist temple and a former nunnery, the only survivor of a network of five nunneries called Amagozan (尼五山), in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is part of the Rinzai school of Zen's Engaku-ji branch, and was opened by Hōjō Sadatoki and founding abbess Kakusan-ni in 1285. It is best known as a historic refuge for women who were abused by their husbands.[1] It is for this reason sometimes referred to as the "Divorce Temple". |
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| 182．Hase-dera (Kamakura) ・3-11-2 Hase, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture ・Jōdo-shū |
| Hase-dera (海光山慈照院長谷寺, Kaikō-zan Jishō-in Hase-dera), commonly called the Hase-kannon (長谷観音) is one of the Buddhist temples in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, famous for housing a massive wooden statue of Kannon. The temple originally belonged to the Tendai sect of Buddhism, but eventually became an independent temple of the Jōdo-shū.[1] |
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| 183．Hōkai-ji ・5-22, Komachi 3-chome, Kamakura, Kanagawa 248-0006 ・Tendai |
| Kinryūzan Shakuman-in Endon Hōkai-ji (金龍山釈満院円頓宝戒寺) is a Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Often called Hagidera (萩寺), or "bush-clover temple", because those flowers are numerous in its garden, its existence is directly linked to a famous tragedy that on July 4, 1333 wiped out almost the entire Hōjō clan, ruler of Japan for 135 years.[1] The temple was founded expressly to enshrine the souls of the 870 members (men, women and children) of the clan who, in accordance with the samurai code of honor, committed suicide on that day at their family temple (bodaiji) of Tōshō-ji to escape defeat.[2][3] Together with ancient Sugimoto-dera, Hōkai-ji is the only temple of the Tendai denomination in Kamakura.[4] Formerly a branch temple (寺末, matsuji) of the great Kan'ei-ji (one of the two Tokugawa family temples), after its destruction it became a branch of Enryaku-ji.[3] |
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| 184．Hōkoku-ji ・7–4, Jomyoji 2-chome, Kamakura, Kanagawa 248–0003 ・Rinzai Zen |
| Hōkoku-ji (報国寺) is an old temple in the Kenchō-ji school of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism located in Kamakura, Japan. Famous for its bamboo garden, it is also known as "Bamboo Temple". A statue of Gautama Buddha, called Shaka Nyorai in Japanese, in a sacred hall is the temple's principal image.[1] The original of a statue of Sho Kan'non is on display at the Kamakura Museum of National Treasures.[2] The temple is sometimes called Takuma-dera after the artist of a statue of Kashyap which was destroyed by a fire in 1891 in an adjacent hall.[2] |
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| 185．Myōhō–ji ・7-4, Ōmachi 4-chome, Kamakura, Kanagawa 248-0007 ・Nichiren |
| Ryōgonzan Renge-in Myōhō-ji (楞厳山蓮華院妙法寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Nichiren sect in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan.[1] It is one of a group of three built near the site in Matsubagayatsu, or the Valley of Pine Needles (松葉ヶ谷),[2] where Nichiren, founder of the Buddhist sect that bears his name, is supposed to have had his hut. The temple has also close ties with Prince Morinaga and the Imperial House. |
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| 186．Myōhon-ji ・ |
| 35°19′3.3″N 139°33′20.9″E / 35.317583°N 139.555806°E / 35.317583; 139.555806 Myōhon-ji (妙本寺) is one of the oldest Nichiren sect temples in Kamakura, Kanagawa. Its official name is Chōkō-zan Myōhon-ji (長興山妙本寺). "Chōkō" comes from the posthumous name of Nichiren's father and "Myōhon" from his mother's. |
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| 187．Meigetsu-in ・189 Yamanouchi, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture ・Kenchō-ji Rinzai |
| Fugenzan Meigetsu-in (福源山明月院) is a Rinzai Zen temple of the Kenchō-ji school in Kita-Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. Famous for its hydrangeas, it's also known as The Temple of Hydrangeas (ajisai-dera). The main object of worship is goddess Shō Kannon (聖観音). |
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| 188．Tōshō-ji ・ ・Rinzai |
| Tōshō-ji (東勝寺) was the Hōjō clan's family temple (bodaiji) in Kamakura during the Kamakura period.[1] Its founder was Taikō Gyōyū and it was constructed in 1237 by Hōjō Yasutoki in memory of his mother, who had her tomb there.[2] According to the Taiheiki, from its foundation until the end of the Kamakura shogunate every regent (shikken) was buried there.[2] The temple no longer exists, since it was set on fire by the Hōjō themselves when the entire family committed suicide after Nitta Yoshisada's invasion of Kamakura on July 4, 1333.[2][3] Its ruins were found in the Kasaigayatsu valley in today's Ōmachi.[2] Tōshō-ji very probably used to occupy the entire valley.[2] Standing at the top of a narrow valley shut off at its base by the Nameri river's deep gorge and by steep hills on the other three sides, and besides offering a clear view of the only road that crossed the river, it was a fortress surely valuable to the family also from the military point of view.[2] |
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| 189．Kawasaki Daishi ・4-48 Daishi-machi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki ・Chizan sect of Shingon Buddhism |
| Kawasaki Daishi (川崎大師) is the popular name of Heiken-ji (平間寺, Heiken-ji), a Buddhist temple in Kawasaki, Japan. Founded in 1128, it is the headquarters of the Chizan sect of Shingon Buddhism. Kawasaki Daishi is a popular temple for hatsumōde (the first visit to a place of worship in the new year). In 2006, 2.72 million people engaged in hatsumōde here, the third largest figure in Japan and the largest in Kanagawa Prefecture. In 2016, the temple made preparations to receive 3 million visitors over the same period.[2] Keihin Electric Express Railway, the oldest railroad company in the Kantō region of Japan, commenced service in January 1899 to carry passengers to Kawasaki Daishi from Tokyo. |
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| 190．Shōjōkō-ji ・1-8-1 Nishitomi, Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa-ken ・Ji-shu |
| Shōjōkō-ji (清浄光寺) is a temple located in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, and serves as the headquarters of the Ji-shu branch of Pure Land Buddhism, related to Ippen. The formal name of the temple is Tōtaku-san Muryōkō-in Shōjōkō-ji. As the head priest of the temple, Tōtaku Shōnin, also bears the inherited title Yugyō Shōnin (遊行上人), the temple has become familiarly known as Yugyō-ji (遊行寺) in recent years. The temple is also sometimes referred to as Fujisawa-dōjō. |
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| 191．Jōryū-ji ・3-14-3, Katase, Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa-ken ・Nichiren-shū |
| Jōryū-ji (常立寺) is a Nichiren-shū temple in Katase, Fujisawa, Kanagawa. Its mountain name is Ryūkō-zan (龍口山). The temple is known for the stele commemorating the messengers from Yuan Dynasty, including To Seichū (Du Shizhong, Chinese: 杜世忠 ), who were killed by order of Hōjō Tokimune. In 2007, it was visited by Nambaryn Enkhbayar, President of Mongolia. |
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| 192．Ryūkō-ji (Fujisawa) ・3-13-37 Katase, Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture ・Nichiren Buddhism |
| Ryūkō-ji (龍口寺) is a temple of the Nichiren Shū[1] in the city of Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It stands on the site of the former Tatsukuchi (or Tatsunokuchi) Execution Grounds, and its name uses the same two kanji meaning "dragon mouth"(龍口). It was here that Nichiren, namesake of the Buddhist sect, was to have been executed. It was founded in 1337 by Nippō, a disciple of Nichiren.[2] |
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| 193．Sōji-ji ・2-Chōme 1-1 Tsurumi, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture ・Sōji-ji Sōtō |
| Sōji-ji (總持寺) is one of two daihonzan (大本山, "head temples") of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism.[1] The other is Eihei-ji temple in Fukui Prefecture. Fodor's calls it "one of the largest and busiest Buddhist institutions in Japan".[2] The temple was founded in 740 as a Shingon Buddhist temple. Keizan, later known as Sōtō's great patriarch Taiso Jōsai Daishi, founded the present temple in 1321,[3] when he renamed it Sōji-ji with the help and patronage of Emperor Go-Daigo.[4][5] The temple has about twelve buildings in Tsurumi, part of the port city of Yokohama, one designed by the architect Itō Chūta. |
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| 232．Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage ・ |
| The Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage (西国三十三所, Saigoku Sanjūsan-sho) is a pilgrimage of thirty-three Buddhist temples throughout the Kansai region of Japan, similar to the Shikoku Pilgrimage. In addition to the official thirty-three temples, there are an additional three known as bangai (番外). The principal image in each temple is Kannon, known to Westerners as the Bodhisattva of Compassion (or sometimes mistranslated as 'Goddess of Mercy'); however, there is some variation among the images and the powers they possess. |
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| 233．Tōkai Hundred Kannon ・ |
| The Tōkai Hundred Kannon (東海百観音, Tōkai Hyaku Kannon) are a collection of one-hundred Buddhist temples in the Tōkai region of central Honshū, Japan. The Tōkai Hundred Kannon is made of up of the Mino Thirty-three Kannon in Gifu Prefecture,[1] the Owari Thirty-three Kannon in western Aichi Prefecture, the Mikawa Thirty-three Kannon in eastern Aichi Prefecture, and Toyokawa Inari.[2] Some religious observers go on a pilgrimage to visit these temples in a specific order. |
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| 234．Mino Thirty-three Kannon ・ |
| The Mino Thirty-three Kannon (美濃三十三観音, Mino Sanjūsan Kannon) are a collection of Buddhist temples in southern Gifu Prefecture, Japan.[1] The name is derived from Mino Province, the former name for the area. The list was originally created during the mid-Edo period.[1] |
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| 235．Eihō-ji ・1-40 Kokeizan-chō, Tajimi-shi, Gifu-ken ・Buddhist |
| Eihō-ji (永保寺) is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple located in northern area of the city of Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.[1] Founded in the Kamakura period, two of the structures of the temple are designated National Treasures of Japan and its gardens are a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty. |
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| 236．Kiburi-ji ・Ōno, Gifu ・Buddhism |
| Kiburi-ji (来振寺) is a Buddhist temple in Ōno, Gifu Prefecture belonging to the Chisan sect of Shingon Buddhism.[1][2][3] The temple claims to have been founded as the Hossō sect temple of Shinpuku-ji by the wandering priest Gyōki in 715 AD. It was burned down by Oda Nobunaga in 1560 and subsequently rebuilt with the support of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Toda clan of Ōgaki Domain during the Edo period. |
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| 237．Shōgen-ji (Gifu) ・872-2 Ibuka-chō, Minokamo, Gifu Prefecture ・Myōshin-ji Rinzai |
| Shōgen-ji (正眼寺) is a monastery of the Myōshin-ji branch of Japanese Rinzai School of Zen Buddhism in Minokamo, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] It was originally a place of practice of Kanzan Egen Zenji in 1330. The training monastery was established at Shōgen-ji by Settan, the dharmic successor of Tōrin.[3] Shōgen-ji's post–World War II monastic life is described concretely with the highest quality of literature in the novel Mind to Mind (1999) by author Seikan Hasegawa. |
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| 238．Onsen-ji (Nagano) ・1-21-1 Yunowaki, Suwa-shi, Nagano-ken 392-0003 ・Buddhism |
| Onsen-ji (温泉寺) is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Rinzai school (Myōshin-ji branch) of Japanese Zen, located in the city of Suwa, Nagano, Japan. Its main image is a statue of Shaka Nyōrai. The temple is located a 15-minute walk from Kami-Suwa Station. |
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| 239．Shinano Kokubun-ji ・Ueda, Nagano ・Buddhist |
| The Shinano Kokubun-ji (信濃国分寺) is a Tendai sect Buddhist temple located in the city of Ueda, Nagano, Japan. Its honzon is Yakushi Nyōrai. It is the successor to the Nara period kokubunji National Temples established by Emperor Shōmu for the purpose of promoting Buddhism as the national religion of Japan and standardising control of the Yamato rule to the provinces.[1] The archaeological site with the ruins of the ancient temple grounds for the provincial temple and its associated provincial nunnery was collectively designated as a National Historic Site in 1974.[2] |
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| 240．Hida Kokubun-ji ・1-83 Sōwa-chō, Takayama-shi, Gifu-ken ・Buddhist |
| Hida Kokubun-ji (飛騨国分寺) is a Shingon-sect Buddhist temple in the Sowamachi neighborhood of the city of Takayama, Gifu, Japan. It is one of the few surviving provincial temples established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794).[1] Due to this connection, the foundation stones of the Nara period pagoda located on temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site in 1929.[2] |
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| 241．Ōsu Kannon ・ |
| Ōsu Kannon (大須観音) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect located in Ōsu, in central Nagoya, Japan. It belongs to the Owari Thirty-three Kannon. Its address is 愛知県名古屋市中区大須2-21-47 (Aichi Ken, Nagoya-shi, Naka-ku Osu, 2-21-47). |
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| 242．Kenchū-ji ・ |
| Kenchū-ji (建中寺) is a Jōdo-shū Buddhist temple in Tsutsui, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, central Japan. Starting in the Edo period, the mausoleums of the lords of the Owari Domain were located there, making it the Bodaiji of the Owari Tokugawa family.[1] The present main hall of the Nagoya Tōshō-gū was a mausoleum for Lord Tokugawa Yoshinao's consort Haruhime (春姫), which used to be located at Kenchū-ji, and was moved to the site in 1953 as a replacement. It is a designated cultural property of Aichi prefecture. |
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| 243．Kōshō-ji, Nagoya ・ |
| Kōshō-ji (興正寺) is a Shingon Buddhist temple located in Yagoto, Nagoya, in central Japan. It belongs to the Owari Thirty-three Kannon. The temple was established by the Tokugawa clan and dates to the 17th century. The temple and grounds of its attached graveyard are situated in the woodland on Yagoto Hill. The complex consists of a number of wooden buildings, which includes a five-storey pagoda completed in 1808. The pagoda is the oldest in Aichi prefecture and was designated an Important Cultural Asset in 1982. |
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| 244．Toyokawa Inari ・1 Toyokawa-chō, Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture ・Buddhism |
| Myōgon-ji (妙厳寺), also known as Toyokawa Inari (shinjitai: 豊川稲荷; kyūjitai: 豐川稲荷), is a Sōtō Zen Buddhist temple located in the city of Toyokawa in eastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Although the temple's main image is that of the thousand-armed form of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (Senju Kannon), it is more well-known for its guardian deity Toyokawa Dakini Shinten, a syncretic goddess who assumed characteristics of Inari, the Shinto kami of fertility, rice, agriculture, industry and worldly success. Despite the presence of a torii gate at the entrance (a relic of the amalgamation of Buddhism and native beliefs before the early modern period), the institution is a Buddhist temple and has no overt association with the Shinto religion. |
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| 245．Kasadera Kannon ・ |
| Kasadera Kannon, also known as Ryūfuku-ji (笠覆寺) is a Buddhist temple located in Minami-ku, Nagoya in central Japan. It is a part of the Owari Thirty-three Kannon. The temple was established by the Shingon sect. The temple has a Niōmon entrance gate, a number of small subsidiary temples and a pagoda which is two storeys high. Kasadera Kannon stages a Spring-time Setsubun festival on February 3 each year and a temple flea market on the 18th of every month. |
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| 246．Enryaku-ji ・4220 Sakamoto Honchō, Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture ・Tendai |
| Enryaku-ji (延暦寺, Enryaku-ji) is a Tendai monastery located on Mount Hiei in Ōtsu, overlooking Kyoto. It was first founded in 788 during the early Heian period (794–1185)[1] by Saichō (767–822), also known as Dengyō Daishi, who introduced the Tendai sect of Mahayana Buddhism to Japan from China. The temple complex has undergone several reconstruction efforts since then, with the most significant (that of the main hall) taking place in 1642 under Tokugawa Iemitsu. Enryaku-ji is the headquarters of the Tendai sect and one of the most significant monasteries in Japanese history. As such, it is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)". The founders of Jōdo-shū, Jōdo Shinshū, Sōtō Zen, and Nichiren Buddhism all spent time at the monastery. Enryaku-ji is also the center for the practice of kaihōgyō (aka the "marathon monks"). |
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| 247．Kiburi-ji ・Ōno, Gifu ・Buddhism |
| Kiburi-ji (来振寺) is a Buddhist temple in Ōno, Gifu Prefecture belonging to the Chisan sect of Shingon Buddhism.[1][2][3] The temple claims to have been founded as the Hossō sect temple of Shinpuku-ji by the wandering priest Gyōki in 715 AD. It was burned down by Oda Nobunaga in 1560 and subsequently rebuilt with the support of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Toda clan of Ōgaki Domain during the Edo period. |
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| 248．Hida Kokubun-ji ・1-83 Sōwa-chō, Takayama-shi, Gifu-ken ・Buddhist |
| Hida Kokubun-ji (飛騨国分寺) is a Shingon-sect Buddhist temple in the Sowamachi neighborhood of the city of Takayama, Gifu, Japan. It is one of the few surviving provincial temples established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794).[1] Due to this connection, the foundation stones of the Nara period pagoda located on temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site in 1929.[2] |
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| 249．Shōge temple ruins ・Ena-shi, Gifu-ken ・Buddhism |
| The Shōge temple ruins (正家廃寺跡, Shōge Haiji ato), is an archaeological site with the ruins of a late Hakuhō to early Heian period Buddhist temple located in the Osashima neighborhood of the city of Ena, Gifu, Japan. The temple no longer exists, but the temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Sitein 2001.[1] |
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| 250．Mino Kokubun-ji ・419 Aono-chō, Ōgaki-shi, Gifu-ken 503-2227 ・Buddhist |
| Mino Kokubun-ji (美濃国分寺) is a Shingon-sect Buddhist temple in the Aono neighborhood of the city of Ōgaki, Gifu, Japan. It is one of the few surviving provincial temples established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794).[1] Due to this connection, the foundation stones of the Nara period temple now located to the south of the present day complex were designated as a National Historic Site in 1916.[2] |
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| 251．Gokokushi-ji ・194-1 Nagara ObusaGifu, Gifu Prefecture ・Shingon |
| Gokokushi-ji (護国之寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect located in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is the seventeenth of the Mino Thirty-three Kannon.[1] |
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| 252．Jōzai-ji (Gifu) ・9 Kajikawa-chō, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture ・Nichiren sect |
| Jōzai-ji (常在寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Nichiren sect in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Its formal name is Shūrinzan Jōzai-ji (鷲林山常在寺). Starting with Saitō Dōsan, Jōzai-ji served as the family temple for the Saitō family for three generations, which included his son, Saitō Yoshitatsu, and his grandson, Saitō Tokugen. Also, it has been designated as a nationally Important Cultural Property, as it contains pictures of both Dōsan and Yoshitatsu. |
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| 253．Shōhō-ji (Gifu) ・8 Daibutsu-chōGifu, Gifu Prefecture ・Ōbaku school |
| Shōhō-ji (正法寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Ōbaku school of Buddhism in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.[1] It is a branch temple of Mampuku-ji in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture. The temple has many aspects of the Ōbaku school, but its building style and sacraments are in the Chinese style. Additionally, it is much larger than the average Japanese temple. The temple's official name is Kinpōzan Shōhō-ji (金鳳山正法寺).[2] |
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| 254．Zuiryū-ji (Gifu) ・19 Tera-machi, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture ・Rinzai sect |
| Zuiryū-ji (瑞龍寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Rinzai sect built in Mino Province (modern-day Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan). It is a branch temple of Myōshin-ji in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. After entering the main gate there are six temples: three are located on the left of the main path (Tentaku-in, Kaizen-in, Unryu-in) and three are on the right (Zuiun-in, Kakusei-in, Gaun-in). The graves of Saitō Myōchin and Toki Shigeyori are also located on the compound. |
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| 255．Zenkō-ji (Gifu) ・1-8 Inaba-dōri, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture ・Shingon sect |
| Zenkō-ji (善光寺, Temple of the Benevolent Light) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect in Mino Province (modern-day Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan). It is a branch temple of Daigo-ji in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is also referred to as Gifu Zenkō-ji (岐阜善光寺) and Inaba Zenkō-ji (伊奈波善光寺). It is not known when the temple was built, though it assumed to have been built between 1592 and 1600 when Oda Nobunaga was living in nearby Gifu Castle. During the early Edo period, it received the name Zenkō-ji Anjō-in (善光寺安乗院) because the two temples were merged at the time. |
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| 256．Sōfuku-ji (Gifu) ・2403-1 Nagara FukumitsuGifu, Gifu Prefecture ・Rinzai |
| Sōfuku-ji (崇福寺) is a Buddhist temple located in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The temple has strong ties to both Saitō Dōsan and Oda Nobunaga.[2] Gifu's Sōfuku-ji is famed throughout Japan for both the number of monks it produces and for its "Blood Ceiling".[3] Shortly after its founding, it was also known as Kōsai-ji (弘済寺), but that name is no longer used.[1] It is also one of the Mino Thirty-three Kannon. |
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| 257．Dairyū-ji (Gifu) ・2339 AwanoGifu, Gifu Prefecture502-0001 ・Rinzai |
| Dairyū-ji (大龍寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Rinzai school located in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the Mino Thirty-three Kannon.[1] It is located near the Takatomi-chō area of Yamagata, so it is also sometimes referred to as Takatomi Dairyū-ji (高富大龍寺). Also, it has an annual festival at which daruma dolls are burned, giving it another nickname, Daruma Kannon (だるま観音).[2] |
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| 258．Hokke-ji (Gifu) ・31 MitahoraGifu, Gifu Prefecture502-0004 ・Shingon |
| Hokke-ji (法華寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon school located in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Though its formal name is Hokke-ji, it is more well known by its unofficial name, Mitahora Kōbō (三田洞弘法). It is located in the foothills of Mount Dodo, the largest mountain in the city of Gifu. Also, it is the fifteenth of the Mino Thirty-three Kannon.[1] |
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| 259．Mie-ji ・2-3 Mieji-chōGifu, Gifu Prefecture ・Tendai sect |
| Mie-ji (美江寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect located in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is also referred to as Mie-ji Kannon (美江寺観音). It is one of the Mino Thirty-three Kannon. The temple houses the Kanshitsu Kannon, which is one of Japan's nationally designated Important Cultural Properties. |
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| 260．Hida Kokubun-ji ・1-83 Sōwa-chō, Takayama-shi, Gifu-ken ・Buddhist |
| Hida Kokubun-ji (飛騨国分寺) is a Shingon-sect Buddhist temple in the Sowamachi neighborhood of the city of Takayama, Gifu, Japan. It is one of the few surviving provincial temples established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794).[1] Due to this connection, the foundation stones of the Nara period pagoda located on temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site in 1929.[2] |
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| 261．Shōge temple ruins ・Ena-shi, Gifu-ken ・Buddhism |
| The Shōge temple ruins (正家廃寺跡, Shōge Haiji ato), is an archaeological site with the ruins of a late Hakuhō to early Heian period Buddhist temple located in the Osashima neighborhood of the city of Ena, Gifu, Japan. The temple no longer exists, but the temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Sitein 2001.[1] |
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| 276．Tōkai Hundred Kannon ・ |
| The Tōkai Hundred Kannon (東海百観音, Tōkai Hyaku Kannon) are a collection of one-hundred Buddhist temples in the Tōkai region of central Honshū, Japan. The Tōkai Hundred Kannon is made of up of the Mino Thirty-three Kannon in Gifu Prefecture,[1] the Owari Thirty-three Kannon in western Aichi Prefecture, the Mikawa Thirty-three Kannon in eastern Aichi Prefecture, and Toyokawa Inari.[2] Some religious observers go on a pilgrimage to visit these temples in a specific order. |
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| 277．Mikawa Thirty-three Kannon ・ |
| The Mikawa Thirty-three Kannon (三河三十三観音, Mikawa Sanjūsan Kannon) are a collection of Buddhist temples in eastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan, most of which are near Mikawa Bay. The name is derived from Mikawa Province, the former name for the area. |
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| 278．Owari Kokubun-ji ・Shiroato-2490 Yawasechō, Inazawa-shi, Aichi-ken 492-8342 ・Buddhist |
| The Owari Kokubun-ji (尾張国分寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the Yawase neighborhood of the city of Inazawa, Aichi, Japan. The temple belongs to the Myōshin-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. Its main image is a statue of Yakushi Nyōrai. It is the modern successor of one of the provincial temples established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794) for the purpose of promoting Buddhism as the national religion of Japan and standardising control of Yamato rule over the provinces.[1] The foundation stones of the original temple was designated as a National Historic Site by the Japanese government in 2012.[2] |
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| 279．Owari Thirty-three Kannon ・ |
| The Owari Thirty-three Kannon (尾張三十三観音, Owari Sanjūsan Kannon) are a collection of Buddhist temples in western Aichi Prefecture, Japan, all dedicated to the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Kannon). The name is derived from Owari Province, the former name for the area. The list was created in 1955.[1] |
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| 280．Jōkō-ji (Seto) ・Seto, Aichi ・Buddhist |
| Jōkō-ji (定光寺), is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Myōshin-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen, Buddhism located in the city of Seto, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Its main image is a statue of Jizō Bosatsu. The temple is noted for the mausoleum of Tokugawa Yoshinao, the son of Tokugawa Ieyasu and founding daimyō of Owari Domain; however it was not the bodaiji of the clan. |
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| 281．Shōjū-in, Tokoname ・ |
| 34°52′46″N 136°50′30″E / 34.879343°N 136.841672°E / 34.879343; 136.841672 Shōjū-in (正住院) is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo-shū, located in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.[1][2] Media related to Shōjū-in (Tokoname) at Wikimedia Commons |
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| 282．Toyokawa Inari ・1 Toyokawa-chō, Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture ・Buddhism |
| Myōgon-ji (妙厳寺), also known as Toyokawa Inari (shinjitai: 豊川稲荷; kyūjitai: 豐川稲荷), is a Sōtō Zen Buddhist temple located in the city of Toyokawa in eastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Although the temple's main image is that of the thousand-armed form of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (Senju Kannon), it is more well-known for its guardian deity Toyokawa Dakini Shinten, a syncretic goddess who assumed characteristics of Inari, the Shinto kami of fertility, rice, agriculture, industry and worldly success. Despite the presence of a torii gate at the entrance (a relic of the amalgamation of Buddhism and native beliefs before the early modern period), the institution is a Buddhist temple and has no overt association with the Shinto religion. |
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| 283．Hōrai-ji ・Hōraiji-1 KadoyaShinshiro, Aichi 441-1944 ・Buddhism |
| Hōrai-ji (鳳来寺), Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect located in the city of Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Its main image is a statue of Yakushi Nyōrai. The temple is located on the 695 metres (2,280 ft) Mount Hōrai and is accessed by a flight of 1425 steps. The grounds have been designated Place of Scenic Beauty and Natural Monument since 1931.[1] The area is also noted for its population of Eurasian scops owl, the prefectural bird of Aichi Prefecture. |
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| 284．Honkō-ji ・Uchiyama-17 Fukōzu, Kōta-machi, Nukata-gun, Aichi-ken 444-0124 ・Buddhism |
| Honkō-ji (本光寺) is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Sōtō sect of Japanese Zen located in the town of Kōta, Nukata District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The temple is noted for its hydrangea flowers in spring. Its main image is a statue of Shaka Nyōrai. |
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| 285．Honshō-ji ・26 Nodera, Nodera-cho, Anjō-shi, Aichi-ken 444-1165 ・Buddhism |
| Honshō-ji (本證寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Ōtani-ha Jōdo Shinshū sect in the city of Anjō, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Its main image is a statue of Amida Nyōrai. It is a rare surviving example of a fortified temple/monastery from the Sengoku period and as such, the temple grounds have been designated as Historic Site of Japanin 2016.[1] The temple is also known as the Nodera Gohon-bō (野寺御本坊). |
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| 286．Mikawa Kokubun-ji ・Hachiman-chō Hongo 31, Toyokawa-shi, Aichi-ken ・Buddhist |
| The Mikawa Kokubun-ji (三河国分寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the Yawata neighborhood of the city of Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan. It is the modern successor of one of the provincial temples established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710–794) for the purpose of promoting Buddhism as the national religion of Japan and standardising control of Yamato rule over the provinces.[1] |
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| 287．Owari Thirty-three Kannon ・ |
| The Owari Thirty-three Kannon (尾張三十三観音, Owari Sanjūsan Kannon) are a collection of Buddhist temples in western Aichi Prefecture, Japan, all dedicated to the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Kannon). The name is derived from Owari Province, the former name for the area. The list was created in 1955.[1] |
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| 288．Arako Kannon ・ |
| Arako Kannon (荒子観音), also known as Jōkai-san Enryū-in Kannon-ji (浄海山圓龍（円竜）院観音寺) is a Buddhist temple located in Nagoya in central Japan. It has a wooden pagoda which is one of Japan's oldest, dating to the 16th century.[1]Maeda Toshiie's family bodhisattva. Media related to Arako Kannon at Wikimedia Commons |
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| 289．Ōsu Kannon ・ |
| Ōsu Kannon (大須観音) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect located in Ōsu, in central Nagoya, Japan. It belongs to the Owari Thirty-three Kannon. Its address is 愛知県名古屋市中区大須2-21-47 (Aichi Ken, Nagoya-shi, Naka-ku Osu, 2-21-47). |
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| 290．Kōshō-ji, Nagoya ・ |
| Kōshō-ji (興正寺) is a Shingon Buddhist temple located in Yagoto, Nagoya, in central Japan. It belongs to the Owari Thirty-three Kannon. The temple was established by the Tokugawa clan and dates to the 17th century. The temple and grounds of its attached graveyard are situated in the woodland on Yagoto Hill. The complex consists of a number of wooden buildings, which includes a five-storey pagoda completed in 1808. The pagoda is the oldest in Aichi prefecture and was designated an Important Cultural Asset in 1982. |
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| 291．Kasadera Kannon ・ |
| Kasadera Kannon, also known as Ryūfuku-ji (笠覆寺) is a Buddhist temple located in Minami-ku, Nagoya in central Japan. It is a part of the Owari Thirty-three Kannon. The temple was established by the Shingon sect. The temple has a Niōmon entrance gate, a number of small subsidiary temples and a pagoda which is two storeys high. Kasadera Kannon stages a Spring-time Setsubun festival on February 3 each year and a temple flea market on the 18th of every month. |
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| 292．Onsen-ji (Nagano) ・1-21-1 Yunowaki, Suwa-shi, Nagano-ken 392-0003 ・Buddhism |
| Onsen-ji (温泉寺) is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Rinzai school (Myōshin-ji branch) of Japanese Zen, located in the city of Suwa, Nagano, Japan. Its main image is a statue of Shaka Nyōrai. The temple is located a 15-minute walk from Kami-Suwa Station. |
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| 293．Shinano Kokubun-ji ・Ueda, Nagano ・Buddhist |
| The Shinano Kokubun-ji (信濃国分寺) is a Tendai sect Buddhist temple located in the city of Ueda, Nagano, Japan. Its honzon is Yakushi Nyōrai. It is the successor to the Nara period kokubunji National Temples established by Emperor Shōmu for the purpose of promoting Buddhism as the national religion of Japan and standardising control of the Yamato rule to the provinces.[1] The archaeological site with the ruins of the ancient temple grounds for the provincial temple and its associated provincial nunnery was collectively designated as a National Historic Site in 1974.[2] |
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| 294．Hida Kokubun-ji ・1-83 Sōwa-chō, Takayama-shi, Gifu-ken ・Buddhist |
| Hida Kokubun-ji (飛騨国分寺) is a Shingon-sect Buddhist temple in the Sowamachi neighborhood of the city of Takayama, Gifu, Japan. It is one of the few surviving provincial temples established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794).[1] Due to this connection, the foundation stones of the Nara period pagoda located on temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site in 1929.[2] |
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| 295．Ōsu Kannon ・ |
| Ōsu Kannon (大須観音) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect located in Ōsu, in central Nagoya, Japan. It belongs to the Owari Thirty-three Kannon. Its address is 愛知県名古屋市中区大須2-21-47 (Aichi Ken, Nagoya-shi, Naka-ku Osu, 2-21-47). |
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| 296．Kenchū-ji ・ |
| Kenchū-ji (建中寺) is a Jōdo-shū Buddhist temple in Tsutsui, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, central Japan. Starting in the Edo period, the mausoleums of the lords of the Owari Domain were located there, making it the Bodaiji of the Owari Tokugawa family.[1] The present main hall of the Nagoya Tōshō-gū was a mausoleum for Lord Tokugawa Yoshinao's consort Haruhime (春姫), which used to be located at Kenchū-ji, and was moved to the site in 1953 as a replacement. It is a designated cultural property of Aichi prefecture. |
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| 297．Kōshō-ji, Nagoya ・ |
| Kōshō-ji (興正寺) is a Shingon Buddhist temple located in Yagoto, Nagoya, in central Japan. It belongs to the Owari Thirty-three Kannon. The temple was established by the Tokugawa clan and dates to the 17th century. The temple and grounds of its attached graveyard are situated in the woodland on Yagoto Hill. The complex consists of a number of wooden buildings, which includes a five-storey pagoda completed in 1808. The pagoda is the oldest in Aichi prefecture and was designated an Important Cultural Asset in 1982. |
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| 298．Toyokawa Inari ・1 Toyokawa-chō, Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture ・Buddhism |
| Myōgon-ji (妙厳寺), also known as Toyokawa Inari (shinjitai: 豊川稲荷; kyūjitai: 豐川稲荷), is a Sōtō Zen Buddhist temple located in the city of Toyokawa in eastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Although the temple's main image is that of the thousand-armed form of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (Senju Kannon), it is more well-known for its guardian deity Toyokawa Dakini Shinten, a syncretic goddess who assumed characteristics of Inari, the Shinto kami of fertility, rice, agriculture, industry and worldly success. Despite the presence of a torii gate at the entrance (a relic of the amalgamation of Buddhism and native beliefs before the early modern period), the institution is a Buddhist temple and has no overt association with the Shinto religion. |
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| 299．Kasadera Kannon ・ |
| Kasadera Kannon, also known as Ryūfuku-ji (笠覆寺) is a Buddhist temple located in Minami-ku, Nagoya in central Japan. It is a part of the Owari Thirty-three Kannon. The temple was established by the Shingon sect. The temple has a Niōmon entrance gate, a number of small subsidiary temples and a pagoda which is two storeys high. Kasadera Kannon stages a Spring-time Setsubun festival on February 3 each year and a temple flea market on the 18th of every month. |
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| 300．Enryaku-ji ・4220 Sakamoto Honchō, Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture ・Tendai |
| Enryaku-ji (延暦寺, Enryaku-ji) is a Tendai monastery located on Mount Hiei in Ōtsu, overlooking Kyoto. It was first founded in 788 during the early Heian period (794–1185)[1] by Saichō (767–822), also known as Dengyō Daishi, who introduced the Tendai sect of Mahayana Buddhism to Japan from China. The temple complex has undergone several reconstruction efforts since then, with the most significant (that of the main hall) taking place in 1642 under Tokugawa Iemitsu. Enryaku-ji is the headquarters of the Tendai sect and one of the most significant monasteries in Japanese history. As such, it is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)". The founders of Jōdo-shū, Jōdo Shinshū, Sōtō Zen, and Nichiren Buddhism all spent time at the monastery. Enryaku-ji is also the center for the practice of kaihōgyō (aka the "marathon monks"). |
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| 301．Amida-ji (Sakuragata, Okazaki) ・Maeda-13 Sakuragatacho, Okazaki, Aichi ・Jōdo Shū Seizanfukakusa-ha |
| Amida-ji (阿弥陀寺) is a Buddhist temple located in Sakuragata, Okazaki, Aichi. It belongs to the Seizanfukakusa-ha of Jōdo Shū. The temple is also known as Ōshōsan Amida-ji, Daikinkokuzan Saifuku-in (應聲山阿彌陀寺・大金谷山西福院). |
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| 302．Kitano temple ruins ・Okazaki, Aichi ・Buddhist |
| The Kitano temple ruins (北野廃寺跡, Kitao haji ato) is an archaeological site with the ruins of an Asuka period Buddhist temple located in what is now the city of Okazaki, Aichi, Japan. The actual name of the temple is unknown, and no structures of the original temple exists, but the temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site in 1929, with the area under protection expanded in 1988.[1] |
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| 303．Daiju-ji ・5-1, Aza Hiromoto, Kamoda-cho, Okazaki, Aichi ・Buddhism |
| Daiju-ji (大樹寺 (だいじゅじ/だいじゅうじ)) is a Buddhist temple located in Okazaki, Aichi. Built by Matsudaira Chikatada (松平 親忠) in 1475, Daiju-ji was the family temple of the Matsudaira (松平氏) and Tokugawa clans (德川氏) which ruled Japan between 1600 and 1868. The Tahōtō of Daiju-ji, an Important Cultural Property of Japan, was built by Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (松平 清康), grandfather of Tokugawa Ieyasu (德川 家康).[1][2][3] |
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| 304．Ōyama temple ruins ・Komaki, Aichi ・Buddhist |
| The Ōyama temple ruins (大山廃寺跡, Ōyama haji ato) is an archaeological site with the ruins of a Buddhist temple which existed from the Nara through Heian period, located in what is now the city of Komaki, Aichi, Japan. No remnant of the temple now exists except for some foundation stones, but the temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site in 1929, with the area under protection expanded in 1980.[1] |
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| 305．Arako Kannon ・ |
| Arako Kannon (荒子観音), also known as Jōkai-san Enryū-in Kannon-ji (浄海山圓龍（円竜）院観音寺) is a Buddhist temple located in Nagoya in central Japan. It has a wooden pagoda which is one of Japan's oldest, dating to the 16th century.[1]Maeda Toshiie's family bodhisattva. Media related to Arako Kannon at Wikimedia Commons |
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| 306．Ōsu Kannon ・ |
| Ōsu Kannon (大須観音) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect located in Ōsu, in central Nagoya, Japan. It belongs to the Owari Thirty-three Kannon. Its address is 愛知県名古屋市中区大須2-21-47 (Aichi Ken, Nagoya-shi, Naka-ku Osu, 2-21-47). |
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| 307．Nittai-ji ・1-1 Hōō-chō, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture ・Eclectic |
| Kakuōzan Nittai-ji (覚王山日泰寺, Japan-Thailand Temple) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Nagoya, Aichi prefecture, Japan. It was built in 1904 in order to keep the ashes of Buddha, given to Japan by the Kingdom of Thailand. ”覚王” literally means "Enlightenment King," referring to the Buddha, and “日泰” means Japan and the Kingdom of Thailand in Japanese. |
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| 308．Kenchū-ji ・ |
| Kenchū-ji (建中寺) is a Jōdo-shū Buddhist temple in Tsutsui, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, central Japan. Starting in the Edo period, the mausoleums of the lords of the Owari Domain were located there, making it the Bodaiji of the Owari Tokugawa family.[1] The present main hall of the Nagoya Tōshō-gū was a mausoleum for Lord Tokugawa Yoshinao's consort Haruhime (春姫), which used to be located at Kenchū-ji, and was moved to the site in 1953 as a replacement. It is a designated cultural property of Aichi prefecture. |
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| 309．Kōjaku-in ・ |
| Kōjaku-in (香積院) is a Buddhist temple in Kawanayama-chō, Shōwa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi prefecture in central Japan.[1] The temple is associated with the production of Kawana ware during the Edo period. Media related to Kōjaku-in at Wikimedia Commons 35°08′49″N 136°57′26″E / 35.1469°N 136.9573°E / 35.1469; 136.9573 |
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| 310．Kōshō-ji, Nagoya ・ |
| Kōshō-ji (興正寺) is a Shingon Buddhist temple located in Yagoto, Nagoya, in central Japan. It belongs to the Owari Thirty-three Kannon. The temple was established by the Tokugawa clan and dates to the 17th century. The temple and grounds of its attached graveyard are situated in the woodland on Yagoto Hill. The complex consists of a number of wooden buildings, which includes a five-storey pagoda completed in 1808. The pagoda is the oldest in Aichi prefecture and was designated an Important Cultural Asset in 1982. |
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| 311．Seigan-ji (Atsuta-ku, Nagoya) ・ |
| Seigan-ji (誓願寺) is a Buddhist temple located in Atsuta-ku, Nagoya, in central Japan. It is located on Fushimi-dōri (伏見通り), one of the main avenues of the city. |
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| 312．Tōgan-ji ・ |
| Tōgan-ji (桃巌寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Sōtō Zen sect located in Nagoya, central Japan. In 16th Century Toganji Temple has a Shiva-Lingam from 16th century. Originally built in 1502 by Oda Nobuyuki in memory of his father, Oda Nobuhide, it was moved to its current location in 1714. The temple grounds have a turtle pond and a grove of giant bamboo. A 10-meter tall Buddha statue known as "The Great Buddha of Nagoya" was erected in 1987.[1][2][3] |
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| 313．Banshō-ji ・ |
| Banshō-ji (万松寺) is a small temple located in Ōsu in central Nagoya, Japan.[1] Lord Oda Nobuhide (1510?-1552) built this Sōtō Buddhist temple in the then village of Nagoya in 1540, and invited the priest Daiun to open it. Katō Kiyomasa (1562–1611) stayed at the temple, which served as his quarters while he was engaged in the construction of Nagoya Castle. The temple was rebuilt in 1610 at its present site. |
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| 314．Hongan-ji Nagoya Betsuin ・754 Monzenchō, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture ・Jōdo Shinshū Honganji-ha |
| The Hongan-ji Nagoya Betsuin (本願寺派名古屋別院) is a Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist temple located in Naka ward, Nagoya in central Japan. The temple is a short distance south of Ōsu Kannon Station. It is also known a Nishi Betsuin (西別院; "Western branch temple"), being associated with Nishi Hongan-ji (西本願寺) in Kyoto. It is contrasted with the Ōtani-ha temple of the same name, popularly known as Higashi Betsuin (東別院; "Eastern branch temple"). |
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| 315．Kasadera Kannon ・ |
| Kasadera Kannon, also known as Ryūfuku-ji (笠覆寺) is a Buddhist temple located in Minami-ku, Nagoya in central Japan. It is a part of the Owari Thirty-three Kannon. The temple was established by the Shingon sect. The temple has a Niōmon entrance gate, a number of small subsidiary temples and a pagoda which is two storeys high. Kasadera Kannon stages a Spring-time Setsubun festival on February 3 each year and a temple flea market on the 18th of every month. |
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| 316．Mikawa Kokubunni-ji ・Hachiman-chō Hongo 31, Toyokawa-shi, Aichi-ken ・Buddhist |
| Mikawa Kokubun-niji (三河国分尼寺) is a Buddhist nunnery located in the Yahata neighborhood of the city of Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan. It is the modern successor of one of the provincial temples established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794) for the purpose of promoting Buddhism as the national religion of Japan and standardising control of the Yamato rule over the provinces.[1] |
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| 329．Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage ・ |
| The Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage (西国三十三所, Saigoku Sanjūsan-sho) is a pilgrimage of thirty-three Buddhist temples throughout the Kansai region of Japan, similar to the Shikoku Pilgrimage. In addition to the official thirty-three temples, there are an additional three known as bangai (番外). The principal image in each temple is Kannon, known to Westerners as the Bodhisattva of Compassion (or sometimes mistranslated as 'Goddess of Mercy'); however, there is some variation among the images and the powers they possess. |
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| 330．Ashiura Kannon-ji ・ ・Buddhism |
| Ashiura Kannon-ji (芦浦観音寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect located in the city of Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The temple was founded in the Hakuho period and its grounds were designated a National Historic Site in 2004.[1] The complex includes several Muromachi or Edo Period buildings, two of which are designated as Important Cultural Properties. |
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| 331．Eigen-ji ・41 Eigenjitakano-chō, Higashiōmi-shi, Shiga Prefecture ・Buddhist |
| Eigen-ji (永源寺) is a Buddhist temple in the Eigenji-Takano neighborhood of the city of Higashiōmi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It is the head temple of one of the 14 autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen |
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| 332．Kongōrin-ji ・ ・Buddhism |
| Kongōrin-ji (金剛輪寺), also known as Matsuo-dera (松尾寺) (from its location) is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect located in the town of Aishō, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The honzon of the temple is Kannon Bosatsu. The temple was founded in the early Heian period and together with Saimyō-ji in Kōra and Hyakusai-ji in Higashiōmi the temple forms a group of three temples known as Kotō-sanzan (湖東三山, lit. "three mountains east of the lake"). The complex includes a Main Hall that is designated as National Treasures, which contains many statues from the Heian period onwards which are Important Cultural Properties and a garden designated as National Place of Scenic Beauty. |
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| 333．Saimyō-ji (Kora) ・ ・Buddhism |
| Saimyō-ji (西明寺), also known as Kotō-sanzan Saimyōji (湖東三山西明寺) or as Ryūōzan Saimyōji (龍應山西明寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect located in the town of Kōra, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The honzon of the temple is Yakushi Nyōrai, the Buddha of healing. The temple was founded in the early Heian period and together with Kongōrin-ji in Aishō and Hyakusai-ji in Higashiōmi the temple forms a group of three temples known as Kotō-sanzan (湖東三山 [ja], lit. "three mountains east of the lake"). The complex includes several National Treasures and a garden designated as National Place of Scenic Beauty. |
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| 334．Jōraku-ji ・6-5-1 Nishidera, Konan-shi, Shiga-ken 520-3121 ・Buddhist |
| Jōraku-ji (常楽寺) is a Buddhist temple in the city of Konan, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Tendai school of Japanese Buddhism. Its main image is a hibutsu statue of Senjū Kannon. Its Hondō and Three-story Pagoda are both National Treasures.:[1] It is also referred to as Nishi-dera (西寺), whereas the temple of Chōjū-ji (長寿寺) is referred to as Higashi-dera (東寺). |
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| 335．Zensui-ji ・3518 Iwane, Konan-shi, Shiga-ken 520-3252 ・Buddhist |
| Zensui-ji (善水寺) is a Buddhist temple in the Iwane neighborhood of the city of Konan, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Tendai school of Japanese Buddhism. Its main image is a hibutsu statue of Yakushi Nyōrai, which was carved in 993. Its Hondō is a National Treasure.[1] |
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| 336．Sōken-ji ・6367 Shimo-Toyoura, Azuchi-machi, Ōmihachiman-shi Shiga-ken ・Buddhism |
| Sōken-ji (摠見寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the Azuchi neighborhood of the city of Ōmihachiman in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Its mountain name is Enkei-zan (遠景山). The temple belongs to the Myōshin-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. |
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| 337．Chōjū-ji ・51–1 Higashidera, Konan-shi, Shiga-ken 520-3121 ・Buddhist |
| Chōjū-ji (長寿寺) is a Buddhist temple in the city of Konan, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Tendai school of Japanese Buddhism. Its main image is a hibutsu statue of Jizō Bosatsu. Its Hondō is a National Treasure.:[1] It is also referred to as Higashi-dera (東寺), whereas the temple of Jōraku-ji (長寿寺) is referred to as Nishi-dera (西寺). |
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| 338．Tokugen-in ・874 Shinmachi, Matsusaka, Mie 515-0075 ・Buddhist |
| Tokugen-in (徳源院) is a Buddhist temple in the Kiyotaki neighborhood of the city of Maibara, Shiga Prefecture Japan. It belongs to the Tendai school of Japanese Buddhism and its main image is a hibutsu statue of Sho-Kannon Bosatsu. The temple is noted as the bodaiji of the Kyōgoku clan, a prominent Sengoku and Edo period daimyō clan. The clan cemetery was designated a National Historic Site in 1936.[1] |
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| 339．Hyakusai-ji ・Hyakusaiji, Higashiōmi, Shiga ・Buddhist |
| Hyakusai-ji (百済寺) is a Buddhist temple in the Hyakusaiji neighborhood of the city of Higashiōmi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Tendai school of Japanese Buddhism, and together with Kongōrin-ji and Saimyō-ji is regard as one of the "Three Great Temples" east of Lake Biwa. It was designated a National Historic Site in 2008.[1] |
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| 340．Hōgon-ji ・ |
| The Hogon-ji Temple is located on the sacred Chikubu Island in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It is part of a temple complex on the revered island. It is a Buddhist temple dedicated to the goddess Benzaiten. Also, it is said to have first been built in 724 CE under the order of Emperor Shōmu.[1] The temple has been rebuilt a few times over the years, with a major rebuilding around 1602 CE by the Japanese court officials Toyotomi Hideyori and Toyotomi Hideyoshi.[1] The temple looks to be of Amida style architecture.[2] The temple's gate is originally from the Toyokuni Shrine in Kyoto, but was moved to Chikubu Island during the renovations in 1602. The artwork on the temple's gate has features reminiscent of the Momoyama Period.[3] |
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| 341．Shōbodai-ji ・Konan, Shiga, Japan |
| The Shōbodai-ji ruins (廃少菩提寺, Haishōbodai-ji) is an archaeological site with the ruins of a Buddhist temple located in the city of Konan, Shiga Prefecture, in the Kansai region of Japan. The ruins were designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1926, with the area under protection expanded in 1928.[1] |
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| 342．Taiyū-ji ・ |
| Taiyū-ji (太融寺) is a Buddhist temple in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 821. 34°42′06″N 135°30′15″E / 34.7018°N 135.5041°E / 34.7018; 135.5041 |
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| 343．Anō temple ruins ・Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan |
| The Anō temple ruins (穴太廃寺跡, Anō Haiji ato) is an archaeological site with the ruins of an Asuka period Buddhist temple located between the Anō and Karasaki neighborhoods of the city of ŌtsuShiga Prefecture, in the Kansai region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1997.[1] |
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| 344．Ishiyama-dera ・ |
| Ishiyama-dera (石山寺, "Stony Mountain Temple") is a Shingon temple in Ōtsu in Japan's Shiga Prefecture. This temple is the thirteenth of the Kansai Kannon Pilgrimage. |
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| 345．Enryaku-ji ・4220 Sakamoto Honchō, Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture ・Tendai |
| Enryaku-ji (延暦寺, Enryaku-ji) is a Tendai monastery located on Mount Hiei in Ōtsu, overlooking Kyoto. It was first founded in 788 during the early Heian period (794–1185)[1] by Saichō (767–822), also known as Dengyō Daishi, who introduced the Tendai sect of Mahayana Buddhism to Japan from China. The temple complex has undergone several reconstruction efforts since then, with the most significant (that of the main hall) taking place in 1642 under Tokugawa Iemitsu. Enryaku-ji is the headquarters of the Tendai sect and one of the most significant monasteries in Japanese history. As such, it is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)". The founders of Jōdo-shū, Jōdo Shinshū, Sōtō Zen, and Nichiren Buddhism all spent time at the monastery. Enryaku-ji is also the center for the practice of kaihōgyō (aka the "marathon monks"). |
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| 346．Mii-dera ・246 Onjō-ji-chō, Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture ・Buddhist |
| Nagara-san Onjo-ji (長等山園城寺, Nagarasan Onjōji), also known as just Onjo-ji, or Mii-dera (三井寺), is a Buddhist temple in Japan located at the foot of Mount Hiei,[1][2] in the city of Ōtsu in Shiga Prefecture.[3] It is a short distance from both Kyoto, and Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake. The head temple of the Jimon sect of Tendai, it is a sister temple to Enryaku-ji, at the top of the mountain, and is one of the four largest temples in Japan. Altogether, there are 40 named buildings in the Mii-dera complex. |
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| 347．Gichū-ji ・1-5-11 Baba, Ōtsu-shi, Shiga-ken ・Buddhist |
| Gichū-ji (義仲寺) is a Tendai Buddhist temple in the Baba neighborhood of the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Its honzon is a statue of Shō-Kannon Bosatsu. It contains the grave of the late Heian period warlord Kiso Yoshinaka and the Edo period poet Matsuo Basho. Its precincts were designated a National Historic Site in 1967.[1] |
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| 348．Mangetsu-ji ・Ōtsu ・Buddhist |
| Mangetsu-ji (満月寺) is a temple beside Lake Biwa in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The Heian period statue of Shō Kannon is an Important Cultural Property.[1] The temple, specifically the Ukimidō "floating temple" hall, features in one of the remaining views of the Eight Views of Ōmi, originally drawn by Hiroshige. The print featuring the temple is "The wild geese returning home at Katata" (堅田の落雁). |
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| 349．Ishiyama-dera ・ |
| Ishiyama-dera (石山寺, "Stony Mountain Temple") is a Shingon temple in Ōtsu in Japan's Shiga Prefecture. This temple is the thirteenth of the Kansai Kannon Pilgrimage. |
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| 350．Enryaku-ji ・4220 Sakamoto Honchō, Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture ・Tendai |
| Enryaku-ji (延暦寺, Enryaku-ji) is a Tendai monastery located on Mount Hiei in Ōtsu, overlooking Kyoto. It was first founded in 788 during the early Heian period (794–1185)[1] by Saichō (767–822), also known as Dengyō Daishi, who introduced the Tendai sect of Mahayana Buddhism to Japan from China. The temple complex has undergone several reconstruction efforts since then, with the most significant (that of the main hall) taking place in 1642 under Tokugawa Iemitsu. Enryaku-ji is the headquarters of the Tendai sect and one of the most significant monasteries in Japanese history. As such, it is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)". The founders of Jōdo-shū, Jōdo Shinshū, Sōtō Zen, and Nichiren Buddhism all spent time at the monastery. Enryaku-ji is also the center for the practice of kaihōgyō (aka the "marathon monks"). |
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| 351．Mii-dera ・246 Onjō-ji-chō, Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture ・Buddhist |
| Nagara-san Onjo-ji (長等山園城寺, Nagarasan Onjōji), also known as just Onjo-ji, or Mii-dera (三井寺), is a Buddhist temple in Japan located at the foot of Mount Hiei,[1][2] in the city of Ōtsu in Shiga Prefecture.[3] It is a short distance from both Kyoto, and Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake. The head temple of the Jimon sect of Tendai, it is a sister temple to Enryaku-ji, at the top of the mountain, and is one of the four largest temples in Japan. Altogether, there are 40 named buildings in the Mii-dera complex. |
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| 352．Jōraku-ji ・6-5-1 Nishidera, Konan-shi, Shiga-ken 520-3121 ・Buddhist |
| Jōraku-ji (常楽寺) is a Buddhist temple in the city of Konan, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Tendai school of Japanese Buddhism. Its main image is a hibutsu statue of Senjū Kannon. Its Hondō and Three-story Pagoda are both National Treasures.:[1] It is also referred to as Nishi-dera (西寺), whereas the temple of Chōjū-ji (長寿寺) is referred to as Higashi-dera (東寺). |
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| 353．Anō temple ruins ・Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan |
| The Anō temple ruins (穴太廃寺跡, Anō Haiji ato) is an archaeological site with the ruins of an Asuka period Buddhist temple located between the Anō and Karasaki neighborhoods of the city of ŌtsuShiga Prefecture, in the Kansai region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1997.[1] |
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| 354．Ishiyama-dera ・ |
| Ishiyama-dera (石山寺, "Stony Mountain Temple") is a Shingon temple in Ōtsu in Japan's Shiga Prefecture. This temple is the thirteenth of the Kansai Kannon Pilgrimage. |
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| 355．Enryaku-ji ・4220 Sakamoto Honchō, Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture ・Tendai |
| Enryaku-ji (延暦寺, Enryaku-ji) is a Tendai monastery located on Mount Hiei in Ōtsu, overlooking Kyoto. It was first founded in 788 during the early Heian period (794–1185)[1] by Saichō (767–822), also known as Dengyō Daishi, who introduced the Tendai sect of Mahayana Buddhism to Japan from China. The temple complex has undergone several reconstruction efforts since then, with the most significant (that of the main hall) taking place in 1642 under Tokugawa Iemitsu. Enryaku-ji is the headquarters of the Tendai sect and one of the most significant monasteries in Japanese history. As such, it is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)". The founders of Jōdo-shū, Jōdo Shinshū, Sōtō Zen, and Nichiren Buddhism all spent time at the monastery. Enryaku-ji is also the center for the practice of kaihōgyō (aka the "marathon monks"). |
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| 356．Mii-dera ・246 Onjō-ji-chō, Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture ・Buddhist |
| Nagara-san Onjo-ji (長等山園城寺, Nagarasan Onjōji), also known as just Onjo-ji, or Mii-dera (三井寺), is a Buddhist temple in Japan located at the foot of Mount Hiei,[1][2] in the city of Ōtsu in Shiga Prefecture.[3] It is a short distance from both Kyoto, and Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake. The head temple of the Jimon sect of Tendai, it is a sister temple to Enryaku-ji, at the top of the mountain, and is one of the four largest temples in Japan. Altogether, there are 40 named buildings in the Mii-dera complex. |
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| 357．Gichū-ji ・1-5-11 Baba, Ōtsu-shi, Shiga-ken ・Buddhist |
| Gichū-ji (義仲寺) is a Tendai Buddhist temple in the Baba neighborhood of the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Its honzon is a statue of Shō-Kannon Bosatsu. It contains the grave of the late Heian period warlord Kiso Yoshinaka and the Edo period poet Matsuo Basho. Its precincts were designated a National Historic Site in 1967.[1] |
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| 358．Mangetsu-ji ・Ōtsu ・Buddhist |
| Mangetsu-ji (満月寺) is a temple beside Lake Biwa in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The Heian period statue of Shō Kannon is an Important Cultural Property.[1] The temple, specifically the Ukimidō "floating temple" hall, features in one of the remaining views of the Eight Views of Ōmi, originally drawn by Hiroshige. The print featuring the temple is "The wild geese returning home at Katata" (堅田の落雁). |
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| 359．Enryaku-ji ・4220 Sakamoto Honchō, Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture ・Tendai |
| Enryaku-ji (延暦寺, Enryaku-ji) is a Tendai monastery located on Mount Hiei in Ōtsu, overlooking Kyoto. It was first founded in 788 during the early Heian period (794–1185)[1] by Saichō (767–822), also known as Dengyō Daishi, who introduced the Tendai sect of Mahayana Buddhism to Japan from China. The temple complex has undergone several reconstruction efforts since then, with the most significant (that of the main hall) taking place in 1642 under Tokugawa Iemitsu. Enryaku-ji is the headquarters of the Tendai sect and one of the most significant monasteries in Japanese history. As such, it is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)". The founders of Jōdo-shū, Jōdo Shinshū, Sōtō Zen, and Nichiren Buddhism all spent time at the monastery. Enryaku-ji is also the center for the practice of kaihōgyō (aka the "marathon monks"). |
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| 360．Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Kyoto ・ |
| The Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Kyoto(京都十三仏霊場, Kyōto jūsan butsu reijō) are a group of 13 Buddhist sacred sites in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture. The majority of the temples in this grouping are part of Japanese esoteric Shingon Buddhism and the Rinzai school. |
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| 361．Tō-ji ・1 Kujōchō, Minami-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture ・Tōji-Shingon |
| Tō-ji Temple (東寺, Tō-ji, "East Temple"), also known as Kyō-ō-gokoku-ji (教王護国寺, The Temple for the Defense of the Nation by Means of the King of Doctrines) is a Shingon Buddhist temple in the Minami-ku ward of Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 796, it was one of the only three Buddhist temples allowed in the city at the time it became the capital of Japan. As such it has a long history, housing treasures and documents from the early Heian period and the Tang dynasty, and with buildings in its complex covering the Kamakura, Muromachi, Momoyama, and Edo periods. Five of these buildings have been designated National Treasures in two different categories: the Lotus Flower Gate (rengemon), the Miei Hall (mieidō), the Golden Hall (kondō) and the five-storied Pagoda (gojūnotō) (temple buildings) and the Kanchiin Guest Hall (kanchiin kyakuden) (residences). |
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| 362．Byōdō-ji ・ |
| Byōdō-ji (平等寺) is a Buddhist temple in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 1003, and it is dedicated to Yakushi Nyorai. The temple is affiliated with the Shingon-shū Chizan-ha. It is also known as Inabadō or Inaba Yakushi (因幡堂、因幡薬師). 34°59′58″N 135°45′37″E / 34.9995°N 135.7603°E / 34.9995; 135.7603 |
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| 363．Mibu-dera ・31 Mibunaginomiya-cho, Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto ・Risshū |
| Mibu-dera (壬生寺) is a Buddhist temple in Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto. In the Middle Ages, the temple revived a performance created by the Yuzu Nembutsu monk Engaku known as the Dai Nembutsu Kyōgen. It is also known for having been affiliated with the Shinsengumi. The temple has taken on several other names such "Jizō-in (地蔵院)", "Hōdōsanmai-in (宝幢三昧寺)", and "Shinjōkō-in (心浄光院)."[1] |
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| 364．Taiyū-ji ・ |
| Taiyū-ji (太融寺) is a Buddhist temple in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 821. 34°42′06″N 135°30′15″E / 34.7018°N 135.5041°E / 34.7018; 135.5041 |
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| 365．Kiyomizu-dera ・Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto ・Buddhism |
| Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺, Kiyomizu Temple, "Pure Water Monastery") is a Buddhist temple located in eastern Kyoto, Japan. The temple is part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) UNESCO World Heritage Site.[1] |
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| 366．Konkaikōmyō-ji ・121, Kurodani-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto ・Jōdo-shū |
| Konkaikōmyōji (金戒光明寺), also the Kurodani Temple, is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. It is one of Head Temple of the Jōdo Sect of Buddhism. The graves of Aizu and Kuwana men who died at the Battle of Toba–Fushimi are located at this temple. |
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| 367．Sanjūsangen-dō ・605-0941, Sanjusangendomawari, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture 675 ・Tendai |
| Sanjūsangen-dō (三十三間堂, Temple of thirty-three bays) is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect in the Higashiyama district of Kyoto, Japan. The temple was founded in 1164 by Taira no Kiyomori for the cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa. It is officially known as Rengeō-in (蓮華王院, hall of the Lotus King) and belongs to the Myōhō-in temple complex. |
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| 368．Sennyū-ji ・ |
| Sennyū-ji (泉涌寺),[1] formerly written as Sen-yū-ji (仙遊寺),[2] is a Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku in Kyoto, Japan.[3] For centuries, Sennyū-ji has been a mausoleum for noble families and members of the Imperial House of Japan. Located within the temple grounds are the official tombs of Emperor Shijō[4] and many of the emperors who came after him.[2] |
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| 369．Rokkaku-dō ・ |
| The Rokkaku-dō (六角堂, Rokkaku-dō), official name Chōhō-ji (頂法寺, Chōhō-ji), is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, said to have been established by Prince Shōtoku. The name comes from its main hall's hexagonal shape. This temple is part of the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage. |
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| 370．Tō-ji ・1 Kujōchō, Minami-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture ・Tōji-Shingon |
| Tō-ji Temple (東寺, Tō-ji, "East Temple"), also known as Kyō-ō-gokoku-ji (教王護国寺, The Temple for the Defense of the Nation by Means of the King of Doctrines) is a Shingon Buddhist temple in the Minami-ku ward of Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 796, it was one of the only three Buddhist temples allowed in the city at the time it became the capital of Japan. As such it has a long history, housing treasures and documents from the early Heian period and the Tang dynasty, and with buildings in its complex covering the Kamakura, Muromachi, Momoyama, and Edo periods. Five of these buildings have been designated National Treasures in two different categories: the Lotus Flower Gate (rengemon), the Miei Hall (mieidō), the Golden Hall (kondō) and the five-storied Pagoda (gojūnotō) (temple buildings) and the Kanchiin Guest Hall (kanchiin kyakuden) (residences). |
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| 371．Byōdō-ji ・ |
| Byōdō-ji (平等寺) is a Buddhist temple in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 1003, and it is dedicated to Yakushi Nyorai. The temple is affiliated with the Shingon-shū Chizan-ha. It is also known as Inabadō or Inaba Yakushi (因幡堂、因幡薬師). 34°59′58″N 135°45′37″E / 34.9995°N 135.7603°E / 34.9995; 135.7603 |
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| 372．Mibu-dera ・31 Mibunaginomiya-cho, Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto ・Risshū |
| Mibu-dera (壬生寺) is a Buddhist temple in Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto. In the Middle Ages, the temple revived a performance created by the Yuzu Nembutsu monk Engaku known as the Dai Nembutsu Kyōgen. It is also known for having been affiliated with the Shinsengumi. The temple has taken on several other names such "Jizō-in (地蔵院)", "Hōdōsanmai-in (宝幢三昧寺)", and "Shinjōkō-in (心浄光院)."[1] |
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| 373．Rokuharamitsu-ji ・ |
| Rokuharamitsu-ji (六波羅蜜寺) is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. Founded by Kūya in 951, the Hondō was burned during the wars at the end of the Heian period. Its replacement of 1363, damaged during the Shintō revival at the beginning of the Meiji period, was restored in 1969.[1][2] The temple house a number of statues of the Heian and Kamakura periods that have been designated Important Cultural Properties, including a Kamakura period image of its founder Kūya, as well as a Heian Jūichimen Kannon that is a National Treasure.[3][4][5] |
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| 374．Rozan-ji ・ ・Tendai Buddhism, Enjo sect |
| Rozan-ji (Japanese: 廬山寺, or Rozan Tendaikoji) is a Tendai Buddhist temple in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto and the head temple (honzan) of the Enjo (圓浄) sect. The sangō (literally, mountain name) of Rozan-ji is Mount Lu, or Lushan, pronounced rozan in Japanese. Currently located on the eastern side of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, it was founded by Ryōgen, the abbot of Enryaku-ji, in 938 in the Funaokayama neighborhood, south of Daitoku-ji.[1] It was one of four temples that had an okurodo (御黒戸), a private Buddhist chapel for the Imperial Family, originally located in the Imperial Palace. These temples, the others being Nison-in, Hanjū-in, and Kengō-in, belong directly to the Imperial Household.[2] The temple was protected from destruction by a nyōbō hosho, an official document recording the orders and words of the emperor written by the female court member, Madenokoji Fusako, during Oda Nobunaga assault on Kyoto temples, specifically the Tendai branch, and the siege of Mount Hiei. In 1573 it was moved to its present location on Teramachi Street as part of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's reorganization of Kyoto. The reconstruction was completed under the directive of Emperor Kōkaku. |
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| 375．Adashino Nenbutsu-ji ・ |
| Adashino Nenbutsu-ji (化野念仏寺, Adashino Nenbutsuji) is a Buddhist temple in Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. In 811 Kūkai is said to have founded a temple, then Honen altered it to the present Nenbutsuji. Situated high on a hill overlooking the city from the northwest, it sits in an area where since the Heian period people abandoned the bodies of the dead, exposing them to the wind and rain. Now, some eight thousand Buddhist statuettes, which had been scattered around Adashino then collected about 1903, memorialize the souls of the dead. During its well-known 'sento kuyo' ceremony dedicated to the spirits of the dead on the evenings of 23 and 24 August, about ten thousand stone statues are lit up with candles. |
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| 376．Otagi Nenbutsu-ji ・2-5 Fukatani-chōSaga ToriimotoUkyō-ku, Kyoto ・Tendai |
| Otagi Nenbutsu-ji (Japanese: 愛宕念仏寺) is a Buddhist temple in the Arashiyama neighborhood of Kyoto, Japan. Otagi Nenbutsu-ji was founded by Empress Shōtoku in the middle of the eighth century. Though was destroyed by the flooding of the Kamo River, it was rebuilt as an offshoot of Enryaku-ji, a nearby temple. In the 13th century, it was again destroyed during a civil war. The temple was moved to its current location in 1922, later suffering typhoon damage in 1950. |
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| 377．Kōzan-ji ・8 Umegahata Toganō-chō, Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture ・Shingon Buddhism |
| Kōzan-ji (高山寺), officially Toganōsan Kōsan-ji (栂尾山高山寺), is a Buddhist temple of the Omuro sect of Shingon Buddhism in Umegahata Toganōchō, Ukyō Ward, Kyoto, Japan. Kōzan-ji is also known as Kōsan-ji and Toganō-dera. The temple was founded by the Shingon scholar and monk Myōe (1173 – 1232) and is renowned for its numerous national treasures and important cultural properties.[1] The Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga, a group of ink paintings from the 12th and 13th centuries, are among the most important treasures of Kōzan-ji.[2] The temple celebrates Biyakkōshin, Zenmyōshin and Kasuga Myōjin, as well as the temple's tutelary Shintō deity. In 1994, it was registered as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto".[2] |
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| 378．Kōryū-ji ・ |
| Kōryū-ji (広隆寺) is a Shingon temple in Uzumasa, Ukyō Ward, Kyoto, Japan. The temple is also known by the names Uzumasa-dera (太秦寺)[1] and Kadono-dera (葛野寺), and was formerly known as Hatanokimi-dera (秦公寺), Hachioka-dera (蜂岡寺) and Hōkō-ji (蜂岡寺). Kōryū-ji is said to be the oldest temple in Kyoto, having been constructed in 603 by Hata no Kawakatsu upon receiving a Buddhist statue from Prince Shōtoku. Fires in 818 and 1150 destroyed the entire temple complex, but it was rebuilt several times since.[2] |
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| 379．Shunkō-in ・ |
| Shunkō-in (春光院, Temple of the Ray of Spring Light) is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan and belongs to the Myōshin-ji (Temple of Excellent Mind) school, which is the largest among 14 Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhist schools. The temple was established in 1590 by Horio Yoshiharu, who was a feudal lord, or daimyō, of Matsue in present-day Shimane Prefecture. This temple houses important historical objects that reflect the multifaceted religious and artistic atmosphere in Japan from the sixteenth century onward. |
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| 380．Jingo-ji ・5 Takao-chō, Ume-ga-hata, Ukyō-ku Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture ・Shingon Buddhism |
| Jingo-ji (神護寺) is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto. It stands on Mount Takao to the northwest of the center of the city. The temple adheres to Shingon Buddhism. Its principal image is a statue of Bhaisajyaguru (Yakushi Nyorai), the Buddha of Healing or "Medicine Buddha". The temple was first established in the year 824, as a merger of two private temples founded earlier by Wake no Kiyomaro. They were the Jingan-ji (神願寺) in Kiyomaro's home province and the Takaosan-ji (高雄山寺). |
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| 381．Seiryō-ji ・ |
| Seiryō-ji (清凉寺) is a Buddhist temple in the Saga district of Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is also known as Saga Shaka-dō. It is devoted to the practice of Yuzu Nembutsu. Initially, the temple belonged to the Kegon sect; then it became a Pure Land temple. The honzon is an image of Gautama Buddha (Shaka-nyorai). The wooden statue is a National Treasure of Japan, and is an example of a hibutsu. Seiryō-ji also possesses National Treasure statues of the Amitābha (Amida) trinity, and other National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties.[1][2] |
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| 382．Daikaku-ji ・ |
| Daikaku-ji (大覚寺, Daikaku-ji) is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Ukyō-ku, a western ward in the city of Kyoto, Japan. The site was originally a residence of Emperor Saga (785–842 CE), and later various emperors conducted their cloistered rule from here. The Saga Go-ryū school of ikebana has its headquarters in the temple. The artificial lake of the temple, Ōsawa Pond, is one of the oldest Japanese garden ponds to survive from the Heian period.[1] |
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| 383．Taizō-in ・ |
| Taizō-in (退蔵院) is the oldest sub-temple (tatchū (塔頭)) of the Myōshin-ji Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple, situated in the northwest of Kyoto, Japan. It was founded by Zen priest Muinsoin in 1404. The original temple buildings were burned during the Ōnin War (1467-1477), and were later rebuilt. Taizō-in is well known for its two gardens. The main garden, Motonobu-no-niwa, is a traditional Japanese dry landscape garden (karesansui), containing several angular rocks suggesting the cliffs of the island of Hōrai, with smaller stones suggesting a stream. The planting is mostly evergreen, including camellia, pine, and Japanese umbrella pine. It covers 50 tsubo (170 m²) and was designed to integrate a borrowing of scenery ("shakkei") of a view of Narabigaoka Hill in the distance. It is thought to be the final work of Muromachi painter Kanō Motonobu (狩野 元信), reproducing one of his paintings in three dimensions. |
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| 384．Danrin-ji ・ |
| Danrin-ji (檀林寺) was Japan's first Zen temple, founded in Saga, Kyōto by order of Tachibana no Kachiko during the Jōwa era. The temple was destroyed by fire in 928, but was restored, and during the Muromachi period the temple was designated as one of Kyōto's five great Buddhist nunneries. The temple eventually fell into disrepair, and in 1339 construction of Tenryū-ji began on its grounds. |
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| 385．Tsukinowa-dera ・ |
| Tsukinowa-dera or Gatsurin-ji (月輪寺) is a Buddhist temple near Mount Atago in Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The temple was first founded in 781, it is associated with the Shugendō practices of Kūya and Hōnen. Its treasures include eight Heian period statues. Images of Amida Nyorai and Kūya chanting the nembutsu are amongst those designated Important Cultural Properties.[1][2] |
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| 386．Tenryū-ji ・68 Saga-Tenryūji Susukinobabachō, Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture ・Tenryū-ji Rinzai |
| Tenryū-ji (天龍寺), formally known as Tenryū Shiseizen-ji (天龍資聖禅寺), is the head temple of the Tenryū-ji branch of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism, located in Susukinobaba-chō, Ukyō Ward, Kyoto, Japan. The temple was founded by Ashikaga Takauji in 1339, primarily to venerate Gautama Buddha, and its first chief priest was Musō Soseki. Construction was completed in 1345. As a temple related to both the Ashikaga family and Emperor Go-Daigo, the temple is held in high esteem, and is ranked number one among Kyoto's so-called Five Mountains. In 1994, it was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as part of the "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto". |
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| 387．Tōrin-in ・ |
| Tōrin-in (東林院, Tōrin-in, East Woods Cloister) is a sub-temple of the temple complex of Myōshin-ji in Kyoto, Japan. It is affiliated with the Myōshin-ji school of Rinzai Zen Buddhism. |
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| 388．Nison-in ・ |
| Nison-in (二尊院, Nison-in) is a Tendai Buddhist temple complex in Ukyō-ku, a western ward in the city of Kyoto, Japan. The temple's official name is Ogura-yama Nison-kyō-in Keidai-ji (小倉山 二尊教院 華台寺, Ogura-yama Nison-kyō-in Keidai-ji).[1] The temple is a popular destination during the Japanese maple viewing season (the momiji season).[2] |
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| 389．Ninna-ji ・33 Ōuchi Omuro, Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture ・Omuro School of Shingon Buddhism |
| Ninna-ji (仁和寺, Ninna-ji) is the head temple of the Omuro school of the Shingon Sect of Buddhism.[1] Located in western Kyoto, Japan, it was first founded in AD 888 by Emperor Uda, and was later reconstructed in the 17th century.[2] It is part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. |
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| 390．Hōkongō-in ・ |
| Hōkongō-in (法金剛院) is a Buddhist temple in Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is affiliated with Risshū (Buddhism). It was founded in 1130. 35°01′09″N 135°42′57″E / 35.01915°N 135.71594°E / 35.01915; 135.71594 |
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| 391．Myōshin-ji ・ ・Buddhism |
| Myōshin-ji (妙心寺, Myōshin-ji) is a temple complex in Kyoto, Japan, which serves as the head temple of the associated branch of Rinzai Zen Buddhism. The Myōshin-ji School is by far the largest school in Rinzai Zen, approximately as big as the other thirteen branches combined: it contains within it about 3,400 temples throughout Japan,[1] together with a handful overseas, of the approximately six thousand total Rinzai temples, and also has nineteen associated monasteries, of the total of forty Rinzai monasteries and one nunnery. |
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| 392．Ryōan-ji ・13 Ryoanji Goryonoshita-chō, Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture ・Zen, Rinzai sect, Myōshin-ji school |
| Ryōan-ji (Shinjitai: 竜安寺, Kyūjitai: 龍安寺, The Temple of the Dragon at Peace) is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Myōshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism. The Ryōan-ji garden is considered one of the finest surviving examples of kare-sansui ("dry landscape"),[1] a refined type of Japanese Zen temple garden design generally featuring distinctive larger rock formations arranged amidst a sweep of smooth pebbles (small, carefully selected polished river rocks) raked into linear patterns that facilitate meditation. The temple and its gardens are listed as one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, and as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. |
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| 393．Shōkoku-ji ・701 Shōkokuji Monzen-chō, East of Karasuma and Imadegawa Street, Kamigyō-ku, Kyōto, Kyoto Prefecture ・Shōkoku-ji Rinzai |
| Shōkoku-ji (相国寺), formally identified as Mannen-zan Shōkoku Shōten Zenji (萬年山相國承天禅寺), is a Buddhist temple in northern Kyoto, first founded in 1382 by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, with the existing temple complex having undergone several periods of extensive reconstruction and rebuilding in the succeeding eras. |
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| 394．Daikōmyō-ji ・ |
| 28°45′45″N 119°04′01″E / 28.7624655°N 119.0669412°E / 28.7624655; 119.0669412 Daikōmyō-ji (大光明寺) is a Buddhist temple in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is affiliated with the Rinzai school of Buddhism. It was founded in 1339. It is a sub-temple located within the larger Jōtenkaku Museum.[1] The temple's main hall was built by Kōgimon'in (広義門院; 1292–1337), consort of Emperor Go-Fushimi. It was moved to Kyoto from Fushimi in 1615.[2] |
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| 395．Daihōon-ji ・ |
| Daihōon-ji (大報恩寺) is a Buddhist temple in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is affiliated with Shingon-shū Chizan-ha Buddhism. Its main hall (本堂, hondō) or Senbon Shakadō (千本釈迦堂) is a National Treasure of Japan. Daihōon-ji was founded by Guhou Shōnin (求法上人), also known as Gikū (義空) in 1221, the early Kamakura period. The main hall was constructed around 1227 and escaped the destruction in the Ōnin War. The hondō is the oldest wooden building in existence in Kyoto city. |
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| 396．Honzen-ji ・ |
| Honzenji (本禅寺) is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto. 35°1′35.89″N 135°46′5.83″E / 35.0266361°N 135.7682861°E / 35.0266361; 135.7682861 |
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| 397．Honpō-ji (Kyoto) ・ |
| Honpō-ji (本法寺) is a Nichiren Buddhist (specifically Nichiren-shū) temple in Kyoto, Japan. Its sangō (山号; lit., "mountain name"; a type of appellation carried by many Buddhist temples[1]) is "Eishōzan" (叡昌山). Honpō-ji was established in 1436[2] by Nisshin.[2] It was originally constructed in the Higashinotōin-Ayakōji (東洞院綾小路) area of the city,[2] but when Nisshin angered the shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and was imprisoned, the temple was destroyed.[2] Nisshin at last was pardoned in 1462, and rebuilt his temple at Sanjō-Marikōji in central Kyoto the following year, 1463. Nisshin's teachings thereafter gained a large following in Kyoto, and his temple, Honpō-ji, became a major head temple (honzan) in central Kyoto. After Nisshin's death, the Tenmon Hokke Rebellion of 1536 occurred in Kyoto, and all the Nichiren sect temples were destroyed. In 1542, however, Honpō-ji was rebuilt at Ichijō Horikawa-agaru, and in 1590, it was moved to its present location, at Ogawa Teranouchi-agaru in the Kamigyō-ku ward of Kyoto city. It was ravaged in the Great Tenmei Fire of 1788, and so, most of the current buildings are reconstructions dating from after 1788.[3] |
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| 398．Rozan-ji ・ ・Tendai Buddhism, Enjo sect |
| Rozan-ji (Japanese: 廬山寺, or Rozan Tendaikoji) is a Tendai Buddhist temple in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto and the head temple (honzan) of the Enjo (圓浄) sect. The sangō (literally, mountain name) of Rozan-ji is Mount Lu, or Lushan, pronounced rozan in Japanese. Currently located on the eastern side of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, it was founded by Ryōgen, the abbot of Enryaku-ji, in 938 in the Funaokayama neighborhood, south of Daitoku-ji.[1] It was one of four temples that had an okurodo (御黒戸), a private Buddhist chapel for the Imperial Family, originally located in the Imperial Palace. These temples, the others being Nison-in, Hanjū-in, and Kengō-in, belong directly to the Imperial Household.[2] The temple was protected from destruction by a nyōbō hosho, an official document recording the orders and words of the emperor written by the female court member, Madenokoji Fusako, during Oda Nobunaga assault on Kyoto temples, specifically the Tendai branch, and the siege of Mount Hiei. In 1573 it was moved to its present location on Teramachi Street as part of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's reorganization of Kyoto. The reconstruction was completed under the directive of Emperor Kōkaku. |
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| 399．Hōjō-ji ・ |
| Hōjō-ji (法成寺) was a Buddhist temple in Kyoto which was, for a time, one of the highest temples in Japanese Buddhism. The temple was built around the year 1017, by Fujiwara no Michinaga. The dedication of its Golden Hall in 1022 is detailed in the historical epic Eiga Monogatari. The Emperor Go-Ichijō attended the ceremony, and so every effort was made to ensure the ceremony was as lavish and perfect as possible. |
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| 400．Ōbai-in ・ |
| Ōbai-in (黄梅院) is an autonomous sub-temple of Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, Japan, the headquarters of the Daitoku-ji school of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism. The Hondō (1586) and Kuri (1589) have been designated Important Cultural Properties.[1][2] Momoyama period monochrome fusuma paintings of Seven hermits in a bamboo grove (16 panels), Landscape with figures (14 panels), and Geese (14 panels), by Unkoku Tōgan (1588), have also been designated Important Cultural Properties.[3][4][5][6] The severed head of the statue of Sen no Rikyū, its position fatally regarded as hubristic by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, was once kept at Obai-in.[7] |
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| 401．Kōtō-in ・ |
| Kōtō-in (高桐院) is a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, Japan. It was founded by Hosokawa Tadaoki. There is a teahouse, the Shōkō-ken, and the gardens are celebrated for their momiji.[1] A pair of Southern Song monochrome hanging scrolls with landscape have been designated a National Treasure.[2] Many other works are aired annually in October.[3] |
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| 402．Jukō-in ・ |
| Jukō-in (聚光院) is a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, Japan. It was founded in 1566 as the mortuary temple of Miyoshi Nagayoshi. In 1589 Sen no Rikyū designated it as the mortuary temple for his family.[1] The Hondō (1583) and chashitsu (1739) are Important Cultural Properties and the gardens have been designated a Place of Scenic Beauty.[2][3][4] A painting of Miyoshi Nagayoshi (1566) has also been designated an Important Cultural Property.[5] The temple also contains a great number of fusuma paintings done by Kanō Eitoku. |
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| 403．List of Buddhist temples in Japan ・ |
| This is a list of Buddhist temples, monasteries, stupas, and pagodas in Japan for which there are Wikipedia articles, sorted by prefecture. |
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| 404．Sōken-in ・ |
| Sōken-in (総見院) is a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, Japan. It was founded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1582 as the mortuary temple of Oda Nobunaga. Hideyoshi granted the temple three hundred koku and staged his celebrated Daitoku-ji tea gathering on its grounds in 1585. During the early years of the Meiji period its precinct was demolished and its treasures relocated; Sōken-in was revived in 1926.[1] The seated wooden statue of Oda Nobunaga of 1583, lacquered, with inlaid eyes and an inscription on the base, an Important Cultural Property, was returned in 1961.[1][2] Nobunaga's funeral and Hideyoshi's foundation of the sub-temple 'with the very best wood available, a remarkable thing to see' was recounted by the Portuguese missionary Luís Fróis in his contemporary História de Japam.[3] |
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| 405．Daisen-in ・Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture ・Zen, Rinzai sect |
| The Daisen-in (大仙院) is a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji, a temple of the Rinzai school of Zen in Buddhism, one of the five most important Zen temples of Kyoto. The name means "The Academy of the Great Immortals." Daisen-in was founded by the Zen priest Kogaku Sōkō (古岳宗亘, 1464–1548), and was built between 1509 and 1513.[1]: 62–63 The Daisen-in is noted for its screen paintings and for its kare-sansui, or dry landscape garden. |
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| 406．Daitoku-ji ・53 Murasakino Daitokuji-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto-shi, 603-8231 ・Daitoku-ji Rinzai |
| Daitoku-ji (大徳寺, the ‘temple of Great Virtue’)[1] is a Buddhist temple, one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. It is located in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The "mountain name" (sangō) by which it is known is Ryūhōzan (龍宝山). The Daitoku-ji temple complex today covers more than 23 hectares (57 acres).[2] |
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| 407．Tōji-in ・Kitamachi 63, Tōji-in, Kita-ku, Kyoto ・Rinzai, Tenryū sect |
| Tōji-in (等持院) is a Buddhist temple of the Rinzai Tenryū sect located in Kita Ward, Kyoto, Japan, and one of two funeral temples (bodaiji) dedicated to Ashikaga Takauji, first shōgun of the Ashikaga dynasty. Its main object of worship is Shakyamuni,[1] and its honorary sangō prefix is Mannenzan (萬年山). |
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| 408．Ryōgen-in ・ |
| Ryōgen-in (龍源院) is a subtemple of the Daitoku-ji Buddhist complex, located in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It was constructed in 1502. There are five gardens adjoining the abbot's residence, including Totekiko (claimed to be the smallest Japanese rock garden), Isshi-dan, Koda-tei, and Ryogin-tei (a moss-covered garden which is claimed to be the oldest garden in Daitoku-ji, and has been attributed to Sōami). |
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| 409．Kinkaku-ji ・1 Kinkakuji-chō, Kita-ku, Kyōto, Kyoto Prefecture[1] ・Buddhism |
| Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺, literally "Temple of the Golden Pavilion"), officially named Rokuon-ji (鹿苑寺, lit. 'Deer Garden Temple'), is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan.[2] It is one of the most popular buildings in Kyoto, attracting many visitors annually.[3] It is designated as a National Special Historic Site, a National Special Landscape and is one of 17 locations making up the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto which are World Heritage Sites.[4] |
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| 410．Enkō-ji ・13 Ichijōji Kotanichō, Sakyō-ku, Kyōto, Kyoto Prefecture ・Nanzen-ji Rinzai |
| Enkō-ji (円光寺), is a Zen Buddhist temple located near the Shugakuin Imperial Villa at Sakyō-ku, Ichijo-ji, Kotani-cho, in northeast Kyoto, Japan. It is famous for its fall foliage and suikinkutsu.[1] |
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| 411．Kurama-dera ・Sakyō-ku Kurama Honmachi 1074, Kyoto ・Independent (Kuramakōkyō) |
| Kurama-dera (鞍馬寺) is a temple in the far north of Kyoto, Japan which houses some National Treasures of Japan. It was a member of the Tendai sect and subordinate to Shōren-in from the 12th century until 1949 when it founded its own religious body. The object of worship is esoteric and unique to the temple. It is said to have been founded by a disciple of Jianzhen. |
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| 412．Konkaikōmyō-ji ・121, Kurodani-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto ・Jōdo-shū |
| Konkaikōmyōji (金戒光明寺), also the Kurodani Temple, is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. It is one of Head Temple of the Jōdo Sect of Buddhism. The graves of Aizu and Kuwana men who died at the Battle of Toba–Fushimi are located at this temple. |
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| 413．Konchi-in ・ |
| Konchi-in (金地院) is a Buddhist temple in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, western Japan. The temple is renowned for its Crane and Turtle Garden.[1] Media related to Konchi-in at Wikimedia Commons |
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| 414．Konpuku-ji ・20 Saikatachi-chō, Ichijōji, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture ・Zen, Rinzai sect, Nanzen-ji school |
| Konpuku-ji (金福寺) is a Zen Buddhist temple in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. In 864, as Ennin's dying wish, the Buddhist priest An'e built this temple and installed a statue of Kannon that had been made by Ennin himself.[1] At first the temple was part of the Tendai sect, but eventually the temple fell into ruin. During the Genroku era (1688-1704), the temple was restored by Tesshu from the nearby Enkō-ji, and acted as a branch of that temple. It was also converted to the Rinzai sect. |
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| 415．Sanzen-in ・Ōhara, Kyoto ・Tendai |
| Sanzen-in (三千院) is a Tendai school monzeki temple in Ōhara, Kyoto, Japan. The Heian period triad of Amida Nyorai flanked by attendants is a National Treasure.[1][2] Sanzenin Temple is the main attraction of the rural town of Ohara, which is located about an hour north of central Kyoto. The approach from Ohara bus stop to Sanzenin is lined with shops and restaurants catering to temple visitors, and there are a number of smaller temples in the vicinity. Sanzenin Temple itself has large temple grounds and a variety of buildings, gardens and walking paths. |
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| 416．Ginkaku-ji ・2 Ginkakuji-chō, Sakyō-ku, Kyōto, Kyoto Prefecture ・Zen, Rinzai sect, Shōkoku-ji school |
| Ginkaku-ji (銀閣寺, lit. "Temple of the Silver Pavilion"), officially named Jishō-ji (慈照寺, lit. "Temple of Shining Mercy"), is a Zen temple in the Sakyo ward of Kyoto, Japan. It is one of the constructions that represent the Higashiyama Culture of the Muromachi period. Ashikaga Yoshimasa initiated plans for creating a retirement villa and gardens as early as 1460, and it functioned as a pleasure villa for the shoguns to rest from their administrative duties. After his death, Yoshimasa arranged for this property to become a Zen temple under the name Jishō-ji.[1] The temple is today associated with the Shokoku-ji branch of Rinzai Zen. |
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| 417．Shisen-dō ・27 Ichijōji Monguchichō, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture ・Sōtō |
| Shisen-dō (詩仙堂) is a Buddhist temple of the Sōtō Zen sect in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is registered as a historic site of Japan. It stands on the grounds of its founder, the Edo period intellectual Ishikawa Jōzan (1583–1672), who established the temple in 1641. A room in the main temple displays portraits of thirty-six Chinese poets. The selection of the poets was based on the opinion of Hayashi Razan. The portraits were executed by Kanō Tan'yū. This and some other parts of the building date to the time of Ishikawa Jōzan. |
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| 418．Shinshōgokuraku-ji ・ ・Tendai |
| Shinshōgokuraku-ji (真正極楽寺) or Shinnyo-dō (真如堂) is a Buddhist Tendai temple in Kyoto. It was established in 984 AD by the monk Kaisan, who was originally from Enryaku-ji. The word gokuraku in its name refers to Sukhāvatī, the Pure Land of the West. |
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| 419．Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji ・Eikandō-chō 48, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto ・Jōdo shū, Seizan branch |
| For other temples by similar names, see Zenrin-ji. Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji (永観堂禅林寺) is the head temple for the Seizan branch of Japan's Jōdo-shū (Pure Land) Buddhist sect, located in Kyoto, Sakyō-ku. It was founded by Shinshō, a pupil of Kūkai, and is famous for its fall foliage and for its prominence in the past as a center of learning. |
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| 420．Nanzen-ji ・86 Nanzenji Fukuchichō, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture ・Nanzen-ji Rinzai |
| Nanzen-ji (南禅寺, Nanzen-ji), or Zuiryusan Nanzen-ji, formerly Zenrin-ji (禅林寺, Zenrin-ji), is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. Emperor Kameyama established it in 1291 on the site of his previous detached palace. It is also the headquarters of the Nanzen-ji branch of Rinzai Zen. The precincts of Nanzen-ji are a nationally designated Historic Site and the Hōjō gardens a Place of Scenic Beauty.[1][2] The temple was destroyed in a fire in 1895 and rebuilt in 1909. |
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| 421．Hōsen-in ・187 Oharashōrin'inchō, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto-fu ・Buddhism |
| 35°7′16.9″N 135°50′2.4″E / 35.121361°N 135.834000°E / 35.121361; 135.834000 Hōsen-in (宝泉院) is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai-shū, located in Sakyō-ku of Kyoto-shi, in the prefecture of Kyoto, Japan.[1] It is specified as a natural monument by the Kyoto government. |
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| 422．Hōnen-in ・ |
| Hōnen-in (法然院) is a Buddhist temple located in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, western Japan. Honen-in is a single-estate temple located in Shikagaya, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto. It was originally part of the Jodo sect, but became independent and is now a single religious corporation. Its official name is Zenkisan Honen-in Manmukyoji Temple. Another name for the temple is "Honzan Shishiya Honen-in". Currently, part of the temple is open to the public for regular lectures and concerts. |
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| 423．Manshu-in ・Sakyō-ku, Kyoto ・Tendai |
| Manshu-in ((曼殊院), Manshu-in), also known as the Manshuin Monzeki, is a Tendai monastery located near the Shugakuin Imperial Villa at Sakyō-ku, Ichijo-ji, Takenouchi-cho, in northeast Kyoto, Japan. The monastery was founded by Dengyō Daishi in the 8th century. It was then located near Mount Hiei and known as Tobibo, but renamed Manshuin in 1108 or 1109. In the early Edo period the monastery moved to its current site. Today the monastery is notable both for its buildings and a fine garden – the gardens of the Manshu-in shoin are a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty.[1] |
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| 424．Rurikō-in ・Kamitakano, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto ・Buddhism |
| Rurikō-in (瑠璃光院) is a Buddhist temple located in Kyoto, Japan. The temple is known for its garden, whose maple trees offer a colourful view in autumn. The temple is located in Kamitakano, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto on the left bank of Takano River, below the west side of Mount Hiei. It can be accessed by public transport via bus or Eizan Electric Railway through Yase-Hieizanguchi Station.[1] |
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| 425．Hosshō-ji ・ |
| Hosshō-ji (Japanese: 法勝寺, Hepburn: Hosshō-ji) was a Buddhist temple in northeastern Kyoto, Japan, endowed by Emperor Shirakawa in fulfillment of a sacred vow.[1] The temple complex was located east of the Kamo River in the Shirakawa district; and its chief architectural feature was a nine-storied octagonal pagoda.[2] |
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| 426．Rokushō-ji ・ |
| Rokushō-ji (六勝寺, Rokushō-ji) is a collective name for six related Buddhist temples in northeastern Kyoto, Japan.[1] Six independently constructed and endowed temples have come to be known collectively as the "Six Victorious Temples",[2] encompassing monasteries which had each enjoyed extravagant Imperial patronage from their inception. They are sometimes identified as the "Superlative Temples" or the "Shō Temples" because of the middle syllable of the temple name.[3] |
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| 427．Nishi Hongan-ji ・60 Monzen-machi, Horikawa-dōri Hanaya-chō Kudaru, Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture ・Jōdo Shinshū Honganji-ha |
| Nishi Hongan-ji (西本願寺) is a Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist temple in the Shimogyō ward of Kyoto, Japan. It serves as the head temple of the sub-sect Honganji-ha. It is one of two Jōdo Shinshū temple complexes in Kyoto, the other being Higashi Hongan-ji, which is the head temple of the sub-sect Ōtani-ha. Established in its current location in 1591, the origin of the temple goes back to the 14th century. Many of its building have survived from the Azuchi-Momoyama and early Edo period, making it a great example of the Japanese architecture from the 17th and 18th centuries. A total of seven Nishi Hongan-ji structures have been designated National Treasures in three different categories: the karamon, Goei-dō and Amida hall (temple buildings), the Flying Cloud Pavilion, shoin and the Black study hall, including the Denrō gallery (residences) and the north Noh stage (miscellaneous structure). |
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| 428．Higashi Hongan-ji ・754 Tokiwa-machi, north of Karasuma and Shichijō, Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture ・Jōdo Shinshū, Ōtani-ha |
| Higashi Hongan-ji (東本願寺), or, "the Eastern Monastery of the Original Vow", is one of two dominant sub-sects of Shin Buddhism in Japan and abroad, the other being Nishi Honganji (or, 'The Western Temple of the Original Vow'). It is also the name of the head temple of the Ōtani-ha branch of Jōdo Shinshū in Kyoto, which was most recently constructed in 1895 after a fire burned down the previous temple.[1][2] As with many sites in Kyoto, these two complexes have more casual names and are known affectionately in Kyoto as Onissan (お西さん, Honorable Mr. West) and Ohigashisan (お東さん, Honorable Mr. East).[citation needed] |
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| 429．Byōdō-ji ・ |
| Byōdō-ji (平等寺) is a Buddhist temple in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 1003, and it is dedicated to Yakushi Nyorai. The temple is affiliated with the Shingon-shū Chizan-ha. It is also known as Inabadō or Inaba Yakushi (因幡堂、因幡薬師). 34°59′58″N 135°45′37″E / 34.9995°N 135.7603°E / 34.9995; 135.7603 |
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| 430．Bukkō-ji ・397 Shinkai-chō, below Bukkō-ji and Takakura-dōri, Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture ・Jōdo Shinshū Bukkōji-ha |
| Bukkō-ji (佛光寺, Bukkō-ji), also known as the "Temple of the Buddha's Light", was originally named Kōshō-ji, a Jōdo Shinshū temple in the Yamashina ward of Kyoto, which later moved to the heart of Kyoto. The temple was founded and officially opened by a disciple named Ryōgen in 1324, but by the 15th century, Bukkō-ji was the largest and most successful temple, and its network of branch temples extending throughout the provinces of western Japan. As a rival to the Hongan-ji, it received much criticism for its evangelical practices from Kakunyo the head of the Hongan-ji. Around 1481, however, Bukkō-ji became a subordinate temple to the Hongan-ji. Many of the Bukkō-ji's congregation thus became members of the Hongan-ji, thus greatly reducing the stature. |
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| 431．Ikenobō ・ |
| Ikenobō (池坊) is the oldest and largest school of ikebana, the Japanese art of floral design. It was founded in the 15th century by the Buddhist monk Senno. The school is based at the Rokkaku-dō temple in Kyoto.[1] The name is derived from a pond (ike) where Prince Shōtoku (聖徳太子) was bathing.[citation needed] |
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| 432．Shinsenen ・Monzencho, Oike-dori Shisenencho Higashi-iru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture ・Shingon |
| Shinsenen (神泉苑) is a Shingon Japanese Buddhist temple located south of Nijō Castle in the approximate center of the modern city of Kyoto, Honshu, Japan. It was founded by Kūkai in 824 and predominantly consists of a large water garden centering about a pond. It is said to be the oldest existing garden in Kyoto.[1] |
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| 433．Rokkaku-dō ・ |
| The Rokkaku-dō (六角堂, Rokkaku-dō), official name Chōhō-ji (頂法寺, Chōhō-ji), is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, said to have been established by Prince Shōtoku. The name comes from its main hall's hexagonal shape. This temple is part of the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage. |
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| 434．Honnō-ji ・ |
| Honnō-ji (本能寺) is a temple of the Nichiren branch of Buddhism located in Kyoto, Japan. |
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| 435．Mibu-dera ・31 Mibunaginomiya-cho, Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto ・Risshū |
| Mibu-dera (壬生寺) is a Buddhist temple in Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto. In the Middle Ages, the temple revived a performance created by the Yuzu Nembutsu monk Engaku known as the Dai Nembutsu Kyōgen. It is also known for having been affiliated with the Shinsengumi. The temple has taken on several other names such "Jizō-in (地蔵院)", "Hōdōsanmai-in (宝幢三昧寺)", and "Shinjōkō-in (心浄光院)."[1] |
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| 436．Saihō-ji (Kyoto) ・56 Matsuo Jingatani-chō, Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture ・Independent Rinzai(formerly Tenryū-ji) |
| Saihō-ji (西芳寺) is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Matsuo, Nishikyō Ward, Kyoto, Japan. The temple, which is famed for its moss garden, is commonly referred to as "Koke-dera" (苔寺), meaning "moss temple", while the formal name is "Kōinzan Saihō-ji" (洪隠山西芳寺). The temple, primarily constructed to honor Amitābha, was founded by Gyōki and later restored by Musō Soseki. In 1994, Saihō-ji was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as part of the "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto".[1][2] Over 120 types of moss are present in the two-tiered garden, resembling a beautiful green carpet with many subtle shades.[3] |
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| 437．Hōrin-ji (Kyoto) ・ |
| Hōrin-ji (法輪寺, the ‘temple of the Dharma Wheel’) is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Arashiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The honorary sangō prefix is Chifuku-san (智福山). The temple is said to have been constructed by Gyōki in 713 AD, and was originally named Kadonoi-dera (葛井寺). It is dedicated to Ākāśagarbha(Sanskrit:आकाशकर्भ,Japanese:虚空蔵:kokūzō) the bodhisattva (Sanskrit: बोधिसत्त्वः, Japanese:菩薩) of the boundless space. |
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| 438．Yoshimine-dera ・1372 Ōharano Oshiochō Nishikyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture ・Tendai |
| Yoshimine-dera (善峯寺) is a temple of the Tendai school of Buddhism in the western ward of Nishikyō-ku, in Kyoto.[1] It is built on the western hills (Nishiyama) overlooking the city. It was founded in 1029 by Gensan.[2] The main image is a statue of thousand-armed Kannon.[3] Notable features include the "Gliding Dragon" pine tree (Yōryu no matsu, a natural monument), which was trained to grow horizontally and was once over 50 meters long,[4][5] and a Tahōtō two-story pagoda (an Important Cultural Asset).[3] |
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| 439．Unryū-in ・ |
| Unryū-in (雲竜院) is a sub-temple of Sennyū-ji in Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 1372, it was rebuilt after destruction in the Ōnin War.[1] The Hondō of 1646 (13.8m x 12.9m, irimoya-zukuri, shake roof) is an Important Cultural Property.[2] The Hōjō or abbot's quarters also date from the Edo period.[2] A Kamakura period copy of the Lotus sutra has been designated an Important Cultural Property.[3] |
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| 440．Higashi Otani ・Kyoto |
| Higashi Otani, or Ōtani Mausoleum (Ōtani Sobyo),[1] is a cemetery and mausoleum in Kyoto, Japan.[2] |
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| 441．Kiyomizu-dera ・Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto ・Buddhism |
| Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺, Kiyomizu Temple, "Pure Water Monastery") is a Buddhist temple located in eastern Kyoto, Japan. The temple is part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) UNESCO World Heritage Site.[1] |
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| 442．Kennin-ji ・Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto ・Zen Buddhism |
| Kennin-ji (Japanese: 建仁寺) is a historic Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, and head temple of its associated branch of Rinzai Buddhism. It is considered to be one of the so-called Kyoto Gozan or "five most important Zen temples of Kyoto". |
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| 443．Kōdai-ji ・Kyoto, Japan ・Zen Buddhism |
| Kōdai-ji (高台寺, Kōdai-ji), formally identified as Jubuzan Kōdai-ji (鷲峰山高台寺, Jubuzan Kōdai-ji), is a temple of the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan—the largest subtemple of the Kennin-ji branch. It was established in 1606 by the nun Kōdai-in (often known by the title Kita no Mandokoro), who was the widow of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, to pray for her late husband. The principal image is a statue of Shaka. |
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| 444．Yasaka Kōshin-dō ・ |
| Yasaka Kōshin-dō (八坂庚申堂), or in its full name Daikoku-san Kongō-ji Kōshin-dō (大黒山金剛寺庚申堂) is a small temple located in Higashiyama, Kyoto, Japan. The temple can be found in the vicinity of Kiyomizu-dera. The temple is dedicated to Kōshin-san (庚申さん) a nickname of its main worship object Shōmen Kongō (青面金剛), a blue, guardian warrior and to the "three wise monkeys". They represent the Kōshin faith. |
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| 445．Sanjūsangen-dō ・605-0941, Sanjusangendomawari, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture 675 ・Tendai |
| Sanjūsangen-dō (三十三間堂, Temple of thirty-three bays) is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect in the Higashiyama district of Kyoto, Japan. The temple was founded in 1164 by Taira no Kiyomori for the cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa. It is officially known as Rengeō-in (蓮華王院, hall of the Lotus King) and belongs to the Myōhō-in temple complex. |
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| 446．Shōren-in ・69-1 Awadaguchi Sanjobocho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture ・Buddhism |
| 35°00′26″N 135°47′00″E / 35.007311°N 135.783197°E / 35.007311; 135.783197 Shōren-in (青蓮院) is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. |
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| 447．Sennyū-ji ・ |
| Sennyū-ji (泉涌寺),[1] formerly written as Sen-yū-ji (仙遊寺),[2] is a Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku in Kyoto, Japan.[3] For centuries, Sennyū-ji has been a mausoleum for noble families and members of the Imperial House of Japan. Located within the temple grounds are the official tombs of Emperor Shijō[4] and many of the emperors who came after him.[2] |
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| 448．Chion-in ・ |
| Chion-in (知恩院, Monastery of Gratitude) in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan is the headquarters of the Jōdo-shū (Pure Land Sect) founded by Hōnen (1133–1212), who proclaimed that sentient beings are reborn in Amida Buddha's Western Paradise (Pure Land) by reciting the nembutsu, Amida Buddha's name. The vast compounds of Chion-in include the site where Hōnen settled to disseminate his teachings and the site where he died. |
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| 449．Chishaku-in ・Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto ・Buddhist |
| Chishaku-in (智積院) is a Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is affiliated with Shingon-shū Chizan-ha Buddhism. It was established in 1601. The temple has a historic garden that was said to be a favourite of Sen no Rikyū.[1] The Nihonga artist Inshō Dōmoto received a commission from the monastery to paint new sliding doors facing the famous garden. "Ladies at Tea" from 1958 shows a more western-style painting of two women enjoying tea. The left side is a woman in kimono, while the lady to the right is in western dress. The four sliding doors were a departure from the traditional style.[1][2] |
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| 450．Tōfuku-ji ・15-Chōme 778 Honmachi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyōto, Kyoto Prefecture ・Tōfuku-ji Rinzai, Fuke |
| Tōfuku-ji (東福寺) is a Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku in Kyoto, Japan. Tōfuku-ji takes its name from two temples in Nara, Tōdai-ji and Kōfuku-ji.[1] It is one of the Kyoto Gozan or "five great Zen temples of Kyoto". Its honorary sangō prefix is Enichi-san (慧日山). |
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| 451．Yasaka Pagoda ・Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto ・Zen Buddhism |
| The Yasaka Pagoda (Japanese: 八坂の塔, romanized: Yasaka-no-to), also known as the Tower of Yasaka, is a Buddhist pagoda located in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan.[1] The 5-story tall pagoda is the last remaining structure of a 6th-century temple complex known as Hōkan Temple (法観寺, Hōkan-ji).[2][3] The pagoda is now a tourist attraction.[4] |
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| 452．Hōkō-ji (Kyoto) ・ ・Tendai |
| Hōkō-ji (方広寺, Hōkō-ji) (or Great Buddha of Kyoto) is a temple in Kyoto, Japan, dating from the 16th century. Toyotomi Hideyoshi determined that the capital city should have a Daibutsu (Great Buddha of Kyoto) temple to surpass that of Nara. He is reputed to have claimed at the outset that he would complete construction in half the time it took Emperor Shōmu to complete the Great Buddha of Nara. The project during Emperor Shomū's reign took ten years. Hideyoshi would complete the initial phase of his project in only three years.[1] The architects for this project were Nakamura Masakiyo and Heinouchi Yoshimasa.[2] |
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| 453．Hōjūjidono ・ |
| The Hōjūjidono (法住寺殿) was a Buddhist temple in Kyoto which was, for a time, the home of the Cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa. The temple was originally built and founded, as "Hōjūji", by Fujiwara Tamemitsu in 988. However, it was destroyed in 1032. In 1158, Emperor Shirakawa II abdicated in favor of his son Prince Morihito (Emperor Nijō) and made the Hōjūjiden his home, entering cloistered rule. However, in 1183, he was informed by Minamoto no Yukiie that Minamoto no Yoshinaka intended to kidnap him, form a new government to the north, and use his possession of the cloistered emperor to justify his rule. The emperor informed the Minamoto brothers Yoshitsune and Noriyori in turn, and asked for their aid in stopping Yoshinaka. But they failed; Yoshinaka seized Kyoto in December 1183. |
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| 454．Manju-ji ・15-Chōme 786 Honmachi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyōto, Kyoto Prefecture ・Tōfuku-ji Rinzai |
| Manju-ji (万寿寺) is a Rinzai Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku Kyoto, Japan.[1] Owing to the influence of the Ashikaga, Manju-ji was designated a Jissatsu temple for a time. At present, it is a sub-temple of Tōfuku-ji.[2] It is considered to be one of the so-called Kyoto Gozan or "five great Zen temples of Kyoto". |
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| 455．Myōan-ji ・ ・Rinzai and Fuke Zen, Tōfuku-ji school |
| Myōan-ji (Japanese: 明暗寺, "Temple of Light and Darkness") is a Buddhist temple located in Kyoto, Japan. Myōan-ji is a sub-temple of Tōfuku-ji, and contained within the larger Tōfuku-ji temple complex, located in Higashiyama ward. It is the former headquarters and the premier pilgrimage site of the Fuke sect of Rinzai Zen. The temple was founded by the komusō and Zen master Kichiku (known honorarily as Kyochiku Zenji)—in whose remembrance there is a small shrine contained within. |
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| 456．Rokuharamitsu-ji ・ |
| Rokuharamitsu-ji (六波羅蜜寺) is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. Founded by Kūya in 951, the Hondō was burned during the wars at the end of the Heian period. Its replacement of 1363, damaged during the Shintō revival at the beginning of the Meiji period, was restored in 1969.[1][2] The temple house a number of statues of the Heian and Kamakura periods that have been designated Important Cultural Properties, including a Kamakura period image of its founder Kūya, as well as a Heian Jūichimen Kannon that is a National Treasure.[3][4][5] |
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| 457．Anrakuju-in ・ |
| Anrakuju-in (安楽寿院) is a Buddhist temple in Fushimi, Kyoto, Japan, built by former-Emperor Toba in 1137. The temple houses a number of Important Cultural Properties and the emperors Toba and Konoe are buried in the grounds. The Ashikaga estate from which the Ashikaga clan derived its name once belonged to Anrakuju-in.[1] |
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| 458．Sanbō-in ・ |
| Sanbō-in (三宝院, Sanbō-in) is a Buddhist temple in southern Kyoto, Japan, known today primarily for the quality of its garden.[1] |
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| 459．Daigo-ji ・Fushimi-ku, Kyoto ・Buddhism |
| Daigo-ji (Japanese: 醍醐寺) is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Its main devotion (honzon) is Yakushi. Daigo, literally "ghee", is used figuratively to mean "crème de la crème" and is a metaphor of the most profound part of Buddhist thoughts.[1] |
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| 460．Tō-ji ・1 Kujōchō, Minami-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture ・Tōji-Shingon |
| Tō-ji Temple (東寺, Tō-ji, "East Temple"), also known as Kyō-ō-gokoku-ji (教王護国寺, The Temple for the Defense of the Nation by Means of the King of Doctrines) is a Shingon Buddhist temple in the Minami-ku ward of Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 796, it was one of the only three Buddhist temples allowed in the city at the time it became the capital of Japan. As such it has a long history, housing treasures and documents from the early Heian period and the Tang dynasty, and with buildings in its complex covering the Kamakura, Muromachi, Momoyama, and Edo periods. Five of these buildings have been designated National Treasures in two different categories: the Lotus Flower Gate (rengemon), the Miei Hall (mieidō), the Golden Hall (kondō) and the five-storied Pagoda (gojūnotō) (temple buildings) and the Kanchiin Guest Hall (kanchiin kyakuden) (residences). |
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| 461．Sai-ji ・ |
| Sai-ji (西寺, Sai-ji) or the West Temple was one of the two large Buddhist temples established in Kyoto, Japan. |
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| 462．Kajū-ji ・ |
| Kajū-ji (勧修寺, Kajū-ji), also sometimes spelled "Kwajū-ji"[1] or "Kanshu-ji, is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Yamashina-ku, Kyoto, Japan.[2] |
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| 463．Gangyō-ji ・ |
| Gangyō-ji (元慶寺, Gangyō-ji) is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, founded by the priest Henjō. The Emperor Kōkō endowed the temple and the emperor Kazan abdicated in this temple.[1] |
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| 464．Yamashina Mido ・ |
| Yamashina Mido, also known as Yamashina Hongan-ji (山科本願寺), was a Buddhist temple in Kyoto which was used as a fortress by the Ikkō-ikki, an organization of warrior monks and lay zealots who opposed samurai rule. The temple was founded by Rennyo, abbot of the Jōdo Shinshū sect whose preachings spurred the creation of the Ikkō-ikki. Following the 1465 destruction of the chief Jōdo Shinshū temple, the Hongan-ji in Kyoto, Rennyo spent roughly a decade in the provinces. |
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| 465．Daitoku-ji ・53 Murasakino Daitokuji-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto-shi, 603-8231 ・Daitoku-ji Rinzai |
| Daitoku-ji (大徳寺, the ‘temple of Great Virtue’)[1] is a Buddhist temple, one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. It is located in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The "mountain name" (sangō) by which it is known is Ryūhōzan (龍宝山). The Daitoku-ji temple complex today covers more than 23 hectares (57 acres).[2] |
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| 466．Ōbai-in ・ |
| Ōbai-in (黄梅院) is an autonomous sub-temple of Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, Japan, the headquarters of the Daitoku-ji school of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism. The Hondō (1586) and Kuri (1589) have been designated Important Cultural Properties.[1][2] Momoyama period monochrome fusuma paintings of Seven hermits in a bamboo grove (16 panels), Landscape with figures (14 panels), and Geese (14 panels), by Unkoku Tōgan (1588), have also been designated Important Cultural Properties.[3][4][5][6] The severed head of the statue of Sen no Rikyū, its position fatally regarded as hubristic by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, was once kept at Obai-in.[7] |
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| 467．Jukō-in ・ |
| Jukō-in (聚光院) is a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, Japan. It was founded in 1566 as the mortuary temple of Miyoshi Nagayoshi. In 1589 Sen no Rikyū designated it as the mortuary temple for his family.[1] The Hondō (1583) and chashitsu (1739) are Important Cultural Properties and the gardens have been designated a Place of Scenic Beauty.[2][3][4] A painting of Miyoshi Nagayoshi (1566) has also been designated an Important Cultural Property.[5] The temple also contains a great number of fusuma paintings done by Kanō Eitoku. |
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| 468．Sōken-in ・ |
| Sōken-in (総見院) is a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, Japan. It was founded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1582 as the mortuary temple of Oda Nobunaga. Hideyoshi granted the temple three hundred koku and staged his celebrated Daitoku-ji tea gathering on its grounds in 1585. During the early years of the Meiji period its precinct was demolished and its treasures relocated; Sōken-in was revived in 1926.[1] The seated wooden statue of Oda Nobunaga of 1583, lacquered, with inlaid eyes and an inscription on the base, an Important Cultural Property, was returned in 1961.[1][2] Nobunaga's funeral and Hideyoshi's foundation of the sub-temple 'with the very best wood available, a remarkable thing to see' was recounted by the Portuguese missionary Luís Fróis in his contemporary História de Japam.[3] |
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| 469．Daisen-in ・Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture ・Zen, Rinzai sect |
| The Daisen-in (大仙院) is a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji, a temple of the Rinzai school of Zen in Buddhism, one of the five most important Zen temples of Kyoto. The name means "The Academy of the Great Immortals." Daisen-in was founded by the Zen priest Kogaku Sōkō (古岳宗亘, 1464–1548), and was built between 1509 and 1513.[1]: 62–63 The Daisen-in is noted for its screen paintings and for its kare-sansui, or dry landscape garden. |
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| 470．Ryōgen-in ・ |
| Ryōgen-in (龍源院) is a subtemple of the Daitoku-ji Buddhist complex, located in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It was constructed in 1502. There are five gardens adjoining the abbot's residence, including Totekiko (claimed to be the smallest Japanese rock garden), Isshi-dan, Koda-tei, and Ryogin-tei (a moss-covered garden which is claimed to be the oldest garden in Daitoku-ji, and has been attributed to Sōami). |
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| 471．Kinkaku-ji ・1 Kinkakuji-chō, Kita-ku, Kyōto, Kyoto Prefecture[1] ・Buddhism |
| Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺, literally "Temple of the Golden Pavilion"), officially named Rokuon-ji (鹿苑寺, lit. 'Deer Garden Temple'), is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan.[2] It is one of the most popular buildings in Kyoto, attracting many visitors annually.[3] It is designated as a National Special Historic Site, a National Special Landscape and is one of 17 locations making up the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto which are World Heritage Sites.[4] |
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| 472．Nishi Hongan-ji ・60 Monzen-machi, Horikawa-dōri Hanaya-chō Kudaru, Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture ・Jōdo Shinshū Honganji-ha |
| Nishi Hongan-ji (西本願寺) is a Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist temple in the Shimogyō ward of Kyoto, Japan. It serves as the head temple of the sub-sect Honganji-ha. It is one of two Jōdo Shinshū temple complexes in Kyoto, the other being Higashi Hongan-ji, which is the head temple of the sub-sect Ōtani-ha. Established in its current location in 1591, the origin of the temple goes back to the 14th century. Many of its building have survived from the Azuchi-Momoyama and early Edo period, making it a great example of the Japanese architecture from the 17th and 18th centuries. A total of seven Nishi Hongan-ji structures have been designated National Treasures in three different categories: the karamon, Goei-dō and Amida hall (temple buildings), the Flying Cloud Pavilion, shoin and the Black study hall, including the Denrō gallery (residences) and the north Noh stage (miscellaneous structure). |
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| 473．Higashi Hongan-ji ・754 Tokiwa-machi, north of Karasuma and Shichijō, Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture ・Jōdo Shinshū, Ōtani-ha |
| Higashi Hongan-ji (東本願寺), or, "the Eastern Monastery of the Original Vow", is one of two dominant sub-sects of Shin Buddhism in Japan and abroad, the other being Nishi Honganji (or, 'The Western Temple of the Original Vow'). It is also the name of the head temple of the Ōtani-ha branch of Jōdo Shinshū in Kyoto, which was most recently constructed in 1895 after a fire burned down the previous temple.[1][2] As with many sites in Kyoto, these two complexes have more casual names and are known affectionately in Kyoto as Onissan (お西さん, Honorable Mr. West) and Ohigashisan (お東さん, Honorable Mr. East).[citation needed] |
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| 474．Sanbō-in ・ |
| Sanbō-in (三宝院, Sanbō-in) is a Buddhist temple in southern Kyoto, Japan, known today primarily for the quality of its garden.[1] |
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| 475．Tō-ji ・1 Kujōchō, Minami-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture ・Tōji-Shingon |
| Tō-ji Temple (東寺, Tō-ji, "East Temple"), also known as Kyō-ō-gokoku-ji (教王護国寺, The Temple for the Defense of the Nation by Means of the King of Doctrines) is a Shingon Buddhist temple in the Minami-ku ward of Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 796, it was one of the only three Buddhist temples allowed in the city at the time it became the capital of Japan. As such it has a long history, housing treasures and documents from the early Heian period and the Tang dynasty, and with buildings in its complex covering the Kamakura, Muromachi, Momoyama, and Edo periods. Five of these buildings have been designated National Treasures in two different categories: the Lotus Flower Gate (rengemon), the Miei Hall (mieidō), the Golden Hall (kondō) and the five-storied Pagoda (gojūnotō) (temple buildings) and the Kanchiin Guest Hall (kanchiin kyakuden) (residences). |
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| 476．Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage ・ |
| The Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage (西国三十三所, Saigoku Sanjūsan-sho) is a pilgrimage of thirty-three Buddhist temples throughout the Kansai region of Japan, similar to the Shikoku Pilgrimage. In addition to the official thirty-three temples, there are an additional three known as bangai (番外). The principal image in each temple is Kannon, known to Westerners as the Bodhisattva of Compassion (or sometimes mistranslated as 'Goddess of Mercy'); however, there is some variation among the images and the powers they possess. |
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| 477．Eifuku-ji ・ |
| Eifuku-ji (叡福寺) is a Buddhist temple in Minamikawachi, Osaka, Japan. It is affiliated with Shingon Buddhism. According to legend, it was founded in 724 by Emperor Shōmu. 34°01′46″N 132°58′43″E / 34.0295°N 132.9785°E / 34.0295; 132.9785 |
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| 478．Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Osaka ・ |
| Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Osaka（おおさか十三仏霊場, Osaka jūsan butsu reijō）are a group of 13 Buddhist sacred sites in Osaka Prefecture dedicated to the Thirteen Buddhas. The majority of the temples in this grouping are part of Japanese esoteric Shingon Buddhism. The pilgrimage group was established in 1979. |
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| 479．Katsuō-ji ・ |
| Katsuō-ji (勝尾寺, Katsuō-ji) is a Buddhist temple in Minō city, north of Osaka, Japan. According to an English language brochure given out at the temple, the site was first occupied late in the Nara period by two priests, Zenchū and Zensan. The Miroku-ji temple was erected in 765 CE. The name "Katsuō-ji" was given by the Emperor Seiwa. The temple was burned in 1184 CE. The present Main Hall and Temple Gate were rebuilt by Hideyori Toyotomi. |
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| 480．Sairin-ji ・ |
| Sairin-ji (西琳寺) is a Buddhist temple in Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is affiliated with Kōyasan Shingon-shū, and was founded during the sixth century. |
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| 481．Jigen-ji ・ |
| Jigen-ji (慈眼寺), also known as Nozaki Kannon (野崎観音), is a temple located at the foot of Mt. Iimori, in Daitō, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.[1] It is famous for the 11-faced statue of Kanzeon Bosatsu, or Kannon, that it enshrines. |
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| 482．Tsūhō-ji ・Habikino, Osaka, Japan |
| The Tsūhō-ji ruins (通法寺跡, Tsūhō-ji ato), is an archaeological site with the ruins of a Heian period Buddhist temple located in the Tsuboi neighborhood of the city of Habikino, Osaka, Japan. The temple no longer exists, but the temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site in 1957.[1] |
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| 483．Dōmyō-ji ・ |
| Dōmyō-ji (道明寺) is a Buddhist temple and nunnery in Fujiidera, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in the sixth century, and is affiliated with Shingon Buddhism. |
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| 484．Fujii-dera ・ |
| 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. |
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| 485．Yachū-ji ・5-9-24 Nonoue, Habikino-shi, Osaka-fu ・Buddhist |
| Yachū-ji (野中寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, belonging to the Kōyasan Shingon-shū branch of Shingon Buddhism. Its main image is a statue of Yakushi Nyorai. The temple is also popularly known as Naka-no-Taisi (中の太子) as it is located in between the temples of Eifuku-ji and Taiseishōgun-ji, which also claim a connection with Prince Shōtoku.[1] The temple precincts are designated a National Historic Site[2] |
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| 486．Kaie-ji temple ruins ・Sennan, Osaka, Japan |
| The Kaieji temple ruins (海会寺跡, Kaeji ato), is an archaeological site with the ruins of a Hakuhō period Buddhist temple located in the Shindachionoshiro neighborhood of the city of Sennan, Osaka, Japan. The temple no longer exists, but the temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site in 1987.[1] |
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| 487．Shindō temple ruins ・Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan |
| The Shindō temple ruins with Oganji-ike tile kiln ruins (新堂廃寺跡附オガンジ池瓦窯跡, Shindō Haiji ato tsuketari Oganji-ike kawara kama ato), is an archaeological site with the ruins of a Hakuhō period Buddhist temple and roof tile kiln remnants located in the Midorigaoka-cho and Nakano-cho neighborhoods of the city of Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan. The temple and kilns no longer exists, but the loctations were collectively designated as a National Historic Site in 2002 together with the Okameishi Kofun.[1] |
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| 488．Tanabe temple ruins ・Kashiwara, Osaka, Japan |
| The Tanabe temple ruins (田辺廃寺跡, Tanabe Haiji ato), is an archaeological site with the ruins of a Hakuhō period Buddhist temple located in the Tanabe neighborhood of the city of Kashiwara, Osaka, Japan. The name of the temple is unknown, and no structures remain, but the temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site in 1975.[1] |
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| 489．Tosaka-dera ・Kashiwara, Osaka, Japan |
| The Tosaka-dera (鳥坂寺, Tosaka-dera) was an Asuka period Buddhist temple located in the Takaida neighborhood of the city of Kashiwara, Osaka, Japan. The temple no longer exists, but the temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site in 2012.[1] The site was formerly referred to as the Takaida temple ruins (高井田廃寺, Takaida haiji) until positively identified in 1983. |
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| 490．Yuge-dera ・Yao, Osaka, Japan |
| The Yuge temple ruins (由義寺跡, Yugedera ato), also known as "Yuge-ji", or under the alternative kanji "弓削寺跡", is an archaeological site with the ruins of a Nara period Buddhist temple located in the Higashiyuge neighborhood of the city of Yao, Osaka, Japan. The temple no longer exists, but the temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site in 2018.[1] |
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| 491．Kongō-ji ・996 Amano-chō, Kawachinagano, Osaka Prefecture, Osaka-fu ・Buddhist |
| Kongō-ji (金剛寺) is a Buddhist temple in Kawachinagano, Osaka, Japan. It is the head temple of the Shingon Omuro sect. and also known under its mountain-name as Amanosan Kongō-ji (天野山 金剛寺). It is the 7th temple on the Shin Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage (新西国三十三箇所) and is notable for the large number of designated cultural properties.[1][2][3] The precincts of the temple were designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1934 with the area under protection expanded in 2011.[4] |
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| 492．Kongō-ji ・996 Amano-chō, Kawachinagano, Osaka Prefecture, Osaka-fu ・Buddhist |
| Kongō-ji (金剛寺) is a Buddhist temple in Kawachinagano, Osaka, Japan. It is the head temple of the Shingon Omuro sect. and also known under its mountain-name as Amanosan Kongō-ji (天野山 金剛寺). It is the 7th temple on the Shin Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage (新西国三十三箇所) and is notable for the large number of designated cultural properties.[1][2][3] The precincts of the temple were designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1934 with the area under protection expanded in 2011.[4] |
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| 493．Sairin-ji ・ |
| Sairin-ji (西琳寺) is a Buddhist temple in Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is affiliated with Kōyasan Shingon-shū, and was founded during the sixth century. |
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| 494．Nanshū-ji ・1-2 Minamihatagochohigashi, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka-fu ・Buddhist |
| Nanshū-ji (南宗寺) is a Buddhist temple in the Sakai ward of the city of Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Daitoku-ji-branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. Its main image is a Shaka Sanzon. Its Japanese garden, laid out by Furuta Oribe in 1619, is designated a National Place of Scenic Beauty.[1] The temple is the bodaiji of the Miyoshi clan and for many schools of the Japanese tea ceremony. |
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| 495．Ebara-ji ・1-8-21 Osaka Prefecture Sakai, Nishi-ku, Ebaraji-cho ・Kōya-san Shingon |
| Ebara-ji (家原寺) is a Buddhist temple in Nishi-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is affiliated with Kōyasan Shingon-shū. The central icon is the Bodhisattva, Monju (Mañjuśrī). |
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| 496．Kyōkō-ji ・7-12 Kyōkō-ji, Yao, Osaka Prefecture ・Shingon Ritsu |
| Kyōkō-ji (教興寺) is a Buddhist temple in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 588. On May 19–20, 1562, it was the location of the Battle of Kyōkōji. |
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| 497．Shōen-ji ・ |
| Shōen-ji (正圓寺) is a Buddhist temple in Abeno-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 939. 34°38′07″N 135°30′12″E / 34.6354°N 135.5033°E / 34.6354; 135.5033 |
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| 498．Jōkō-ji (Yao) ・ |
| Jōkō-ji (常光寺) is a Buddhist temple in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in the Nara Period by Gyōki. Media related to Jōkō-ji (Yao) at Wikimedia Commons 34°37′49″N 135°35′53″E / 34.6303°N 135.5981°E / 34.6303; 135.5981 |
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| 499．Senkō-ji ・Hirano-ku, Osaka, Japan ・Buddhism |
| Senkō-ji (全興寺) is a Buddhist temple in Hirano-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. |
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| 500．Dainenbutsu-ji ・Hirano-ku, Osaka, Japan ・Buddhism |
| Dainenbutsu-ji (大念仏寺) is a Buddhist temple in Hirano-ku, Osaka, Japan. It was founded in 1127. |
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| 501．Taihei-ji ・ |
| Taihei-ji (太平寺) is a Buddhist temple in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in about 1555, and it is affiliated with Sōtō Buddhism. 34°39′33″N 135°30′49″E / 34.6593°N 135.5137°E / 34.6593; 135.5137 |
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| 502．Taiyū-ji ・ |
| Taiyū-ji (太融寺) is a Buddhist temple in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 821. 34°42′06″N 135°30′15″E / 34.7018°N 135.5041°E / 34.7018; 135.5041 |
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| 503．Hōon'in ・Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan ・Buddhism |
| Hōon'in (報恩院) is a Buddhist temple in Chūō-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in the Kanbun Era, 1661–1672. |
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| 504．Horaku-ji ・Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan ・Buddhism |
| Hōraku-ji (法楽寺) is a Buddhist temple in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan. It was founded in 1178 by Taira no Shigemori. |
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| 505．Eifuku-ji ・ |
| Eifuku-ji (叡福寺) is a Buddhist temple in Minamikawachi, Osaka, Japan. It is affiliated with Shingon Buddhism. According to legend, it was founded in 724 by Emperor Shōmu. 34°01′46″N 132°58′43″E / 34.0295°N 132.9785°E / 34.0295; 132.9785 |
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| 506．Jigen-ji ・ |
| Jigen-ji (慈眼寺), also known as Nozaki Kannon (野崎観音), is a temple located at the foot of Mt. Iimori, in Daitō, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.[1] It is famous for the 11-faced statue of Kanzeon Bosatsu, or Kannon, that it enshrines. |
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| 507．Taiseishōgun-ji ・ |
| Taiseishōgun-ji (大聖勝軍寺) is a Buddhist temple in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 587 and is affiliated with Kōyasan Shingon-shū. 34°36′48″N 135°35′17″E / 34.6134°N 135.5880°E / 34.6134; 135.5880 |
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| 508．Taiyū-ji ・ |
| Taiyū-ji (太融寺) is a Buddhist temple in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 821. 34°42′06″N 135°30′15″E / 34.7018°N 135.5041°E / 34.7018; 135.5041 |
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| 509．Isshin-ji ・Tennōji-ku, Osaka ・Jōdo-shū |
| Isshin-ji (一心寺) is a Pure Land Buddhist temple in Osaka, Japan. Starting in the Meiji period, thirteen images have been formed, each incorporating the ashes of tens of thousands of devotees. The annual burial ceremony on 21 April in turn draws tens of thousands of worshippers.[1] |
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| 510．Kokubun-ji (Osaka) ・Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan ・Buddhism |
| Kokubun-ji (国分寺) is a Buddhist temple in Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 655 during the reign of Empress Kōgyoku, and is affiliated with Shingon Buddhism. It is also known as Nagara Kokubun-ji (長柄国分寺). |
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| 511．Shōen-ji ・ |
| Shōen-ji (正圓寺) is a Buddhist temple in Abeno-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 939. 34°38′07″N 135°30′12″E / 34.6354°N 135.5033°E / 34.6354; 135.5033 |
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| 512．Shōren-ji ・ |
| Shōren-ji (青蓮寺) is a Buddhist temple in Tennōji-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded by Prince Shōtoku, and is affiliated with Kōyasan Shingon-shū. 34°39′38″N 135°30′47″E / 34.66050°N 135.51314°E / 34.66050; 135.51314 |
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| 513．Senkō-ji ・Hirano-ku, Osaka, Japan ・Buddhism |
| Senkō-ji (全興寺) is a Buddhist temple in Hirano-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. |
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| 514．Dainenbutsu-ji ・Hirano-ku, Osaka, Japan ・Buddhism |
| Dainenbutsu-ji (大念仏寺) is a Buddhist temple in Hirano-ku, Osaka, Japan. It was founded in 1127. |
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| 515．Taihei-ji ・ |
| Taihei-ji (太平寺) is a Buddhist temple in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in about 1555, and it is affiliated with Sōtō Buddhism. 34°39′33″N 135°30′49″E / 34.6593°N 135.5137°E / 34.6593; 135.5137 |
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| 516．Taiyū-ji ・ |
| Taiyū-ji (太融寺) is a Buddhist temple in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 821. 34°42′06″N 135°30′15″E / 34.7018°N 135.5041°E / 34.7018; 135.5041 |
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| 517．Hōon'in ・Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan ・Buddhism |
| Hōon'in (報恩院) is a Buddhist temple in Chūō-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in the Kanbun Era, 1661–1672. |
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| 518．Horaku-ji ・Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan ・Buddhism |
| Hōraku-ji (法楽寺) is a Buddhist temple in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan. It was founded in 1178 by Taira no Shigemori. |
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| 519．Ishiyama Hongan-ji ・ |
| The Ishiyama Hongan-ji (石山本願寺) was the primary fortress of the Ikkō-ikki, leagues of warrior priests and commoners who opposed samurai rule during the Sengoku period. It was established in 1496, at the mouth of the Yodo River, on the coast of the Seto Inland Sea. At the time, this was just outside the remains of the ancient capital of Naniwa, in Settsu Province. In fact, recent archaeological research has determined that the temple was established atop the ruins of the old imperial palace. The city (now called Osaka) has since grown around the site, incorporating the Ishiyama (stone mountain). |
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| 520．Kanshin-ji ・475 Teramoto, Kawachinagano-shi, Osaka-fu ・Buddhist |
| Kanshin-ji (観心寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the Teramoto neighborhood of the city of Kawachinagano, Osaka Prefecture, in the Kansai region of Japan. It is one of the head temples of the Kōyasan Shingon-shū branch of Shingon Buddhism. The temple has several National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties. Its precincts were designated a National Historic Site in 1972.[1] and a Japan Heritage site. |
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| 521．Kongō-ji ・996 Amano-chō, Kawachinagano, Osaka Prefecture, Osaka-fu ・Buddhist |
| Kongō-ji (金剛寺) is a Buddhist temple in Kawachinagano, Osaka, Japan. It is the head temple of the Shingon Omuro sect. and also known under its mountain-name as Amanosan Kongō-ji (天野山 金剛寺). It is the 7th temple on the Shin Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage (新西国三十三箇所) and is notable for the large number of designated cultural properties.[1][2][3] The precincts of the temple were designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1934 with the area under protection expanded in 2011.[4] |
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| 522．Ebara-ji ・1-8-21 Osaka Prefecture Sakai, Nishi-ku, Ebaraji-cho ・Kōya-san Shingon |
| Ebara-ji (家原寺) is a Buddhist temple in Nishi-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is affiliated with Kōyasan Shingon-shū. The central icon is the Bodhisattva, Monju (Mañjuśrī). |
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| 523．Nanshū-ji ・1-2 Minamihatagochohigashi, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka-fu ・Buddhist |
| Nanshū-ji (南宗寺) is a Buddhist temple in the Sakai ward of the city of Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Daitoku-ji-branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. Its main image is a Shaka Sanzon. Its Japanese garden, laid out by Furuta Oribe in 1619, is designated a National Place of Scenic Beauty.[1] The temple is the bodaiji of the Miyoshi clan and for many schools of the Japanese tea ceremony. |
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| 524．Myōkoku-ji ・ |
| Myōkoku-ji (妙国寺) is a Buddhist temple in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan and one of head temples of the Nichiren Sect. It is known as the location of the 1868 Sakai incident. |
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| 525．Kyōkō-ji ・7-12 Kyōkō-ji, Yao, Osaka Prefecture ・Shingon Ritsu |
| Kyōkō-ji (教興寺) is a Buddhist temple in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 588. On May 19–20, 1562, it was the location of the Battle of Kyōkōji. |
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| 526．Jōkō-ji (Yao) ・ |
| Jōkō-ji (常光寺) is a Buddhist temple in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in the Nara Period by Gyōki. Media related to Jōkō-ji (Yao) at Wikimedia Commons 34°37′49″N 135°35′53″E / 34.6303°N 135.5981°E / 34.6303; 135.5981 |
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| 527．Taiseishōgun-ji ・ |
| Taiseishōgun-ji (大聖勝軍寺) is a Buddhist temple in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 587 and is affiliated with Kōyasan Shingon-shū. 34°36′48″N 135°35′17″E / 34.6134°N 135.5880°E / 34.6134; 135.5880 |
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| 528．Shitennō-ji ・1-1-18 Shitennō-ji ・Wa-shū |
| Shitennō-ji (Japanese: 四天王寺, Temple of the Four Heavenly Kings) is a Buddhist temple in Ōsaka, Japan. It is also known as Arahaka-ji, Nanba-ji, or Mitsu-ji. The temple is sometimes regarded as the first Buddhist and oldest officially-administered temple in Japan,[1][2] although the temple complex and buildings have been rebuilt over the centuries, with the last reconstruction taking place in 1963. Shortly after World War II, Shitennō-ji became independent of the parent Tendai sect, and formed the "Wa" sect (wa-shū, 和宗) of Buddhism.[3] |
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| 529．Isshin-ji ・Tennōji-ku, Osaka ・Jōdo-shū |
| Isshin-ji (一心寺) is a Pure Land Buddhist temple in Osaka, Japan. Starting in the Meiji period, thirteen images have been formed, each incorporating the ashes of tens of thousands of devotees. The annual burial ceremony on 21 April in turn draws tens of thousands of worshippers.[1] |
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| 530．Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage ・ |
| The Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage (西国三十三所, Saigoku Sanjūsan-sho) is a pilgrimage of thirty-three Buddhist temples throughout the Kansai region of Japan, similar to the Shikoku Pilgrimage. In addition to the official thirty-three temples, there are an additional three known as bangai (番外). The principal image in each temple is Kannon, known to Westerners as the Bodhisattva of Compassion (or sometimes mistranslated as 'Goddess of Mercy'); however, there is some variation among the images and the powers they possess. |
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| 531．Awaji Kokubun-ji ・331 Yagikokubu, Minamiawaji, Hyōgo-ken 656-0434 ・Buddhist |
| Awaji Kokubun-ji (淡路国分寺) is a Ritsu-sect Buddhist temple in the Yagikokubu neighborhood of the city of Minamiawaji, Hyōgo, Japan. It the successor of the provincial temple established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710–794).[1] Due to this connection, the foundation stones of the Nara period pagoda were designated as a National Historic Site in 1951.[2] |
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| 532．Antai-ji ・62 Kutoyama, Shin'onsen-chō, Mikata District, Hyōgo Prefecture ・Sōtō |
| Antai-ji (安泰寺) is a Buddhist temple that belongs to the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism. It is located in the town of Shin'onsen, Mikata District, in northern Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, where it sits on about 50 hectares of land in the mountains, close to a national park on the Sea of Japan. It accepts visitors in the summer months, but is inaccessible during the winter due to heavy snow. |
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| 533．Ichijō-ji ・821-17, Sakamoto, Kasai, Hyōgo 675-2222 ・Tendai |
| Hokkesan Ichijō-ji (法華山一乗寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect in Kasai, Hyōgo, Japan. It was first established in 650 at Emperor Kōtoku's request, and the temple complex and buildings have undergone several periods of destruction and reconstruction since its founding, with most of its present structures dating to the 16-17th century. It is famous for its Heian period three-storied pagoda, built in 1171 in the wayō style of Japanese architecture and designated a National Treasure of Japan. Other important building in the temple complex include the kondō (main hall), built in 1628 by order of Honda Tadamasa, the lord of Himeji Castle, and three other smaller structures, Gohōdō, Myokendō and Bentendō, and a gorintō, all of them built between the Kamakura and Muromachi periods and designated Important Cultural Properties. |
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| 534．Kakurin-ji (Kakogawa) ・ |
| The Totasan Kakurin-ji (刀田山鶴林寺) is a temple of the Tendai sect in Kakogawa, Hyōgo, Japan. It was established by Prince Shōtoku's instruction in 589. Kakurin-ji's Taishidō was completed in 1112, and Main Hall was finished in 1397. Both are National Treasures of Japan. 34°45′08″N 134°49′59″E / 34.7523°N 134.833°E / 34.7523; 134.833 |
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| 535．Gayain ・, Miki, Hyogo 651-2108 ・Tendai |
| Gaya-in (伽耶院) is a temple of the Tendai sect in Miki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. |
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| 536．Kannō-ji ・ |
| Kannō-ji (Japanese: 神呪寺) is a Buddhist temple in the middle of Mount Kabutoyama in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan. The other name of the temple is Kabutoyama-daishi (甲山大師). |
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| 537．Kiyoshikōjin Seichō-ji ・ |
| Kiyoshikōjin Seichō-ji (清荒神清澄寺) is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Japan. It is one of the typical type of mixture of Shinto and Buddhism temples in Japan, and temple's name has two Chinese letters of two religions in Japan together, 'Jin'(神) of Shinto and 'Ji'(寺) of Buddhism. This type of mixture of two religions, called 'Shinbutsu shugo'(神仏習合) was very common among Japanese temples or shrines until the Edo period, but the two religions were formally and forcedly separated by Meiji Government in the last half of the 19th century. In this sense, this temple is a good example that still preserves Japanese religious traditions before modernization. |
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| 538．Gōshō-ji (Takarazuka) ・5-5-12 Kohama, Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture ・Jōdo Shinshū Honganji-ha |
| Gōshō-ji (毫摂寺, gōshō-ji) is a Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist temple in Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.[1] The other name of this temple is Kohama-gobō (小浜御坊). Kohama is the name of the area around the temple and along the Arima Kaidō, which connected Osaka and Kyoto to Arima Onsen during the Edo period. |
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| 539．Sagami-ji ・1319 Hōjō-chō, Kasai-shi, Hyōgo-ken, 675-2312 ・Kōyasan Shingon |
| Sagami-ji (酒見寺, or Sagami-dera), is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Kasai, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Its mountain name (sangō) is Senjōsan (泉生山). Emperor Shōmu ordered its construction in 745 (the 17th year of the Tenpyō era) at the request of Gyōki, a Buddhist priest. |
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| 540．Jōdo-ji (Ono) ・2094, Kiyotani-cho, Ono, Hyogo 675–1317 ・Shingon |
| The Gokurakusan Jōdo-ji (極楽山浄土寺) is a temple of the Shingon sect in Ono, Hyōgo, Japan. It was first established by Chōgen in 1190 – 1198, and the temple structures have undergone several reconstruction efforts since then, with the last reconstruction taking place in 1632. Jōdo-ji's Jōdodō completed in 1194 is a National Treasure of Japan.[citation needed] The architecture is in the Daibutsu style that combines Japanese and Chinese elements. |
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| 541．Tajima Kokubun-ji ・Hidaka-chō, Toyooka-shi, Hyōgo 411-0037 ・Buddhist |
| Tajima Kokubun-ji (但馬国分寺) is a Jōdo-shū Buddhist temple located in the Hidaka-chō neighborhood of the city of Toyooka, Hyōgo, Japan. Its main image is a statue of Yakushi Nyorai. It is the modern successor of one of the provincial temples established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710–794) for the purpose of promoting Buddhism as the national religion of Japan and standardising control of Yamato rule over the provinces.[1] The foundation stones for the original temple were designated as a National Historic Site in 1990, with the area under protection extended in 2000, 2004, 2011, 2013 and 2015.[2] |
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| 542．Chōkō-ji ・ |
| Chōkō-ji (朝光寺 Chōkōji) is a Buddhist temple, in Yashiro, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.[1] |
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| 543．Nakayama-dera ・ |
| Nakayama-dera (中山寺 Nakayama-dera) is a Buddhist temple in Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Japan established in the 6th century. It is the 24th temple in the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage. It is one of the most popular temples in the region. |
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| 544．Heirin-ji (Hyōgo) ・ |
| Heirinji (平林寺) is a Buddhist temple in Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Japan. |
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| 545．Awaji Kannon ・Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan |
| Awaji Kannon or World Peace Giant Kannon, was a large gypsum statue, museum and temple complex on Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The statue, which was one of the tallest in the world, had an observation deck at the top. It opened in 1982. Despite lots of visitors when it first opened, the statue fell into disrepair and was closed in 2006. Locals believed it was haunted. Sixteen years later, the Japanese government announced it would demolish the statue after acquiring the site in 2022. Site work was completed by March 2023. |
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| 546．Hōun-ji (Kamigōri) ・Kamigōri, Hyogo, Japan ・Zen, Rinzai sect |
| Hōun-ji (法雲寺) is a Rinzai Buddhist temple in Hyōgo Prefecture (formerly Harima province). |
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| 547．Hōun-ji (Kami) ・Muraoka-ku, Kami, Hyogo, Japan ・Tendai sect |
| Hōun-ji (法雲寺) is a Tendai Buddhist temple in Hyōgo Prefecture (formerly Harima province). 35°28′14″N 134°35′42″E / 35.4706°N 134.595°E / 35.4706; 134.595 |
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| 548．Ichijō-ji ・821-17, Sakamoto, Kasai, Hyōgo 675-2222 ・Tendai |
| Hokkesan Ichijō-ji (法華山一乗寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect in Kasai, Hyōgo, Japan. It was first established in 650 at Emperor Kōtoku's request, and the temple complex and buildings have undergone several periods of destruction and reconstruction since its founding, with most of its present structures dating to the 16-17th century. It is famous for its Heian period three-storied pagoda, built in 1171 in the wayō style of Japanese architecture and designated a National Treasure of Japan. Other important building in the temple complex include the kondō (main hall), built in 1628 by order of Honda Tadamasa, the lord of Himeji Castle, and three other smaller structures, Gohōdō, Myokendō and Bentendō, and a gorintō, all of them built between the Kamakura and Muromachi periods and designated Important Cultural Properties. |
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| 549．Engyō-ji ・2968, Shosha, Himeji, Hyogo 671-2201 ・Tendai |
| The Shoshazan Engyō-ji (書写山圓教寺 or less commonly 書寫山圓教寺) is a temple of the Tendai sect in Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan. |
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| 550．Sagami-ji ・1319 Hōjō-chō, Kasai-shi, Hyōgo-ken, 675-2312 ・Kōyasan Shingon |
| Sagami-ji (酒見寺, or Sagami-dera), is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Kasai, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Its mountain name (sangō) is Senjōsan (泉生山). Emperor Shōmu ordered its construction in 745 (the 17th year of the Tenpyō era) at the request of Gyōki, a Buddhist priest. |
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| 551．Engyō-ji ・2968, Shosha, Himeji, Hyogo 671-2201 ・Tendai |
| The Shoshazan Engyō-ji (書写山圓教寺 or less commonly 書寫山圓教寺) is a temple of the Tendai sect in Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan. |
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| 552．Kakurin-ji (Kakogawa) ・ |
| The Totasan Kakurin-ji (刀田山鶴林寺) is a temple of the Tendai sect in Kakogawa, Hyōgo, Japan. It was established by Prince Shōtoku's instruction in 589. Kakurin-ji's Taishidō was completed in 1112, and Main Hall was finished in 1397. Both are National Treasures of Japan. 34°45′08″N 134°49′59″E / 34.7523°N 134.833°E / 34.7523; 134.833 |
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| 553．Taisan-ji (Kobe) ・224, Zenkai, Igawadani, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 651-2108 ・Tendai |
| Sanshinzan Taisan-ji (三身山太山寺) is a temple of the Tendai sect in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan. It was established by Empress Genshō's instruction in 716. Taisan-ji's Main Hall completed in 1293 is a National Treasure of Japan. |
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| 554．Antai-ji ・62 Kutoyama, Shin'onsen-chō, Mikata District, Hyōgo Prefecture ・Sōtō |
| Antai-ji (安泰寺) is a Buddhist temple that belongs to the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism. It is located in the town of Shin'onsen, Mikata District, in northern Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, where it sits on about 50 hectares of land in the mountains, close to a national park on the Sea of Japan. It accepts visitors in the summer months, but is inaccessible during the winter due to heavy snow. |
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| 555．Taisan-ji (Kobe) ・224, Zenkai, Igawadani, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 651-2108 ・Tendai |
| Sanshinzan Taisan-ji (三身山太山寺) is a temple of the Tendai sect in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan. It was established by Empress Genshō's instruction in 716. Taisan-ji's Main Hall completed in 1293 is a National Treasure of Japan. |
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| 556．Tenjō-ji ・2-12 Mayayama-dori, Nada-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo-ken, 657-0105 ・Buddhism |
| Tōri Tenjō-ji (忉利天上寺), officially Mayazan Tenjō-ji (仏母摩耶山天上寺) or Mayazan Tenjō-ji (摩耶山天上寺), is a Shingon Buddhist temple in eastern Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The temple is located on Mount Maya (699 metres (2,293 ft)) in the Nada ward of Kobe.[1][2] Tenjō-ji was, by tradition, established during the Asuka period (538 – 710) by the semi-mythical monk Hōdō (fl. 7th century). Hōdō, by tradition, was born in India, and traveled to Japan via China and the Baekje kingdom in Korea. Hōdō cured an illness of the Emperor Kōtoku (596 – 654), who then sent the monk to establish numerous Buddhist temples. According to legend Hōdō founded Tenjō-ji in 646.[3] |
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| 557．Nōfuku-ji ・1 Kita Sakasegawa-chō, Hyōgo-ku, Kobe, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture ・Tendai |
| Nōfuku-ji (能福寺) is a Buddhist temple that, from the legend, was founded in 805 by the monk Saichō, in Kita Sakasegawa, Hyōgo-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Saichō (of the Tendai sect) placed a statue of Yakushi Nyorai of his own making in the temple hall and named the temple Nōfuku Gokoku Mitsu-ji (能福護国密寺). |
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| 558．Engyō-ji ・2968, Shosha, Himeji, Hyogo 671-2201 ・Tendai |
| The Shoshazan Engyō-ji (書写山圓教寺 or less commonly 書寫山圓教寺) is a temple of the Tendai sect in Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan. |
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| 559．Harima Kokubun-ji ・121 Kokubunji, Mikunino-cho, Himeji-shi, Hyogo-ken ・Buddhist |
| Harima Kokubun-ji (播磨国分寺) is a Shingon-sect Buddhist temple in the Kokubunji neighborhood of the city of Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan. It claims to be the successor to the provincial temple established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794).[1] Due to this connection, the foundation stones of the Nara period temple now located to the south of the present day complex were designated as a National Historic Site in 1921, with the area under protection was expanded in 1971 and 1985.[2] |
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| 560．Hōrin-ji (Harima) ・82, Inokuchi, Himeji, Hyogo, Japan ・Zen, Rinzai sect |
| Hōrin-ji (法輪寺) is a Rinzai Buddhist temple in Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture (formerly Harima province). |
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| 561．Taiyū-ji ・ |
| Taiyū-ji (太融寺) is a Buddhist temple in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 821. 34°42′06″N 135°30′15″E / 34.7018°N 135.5041°E / 34.7018; 135.5041 |
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| 562．Taisan-ji (Kobe) ・224, Zenkai, Igawadani, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 651-2108 ・Tendai |
| Sanshinzan Taisan-ji (三身山太山寺) is a temple of the Tendai sect in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan. It was established by Empress Genshō's instruction in 716. Taisan-ji's Main Hall completed in 1293 is a National Treasure of Japan. |
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| 563．Tenjō-ji ・2-12 Mayayama-dori, Nada-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo-ken, 657-0105 ・Buddhism |
| Tōri Tenjō-ji (忉利天上寺), officially Mayazan Tenjō-ji (仏母摩耶山天上寺) or Mayazan Tenjō-ji (摩耶山天上寺), is a Shingon Buddhist temple in eastern Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The temple is located on Mount Maya (699 metres (2,293 ft)) in the Nada ward of Kobe.[1][2] Tenjō-ji was, by tradition, established during the Asuka period (538 – 710) by the semi-mythical monk Hōdō (fl. 7th century). Hōdō, by tradition, was born in India, and traveled to Japan via China and the Baekje kingdom in Korea. Hōdō cured an illness of the Emperor Kōtoku (596 – 654), who then sent the monk to establish numerous Buddhist temples. According to legend Hōdō founded Tenjō-ji in 646.[3] |
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| 564．Nōfuku-ji ・1 Kita Sakasegawa-chō, Hyōgo-ku, Kobe, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture ・Tendai |
| Nōfuku-ji (能福寺) is a Buddhist temple that, from the legend, was founded in 805 by the monk Saichō, in Kita Sakasegawa, Hyōgo-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Saichō (of the Tendai sect) placed a statue of Yakushi Nyorai of his own making in the temple hall and named the temple Nōfuku Gokoku Mitsu-ji (能福護国密寺). |
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| 565．Tenjō-ji ・2-12 Mayayama-dori, Nada-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo-ken, 657-0105 ・Buddhism |
| Tōri Tenjō-ji (忉利天上寺), officially Mayazan Tenjō-ji (仏母摩耶山天上寺) or Mayazan Tenjō-ji (摩耶山天上寺), is a Shingon Buddhist temple in eastern Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The temple is located on Mount Maya (699 metres (2,293 ft)) in the Nada ward of Kobe.[1][2] Tenjō-ji was, by tradition, established during the Asuka period (538 – 710) by the semi-mythical monk Hōdō (fl. 7th century). Hōdō, by tradition, was born in India, and traveled to Japan via China and the Baekje kingdom in Korea. Hōdō cured an illness of the Emperor Kōtoku (596 – 654), who then sent the monk to establish numerous Buddhist temples. According to legend Hōdō founded Tenjō-ji in 646.[3] |
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| 566．Nōfuku-ji ・1 Kita Sakasegawa-chō, Hyōgo-ku, Kobe, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture ・Tendai |
| Nōfuku-ji (能福寺) is a Buddhist temple that, from the legend, was founded in 805 by the monk Saichō, in Kita Sakasegawa, Hyōgo-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Saichō (of the Tendai sect) placed a statue of Yakushi Nyorai of his own making in the temple hall and named the temple Nōfuku Gokoku Mitsu-ji (能福護国密寺). |
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| 567．Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage ・ |
| The Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage (西国三十三所, Saigoku Sanjūsan-sho) is a pilgrimage of thirty-three Buddhist temples throughout the Kansai region of Japan, similar to the Shikoku Pilgrimage. In addition to the official thirty-three temples, there are an additional three known as bangai (番外). The principal image in each temple is Kannon, known to Westerners as the Bodhisattva of Compassion (or sometimes mistranslated as 'Goddess of Mercy'); however, there is some variation among the images and the powers they possess. |
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| 568．Nanto Shichi Daiji ・ |
| Nanto Shichi Daiji (南都七大寺), literally "the seven great temples of the southern capital (meaning the city of Nara)", is a historical common name generally referring to the powerful and influential seven Buddhist temples located in the Nara prefecture. There have been some changes as to which temples are included over the years, since there have been fluctuations in power. The following is a list as it stood at the early stage, all of which were originally built by imperial order:[1] |
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| 569．Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Yamato ・ |
| The Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Yamato (大和十三仏霊場, Yamato jūsan butsu reijō) are a group of 13 Buddhist sacred sites in Nara Prefecture. Yamato was a former province of Japan corresponding to today's Nara Prefecture. The majority of the temples in this grouping are part of Japanese esoteric Shingon Buddhism. |
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| 570．Asuka-dera ・ ・Shingon-shu Buzan-ha |
| 34°28′43″N 135°49′13″E / 34.478731°N 135.820214°E / 34.478731; 135.820214 Asuka-dera (飛鳥寺), also known as Hōkō-ji (法興寺), is a Buddhist temple in Asuka, Nara. Asuka-dera is regarded as one of the oldest temples in Japan. |
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| 571．Abe Monju-in ・ ・Buddhist |
| Abe Monju-in (安倍文殊院, あべもんじゅいん) is a Buddhist temple in the Abe area of Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Dating to the seventh century, it houses a sculptural group by Kaikei, and a kofun within its grounds has been designated a Special Historic Site. |
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| 572．Enpuku-ji (Nara) ・390 Arisato-chō, Ikoma, Nara Prefecture ・Shingon Ritsu |
| Enpuku-ji (円福寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon Risshu school, in Ikoma, Nara, Japan. The main object of worship (本尊) is Amida Nyorai. |
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| 573．Ōno-ji ・ |
| Ōno-ji or Ōno-dera (大野寺) is a temple of the Shingon school of Buddhism, located in the city of Uda, Nara Prefecture, Japan. According to legend and myth, the temple was first opened by En no Gyōja in 681, rendered west entrance to Murō-ji by Kūkai in 824, then later became known with its current name. |
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| 574．Ōminesan-ji ・Ōmine-san, Tenkawa-mura Yoshino-gun, Nara Prefecture ・Shugendō |
| Ōminesan-ji (大峯山寺, Ōminesan-ji) is an important temple of the Shugendō religion in Yoshino district, Nara prefecture, Japan. It is located at the peak of Mount Ōmine, or Sanjōgatake. According to tradition, it was founded by En no Ozunu, the founder of Shugendō, a form of mountain asceticism drawing from Buddhist and Shinto beliefs. Along with Kinpusen-ji Temple, it is considered the most important temple in Shugendō.[1] |
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| 575．Oka-dera ・ |
| Oka-dera (岡寺) is a major Buddhist temple in the historic Asuka area of Nara Prefecture, Japan. Its formal name is Ryūgai-ji (龍蓋寺, "Dragon Lid Temple") and is associated with the Shingon-Buzan sect.[1] It was founded by Priest Gien (義淵) during the 7th century, and is the 7th temple on the Kansai Kannon Pilgrimage. The statue of Gien is one of the national treasures of Japan. At the heart of the temple is Japan's largest clay image, a Nyoirin Kannon from the 8th century.[2] |
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| 576．Kakuan-ji ・36 Nukatabeteramachi, Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture ・Shingon Ritsu |
| Kakuan-ji (額安寺) is a Buddhist temple in Yamatokōriyama, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is affiliated with Shingon Risshu Buddhism, and was founded in 621. |
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| 577．Kimpusen-ji ・2498 Mount Yoshino, Yoshino, Yoshino district, Nara Prefecture ・Kinpusen-Shugendō |
| Kinpusen-ji (金峯山寺, Kinpusen-ji) is the head temple of a branch of the Shugendō religion called Kinpusen-Shugendō in Yoshino district, Nara Prefecture, Japan. According to tradition, it was founded by En no Gyōja, who propagated a form of mountain asceticism drawing from Shinto and Buddhist beliefs. Along with Ōminesan-ji Temple, it is considered the most important temple in Shugendō.[1] |
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| 578．Kōgen-ji ・630 Toyoura, Asuka-mura, Takaichi-gun, Nara Prefecture ・Jōdo Shinshū Honganji-ha |
| Kōgen-ji (向原寺, also written 広厳寺) is a Buddhist temple in Asuka, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is affiliated with Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism. It is one of the Twenty-five Kansai flower temples. |
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| 579．Shigisan Gyokuzōin ・ |
| Shigisan Gyokuzōin (信貴山玉蔵院) is a Buddhist temple in Heguri, Nara Prefecture, Japan at Mount Shigi. |
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| 580．Jinraku-ji ・267 Hatanoshō, Tawaramoto-chō, Shiki District, Nara Prefecture ・Shingon Ritsu |
| Jinraku-ji (秦楽寺) is a Buddhist temple in the town of Tawaramoto, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is located in Tawaramoto near Kasanui Station. It was commissioned by Prince Shotoku in the 5th century and built by Hata no Kawakatsu. The Great Hall contains a Bodhisattva while outside there is also a Shinto shrine with a torii and a pond in the shape of a Chinese character.[1] |
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| 581．Seson-ji ・ |
| Seson-ji (世尊寺) is a Buddhist temple in Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is affiliated with Sōtō Buddhism. 34°24′17″N 135°49′52″E / 34.4048°N 135.8311°E / 34.4048; 135.8311 |
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| 582．Taima-dera ・ |
| Taima-dera (當麻寺) is a Buddhist temple in Katsuragi, Nara, Japan. The temple legend says it was built originally in 612 by the Imperial Prince Maroko, the brother of Prince Shotoku. The temple was moved to its present location in 681 by the grandson of Prince Maroko, and served as the head temple, or honzan (本山) of the Hosso sect although currently the temple is jointly administrated by Shingon and Jodo schools. |
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| 583．Tachibana-dera ・ |
| Tachibana-dera (橘寺) is a Buddhist temple in Asuka, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is affiliated with Tendai Buddhism. According to legend, it was founded by Prince Shōtoku. 34°28′12″N 135°49′05″E / 34.4700°N 135.8181°E / 34.4700; 135.8181 |
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| 584．Daruma-ji ・ ・Buddhist |
| Daruma-ji (Japanese: 達磨寺, lit. 'Daruma Temple', also called Daruma-dera) is a Zen Buddhist temple in the city of Ōji in the Kitakatsuragi District, Nara Prefecture, Japan and is one of the 28 historical Sites of Prince Shōtoku. |
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| 585．Chikurin-ji ・ |
| Chikurin-ji (竹林寺) is a Buddhist temple in Ikoma, Nara, Japan. The main object of worship (本尊) is Monju Bosatsu (Manjushri). |
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| 586．Chūgū-ji ・ |
| Chūgū-ji (中宮寺) is a temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan, that was founded as a nunnery in the seventh century by Shōtoku Taishi. Located immediately to the northeast of Hōryū-ji, its statue of Miroku and Tenjukoku mandala are National Treasures. |
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| 587．Chōgaku-ji ・ ・Buddhist |
| Chōgaku-ji (Japanese: 長岳寺) is a Japanese Buddhist temple of the Kōyasan Shingon-shū sect in the city of Tenri in Nara Prefecture, Japan.[1] It is located within Yamato-Aogaki Quasi-National Park[2] along the Yamanobe no michi (Japanese: 山辺の道), the oldest road in Japan,[3] at the foot of Mt. Ryūō in the Sanuki Mountains.[4] The temple is the fourth of the thirteen Buddhist sites of Yamato,[5] and the nineteenth of the twenty-five Kansai flower temples.[1] |
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| 588．Chōgosonshi-ji ・2280-1, Oaza ShigisanHeguri, Ikoma-gun Nara Prefecture 636-0923 ・Shigi-san Shingon Buddhism |
| Chōgosonshi-ji (朝護孫子寺, popularly called Shigisan (信貴山) is a Buddhist temple in Ikoma, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It was established in 587. |
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| 589．Hase-dera ・731-1 Hatsuse, Sakurai, Nara Prefecture ・Shingon-shu Buzan-ha |
| Hase-dera (長谷寺) is the main temple of the Buzan sect of Shingon Buddhism. The temple is located in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The Main Hall is a National Treasure of Japan. |
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| 590．Butsuryū-ji ・1684 Haibara Akabane, Uda, Nara Prefecture ・Shingon (Murō-ji branch) |
| Butsuryū-ji (仏隆寺 or 佛隆寺) is a ninth-century Shingon temple in Uda, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is located approximately four kilometres southwest of Murō-ji across Mount Murō.[1] |
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| 591．Hokki-ji ・1873 Okamoto, Ikaruga-chō, Ikoma-gun, Nara Prefecture ・Shōtoku-shū |
| Hokki-ji or Hōki-ji (法起寺, the ‘temple of the Arising Dharma’)[1] – formerly known as Okamoto-dera (岡本寺) and Ikejiri-dera (池後寺) – is a Buddhist temple in Okamoto, Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The temple's honorary sangō prefix is "Kōhonzan" (岡本山), although it is rarely used. The temple was constructed to honor Avalokitesvara, and an 11-faced statue of the goddess is the primary object of worship in the temple. Hokki-ji is often considered to be one of the seven great temples founded by Prince Shōtoku, but in fact the temple was not completed until some decades after his death. In 1993, it was registered together with Hōryū-ji as an UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area. |
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| 592．Hōzan-ji ・1-1 Monzen-chō, Ikoma, Nara Prefecture ・Shingon Ritsu |
| Hōzan-ji (宝山寺 Hōzan-ji) is a Buddhist temple in Monzen-machi, Ikoma, Nara, Japan. Though officially dedicated to the deity Acala (Fudō Myōō), the temple serves as a cult-center of the deity Kangiten (Shoten) and is also called 'Ikoma-Shōten' (生駒聖天). |
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| 593．Hōryū-ji ・1-1 Hōryū-ji Sannai, Ikaruga-chō, Ikoma-gun, Nara Prefecture ・Shōtoku |
| Hōryū-ji (Japanese: 法隆寺, Hepburn: Temple of the Flourishing Dharma) is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Its full name is Hōryū Gakumonji (法隆学問寺), or Learning Temple of the Flourishing Law, the complex serving as both a seminary and monastery. |
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| 594．Hōrin-ji (Nara) ・1570 Mii, Ikaruga-chō, Ikoma-gun, Nara-ken ・Shōtoku-shū |
| Hōrin-ji (法輪寺, 法琳寺, 法林寺), or Mii-dera (三井寺, 御井寺) is a Buddhist temple in Mii, Ikaruga, Nara, Japan. The temple is located about a kilometer north of Hōryū-ji's Tō-in. The temple's sangō prefix is Myōken-san (妙見山). |
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| 595．Murō-ji ・Uda, Nara Prefecture ・Buddhism |
| Murō-ji (Japanese: 室生寺) is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Shingon school, located in the city of Uda, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The temple shows typical aspects of Shingon Buddhism, with its buildings laid on the mountainside of Mount Murō (室生山, Murō-san), and historically served as a place of worship for the Japanese dragon Zennyo Ryūō (善如龍王), associated with rain prayers. |
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| 596．Kawara-dera ・ |
| Kawara-dera (川原寺) was a Buddhist temple established during the Asuka period in Asuka, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Excavations have revealed a large-scale complex which included two kondō, a pagoda, extensive priests' quarters, and roof tiles that are "among the most beautiful ever made in Japan".[1] The area has been designated a Historic Site and forms part of a grouping of sites submitted in 2007 for future inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List: Asuka-Fujiwara: Archaeological sites of Japan’s Ancient Capitals and Related Properties.[2][3][4] Related artefacts are displayed at the Asuka Historical Museum.[5] |
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| 597．Yamada-dera ・ |
| Yamada-dera (山田寺) was a Buddhist temple established in the Asuka period in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The area has been designated a Special Historic Site and forms part of a grouping of sites submitted in 2007 for future inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List: Asuka-Fujiwara: Archaeological sites of Japan’s Ancient Capitals and Related Properties.[1][2][3] Excavations in the 1980s uncovered a well-preserved section of the temple's covered corridors that predate the surviving buildings of Hōryū-ji: "for the history of Japanese architecture, this discovery is of as great moment as the finding of the seventh-century Takamatsuzuka tomb paintings in March 1972 was for the history of Japanese art."[4] |
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| 598．Abe Monju-in ・ ・Buddhist |
| Abe Monju-in (安倍文殊院, あべもんじゅいん) is a Buddhist temple in the Abe area of Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Dating to the seventh century, it houses a sculptural group by Kaikei, and a kofun within its grounds has been designated a Special Historic Site. |
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| 599．Enshō-ji (Nara) ・ |
| Enshō-ji (圓照寺 or 円照寺) is a Buddhist temple complex in Nara founded by Queen Bunchi, daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo, in 1656. Together with Chūgū-ji and Hokke-ji, it is considered one of the Three Yamato Monzeki (大和三門跡), or imperial temples, belonging to the Myōshin-ji school of Rinzai Zen.[1] The temple served as model for Gesshū-ji (月修寺) in Yukio Mishima's Spring Snow and was used as one of the locations for the filming of its 2005 dramatization. |
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| 600．Enpuku-ji (Nara) ・390 Arisato-chō, Ikoma, Nara Prefecture ・Shingon Ritsu |
| Enpuku-ji (円福寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon Risshu school, in Ikoma, Nara, Japan. The main object of worship (本尊) is Amida Nyorai. |
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| 601．Ōno-ji ・ |
| Ōno-ji or Ōno-dera (大野寺) is a temple of the Shingon school of Buddhism, located in the city of Uda, Nara Prefecture, Japan. According to legend and myth, the temple was first opened by En no Gyōja in 681, rendered west entrance to Murō-ji by Kūkai in 824, then later became known with its current name. |
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| 602．Kakuan-ji ・36 Nukatabeteramachi, Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture ・Shingon Ritsu |
| Kakuan-ji (額安寺) is a Buddhist temple in Yamatokōriyama, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is affiliated with Shingon Risshu Buddhism, and was founded in 621. |
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| 603．Gangō-ji ・11 Chūin-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Shingon Ritsu |
| Gangō-ji (元興寺) is an ancient Buddhist temple, that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, in Nara, Japan. |
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| 604．Kikō-ji ・508 Sugawara-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Hossō |
| Kikō-ji (喜光寺) is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan. Founded in the eighth century, its Muromachi-period Hondō and the Heian-period statue of Amida Nyorai enshrined within are Important Cultural Properties. |
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| 605．Saidai-ji ・1-1-5 Saidaiji Shibachō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Shingon Ritsu |
| Saidai-ji (西大寺) or the "Great Western Temple" is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples in the city of Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The temple was first established in AD 765 as a counterpart to Tōdai-ji and it is the main temple of the Shingon Risshu (真言律宗) sect of Buddhism after the sect's founder, Eison (叡尊), took over administration in 1238.[1] It has undergone several reconstruction efforts since then during the succeeding centuries. |
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| 606．Shōryaku-ji ・157 Bodaisen-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Bodaisen Shingon |
| Shōryaku-ji (正暦寺) is a Shingon temple in the southeast of Nara, Japan. Founded in 992, it is the head temple of the Bodaisen Shingon sect.[1] |
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| 607．Shin-Yakushi-ji ・1352 Takabatake-chō, Nara-shi, Nara-ken630-8301 ・Kegon sect |
| Shin-Yakushi-ji (新薬師寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Kegon sect in Nara, Japan. It was founded in 747 by Empress Kōmyō. Initially a large complete Shichidō garan temple, it suffered from fire damage and deteriorated during the Heian period. The temple was revived during the Kamakura period. Only one building, the present main hall or Hon-dō (本堂), has survived from the 8th century. All other structures date to the Kamakura period. |
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| 608．Jinraku-ji ・267 Hatanoshō, Tawaramoto-chō, Shiki District, Nara Prefecture ・Shingon Ritsu |
| Jinraku-ji (秦楽寺) is a Buddhist temple in the town of Tawaramoto, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is located in Tawaramoto near Kasanui Station. It was commissioned by Prince Shotoku in the 5th century and built by Hata no Kawakatsu. The Great Hall contains a Bodhisattva while outside there is also a Shinto shrine with a torii and a pond in the shape of a Chinese character.[1] |
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| 609．Daian-ji ・ |
| 34°40′05″N 135°48′46″E / 34.668°N 135.812722°E / 34.668; 135.812722 Daian-ji (大安寺) was founded during the Asuka period and is one of the Seven Great Temples of Nara, Japan. |
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| 610．Chikurin-ji ・ |
| Chikurin-ji (竹林寺) is a Buddhist temple in Ikoma, Nara, Japan. The main object of worship (本尊) is Monju Bosatsu (Manjushri). |
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| 611．Chūgū-ji ・ |
| Chūgū-ji (中宮寺) is a temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan, that was founded as a nunnery in the seventh century by Shōtoku Taishi. Located immediately to the northeast of Hōryū-ji, its statue of Miroku and Tenjukoku mandala are National Treasures. |
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| 612．Chōgaku-ji ・ ・Buddhist |
| Chōgaku-ji (Japanese: 長岳寺) is a Japanese Buddhist temple of the Kōyasan Shingon-shū sect in the city of Tenri in Nara Prefecture, Japan.[1] It is located within Yamato-Aogaki Quasi-National Park[2] along the Yamanobe no michi (Japanese: 山辺の道), the oldest road in Japan,[3] at the foot of Mt. Ryūō in the Sanuki Mountains.[4] The temple is the fourth of the thirteen Buddhist sites of Yamato,[5] and the nineteenth of the twenty-five Kansai flower temples.[1] |
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| 613．Chōgosonshi-ji ・2280-1, Oaza ShigisanHeguri, Ikoma-gun Nara Prefecture 636-0923 ・Shigi-san Shingon Buddhism |
| Chōgosonshi-ji (朝護孫子寺, popularly called Shigisan (信貴山) is a Buddhist temple in Ikoma, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It was established in 587. |
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| 614．Tōshōdai-ji ・13–46 Gojō-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Risshū |
| Tōshōdai-ji (唐招提寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Risshū sect in the city of Nara, in Nara Prefecture, Japan. The Classic Golden Hall, also known as the kondō, has a single story, hipped tiled roof with a seven bay wide facade. It is considered the archetype of "classical style". It was founded in 759 by the Tang dynasty Chinese monk Jianzhen during the Nara period. Jianzhen was hired by the newly empowered clans to travel in search of funding from private aristocrats as well. |
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| 615．Tōdai-ji ・ Japan 1 Zōshi-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Kegon |
| Tōdai-ji (東大寺, Todaiji temple, "Eastern Great Temple") is a Buddhist temple complex that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, located in the city of Nara, Japan. Though it was originally founded in the year 738 CE, Tōdai-ji was not opened until the year 752 CE. The construcion of the temple was an attempt to imitate Chinese temples from the much-admired Tang dynasty. The temple has undergone several reconstructions since then, with the most significant reconstruction (that of the Great Buddha Hall) taking place in 1709.[1] Its Great Buddha Hall (大仏殿 Daibutsuden) houses the world's largest bronze statue of the Buddha Vairocana, known in Japanese as Daibutsu (大仏). The temple also serves as the Japanese headquarters of the Kegon school of Buddhism. The temple is a listed UNESCO World Heritage Site as one of the "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara", together with seven other sites including temples, shrines and places in the city of Nara. |
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| 616．Hannya-ji ・221 Hannyaji-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Shingon Ritsu |
| Hannya-ji (般若寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon Ritsu sect in Nara, Japan. Its foundation is variously dated, but mention in a document in the Shōsōin provides a terminus ante quem of the mid-eighth century. |
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| 617．Byakugō-ji ・392 Byakugōji-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Shingon Risshū |
| Byakugō-ji (白毫寺) is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan. A number of wooden statues of the Heian and Kamakura periods have been designated Important Cultural Properties and the temple's five-coloured camellias are a Prefectural Natural Monument.[1][2] |
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| 618．Futai-ji ・ ・Buddhist |
| Futai-ji (不退寺), also known as Narihira-dera (業平寺), is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan. The temple was opened by Ariwara no Narihira in 847, known as the author of the Tales of Ise. The temple was built over a place where it was formerly a mansion of Narihira's grandfather, former Emperor Heizei. The main hall houses a Shō-kannon (聖観音) (a form of Avalokiteśvara or Guan Yin) buddha image as its primary worship object, surrounded by five Myo-O, as well as a small Shinto shrine also inside the same building. |
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| 619．Hokki-ji ・1873 Okamoto, Ikaruga-chō, Ikoma-gun, Nara Prefecture ・Shōtoku-shū |
| Hokki-ji or Hōki-ji (法起寺, the ‘temple of the Arising Dharma’)[1] – formerly known as Okamoto-dera (岡本寺) and Ikejiri-dera (池後寺) – is a Buddhist temple in Okamoto, Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The temple's honorary sangō prefix is "Kōhonzan" (岡本山), although it is rarely used. The temple was constructed to honor Avalokitesvara, and an 11-faced statue of the goddess is the primary object of worship in the temple. Hokki-ji is often considered to be one of the seven great temples founded by Prince Shōtoku, but in fact the temple was not completed until some decades after his death. In 1993, it was registered together with Hōryū-ji as an UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area. |
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| 620．Hōzan-ji ・1-1 Monzen-chō, Ikoma, Nara Prefecture ・Shingon Ritsu |
| Hōzan-ji (宝山寺 Hōzan-ji) is a Buddhist temple in Monzen-machi, Ikoma, Nara, Japan. Though officially dedicated to the deity Acala (Fudō Myōō), the temple serves as a cult-center of the deity Kangiten (Shoten) and is also called 'Ikoma-Shōten' (生駒聖天). |
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| 621．Hōryū-ji ・1-1 Hōryū-ji Sannai, Ikaruga-chō, Ikoma-gun, Nara Prefecture ・Shōtoku |
| Hōryū-ji (Japanese: 法隆寺, Hepburn: Temple of the Flourishing Dharma) is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Its full name is Hōryū Gakumonji (法隆学問寺), or Learning Temple of the Flourishing Law, the complex serving as both a seminary and monastery. |
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| 622．Hokke-ji ・882 Hokkeji-chō, Nara-shi, Nara-ken ・Kōmyō |
| Hokke-ji (法華寺, Hokke-ji), is a Buddhist temple in the city of Nara, Japan. Hokke-ji was built by Empress Kōmyō in 745, originally as a nunnery temple on the grounds where her father Fujiwara no Fuhito's mansion stood. According to records kept by the temple, the initial construction went on until around 782. It once had a large complex with several halls, gates, and two pagodas. |
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| 623．Murō-ji ・Uda, Nara Prefecture ・Buddhism |
| Murō-ji (Japanese: 室生寺) is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Shingon school, located in the city of Uda, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The temple shows typical aspects of Shingon Buddhism, with its buildings laid on the mountainside of Mount Murō (室生山, Murō-san), and historically served as a place of worship for the Japanese dragon Zennyo Ryūō (善如龍王), associated with rain prayers. |
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| 624．Yakushi-ji ・457 Nishinokyō-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Hossō |
| Yakushi-ji (薬師寺) is one of the most famous imperial and ancient Buddhist temples in Japan, and was once one of the Seven Great Temples of Nanto, located in Nara. The temple is the headquarters of the Hossō school of Japanese Buddhism. Yakushi-ji is one of the sites that are collectively inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name of "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara."[1] |
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| 625．Ryōsen-ji (Nara) ・3879 Nakamachi, Nara631-0052 ・Ryōsen-ji Shingon Buddhism |
| Ryōsen-ji (霊山寺) is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan. Founded in the eighth century, the Hondō is a National Treasure and a number of other buildings and temple treasures have been designated Important Cultural Properties. |
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| 626．Ōno-ji ・ |
| Ōno-ji or Ōno-dera (大野寺) is a temple of the Shingon school of Buddhism, located in the city of Uda, Nara Prefecture, Japan. According to legend and myth, the temple was first opened by En no Gyōja in 681, rendered west entrance to Murō-ji by Kūkai in 824, then later became known with its current name. |
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| 627．Gangō-ji ・11 Chūin-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Shingon Ritsu |
| Gangō-ji (元興寺) is an ancient Buddhist temple, that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, in Nara, Japan. |
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| 628．Murō-ji ・Uda, Nara Prefecture ・Buddhism |
| Murō-ji (Japanese: 室生寺) is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Shingon school, located in the city of Uda, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The temple shows typical aspects of Shingon Buddhism, with its buildings laid on the mountainside of Mount Murō (室生山, Murō-san), and historically served as a place of worship for the Japanese dragon Zennyo Ryūō (善如龍王), associated with rain prayers. |
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| 629．Ryōsen-ji (Nara) ・3879 Nakamachi, Nara631-0052 ・Ryōsen-ji Shingon Buddhism |
| Ryōsen-ji (霊山寺) is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan. Founded in the eighth century, the Hondō is a National Treasure and a number of other buildings and temple treasures have been designated Important Cultural Properties. |
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| 630．Nanto Shichi Daiji ・ |
| Nanto Shichi Daiji (南都七大寺), literally "the seven great temples of the southern capital (meaning the city of Nara)", is a historical common name generally referring to the powerful and influential seven Buddhist temples located in the Nara prefecture. There have been some changes as to which temples are included over the years, since there have been fluctuations in power. The following is a list as it stood at the early stage, all of which were originally built by imperial order:[1] |
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| 631．Akishino-dera ・757 Akishino-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Buddhism |
| Akishino-dera (秋篠寺) is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan. Founded in the eighth century, its Kamakura-period Hondō is a National Treasure. |
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| 632．Enjō-ji ・1273 Ninnikusen-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Omuro Shingon |
| Enjō-ji (円成寺) is a Shingon temple in the northeast of Nara, Japan. A number of its buildings and images have been designated National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties, and its late-Heian period gardens are a Place of Scenic Beauty. |
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| 633．Enshō-ji (Nara) ・ |
| Enshō-ji (圓照寺 or 円照寺) is a Buddhist temple complex in Nara founded by Queen Bunchi, daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo, in 1656. Together with Chūgū-ji and Hokke-ji, it is considered one of the Three Yamato Monzeki (大和三門跡), or imperial temples, belonging to the Myōshin-ji school of Rinzai Zen.[1] The temple served as model for Gesshū-ji (月修寺) in Yukio Mishima's Spring Snow and was used as one of the locations for the filming of its 2005 dramatization. |
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| 634．Gangō-ji ・11 Chūin-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Shingon Ritsu |
| Gangō-ji (元興寺) is an ancient Buddhist temple, that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, in Nara, Japan. |
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| 635．Kikō-ji ・508 Sugawara-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Hossō |
| Kikō-ji (喜光寺) is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan. Founded in the eighth century, its Muromachi-period Hondō and the Heian-period statue of Amida Nyorai enshrined within are Important Cultural Properties. |
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| 636．Kōfuku-ji ・48 Noboriōji-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Hossō |
| Kōfuku-ji (興福寺, Kōfuku-ji) is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples in the city of Nara, Japan. The temple is the national headquarters of the Hossō school. |
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| 637．Saidai-ji ・1-1-5 Saidaiji Shibachō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Shingon Ritsu |
| Saidai-ji (西大寺) or the "Great Western Temple" is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples in the city of Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The temple was first established in AD 765 as a counterpart to Tōdai-ji and it is the main temple of the Shingon Risshu (真言律宗) sect of Buddhism after the sect's founder, Eison (叡尊), took over administration in 1238.[1] It has undergone several reconstruction efforts since then during the succeeding centuries. |
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| 638．Shōryaku-ji ・157 Bodaisen-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Bodaisen Shingon |
| Shōryaku-ji (正暦寺) is a Shingon temple in the southeast of Nara, Japan. Founded in 992, it is the head temple of the Bodaisen Shingon sect.[1] |
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| 639．Shin-Yakushi-ji ・1352 Takabatake-chō, Nara-shi, Nara-ken630-8301 ・Kegon sect |
| Shin-Yakushi-ji (新薬師寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Kegon sect in Nara, Japan. It was founded in 747 by Empress Kōmyō. Initially a large complete Shichidō garan temple, it suffered from fire damage and deteriorated during the Heian period. The temple was revived during the Kamakura period. Only one building, the present main hall or Hon-dō (本堂), has survived from the 8th century. All other structures date to the Kamakura period. |
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| 640．Daian-ji ・ |
| 34°40′05″N 135°48′46″E / 34.668°N 135.812722°E / 34.668; 135.812722 Daian-ji (大安寺) was founded during the Asuka period and is one of the Seven Great Temples of Nara, Japan. |
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| 641．Tōshōdai-ji ・13–46 Gojō-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Risshū |
| Tōshōdai-ji (唐招提寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Risshū sect in the city of Nara, in Nara Prefecture, Japan. The Classic Golden Hall, also known as the kondō, has a single story, hipped tiled roof with a seven bay wide facade. It is considered the archetype of "classical style". It was founded in 759 by the Tang dynasty Chinese monk Jianzhen during the Nara period. Jianzhen was hired by the newly empowered clans to travel in search of funding from private aristocrats as well. |
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| 642．Tōdai-ji ・ Japan 1 Zōshi-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Kegon |
| Tōdai-ji (東大寺, Todaiji temple, "Eastern Great Temple") is a Buddhist temple complex that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, located in the city of Nara, Japan. Though it was originally founded in the year 738 CE, Tōdai-ji was not opened until the year 752 CE. The construcion of the temple was an attempt to imitate Chinese temples from the much-admired Tang dynasty. The temple has undergone several reconstructions since then, with the most significant reconstruction (that of the Great Buddha Hall) taking place in 1709.[1] Its Great Buddha Hall (大仏殿 Daibutsuden) houses the world's largest bronze statue of the Buddha Vairocana, known in Japanese as Daibutsu (大仏). The temple also serves as the Japanese headquarters of the Kegon school of Buddhism. The temple is a listed UNESCO World Heritage Site as one of the "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara", together with seven other sites including temples, shrines and places in the city of Nara. |
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| 643．Hannya-ji ・221 Hannyaji-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Shingon Ritsu |
| Hannya-ji (般若寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon Ritsu sect in Nara, Japan. Its foundation is variously dated, but mention in a document in the Shōsōin provides a terminus ante quem of the mid-eighth century. |
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| 644．Byakugō-ji ・392 Byakugōji-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Shingon Risshū |
| Byakugō-ji (白毫寺) is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan. A number of wooden statues of the Heian and Kamakura periods have been designated Important Cultural Properties and the temple's five-coloured camellias are a Prefectural Natural Monument.[1][2] |
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| 645．Futai-ji ・ ・Buddhist |
| Futai-ji (不退寺), also known as Narihira-dera (業平寺), is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan. The temple was opened by Ariwara no Narihira in 847, known as the author of the Tales of Ise. The temple was built over a place where it was formerly a mansion of Narihira's grandfather, former Emperor Heizei. The main hall houses a Shō-kannon (聖観音) (a form of Avalokiteśvara or Guan Yin) buddha image as its primary worship object, surrounded by five Myo-O, as well as a small Shinto shrine also inside the same building. |
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| 646．Hokke-ji ・882 Hokkeji-chō, Nara-shi, Nara-ken ・Kōmyō |
| Hokke-ji (法華寺, Hokke-ji), is a Buddhist temple in the city of Nara, Japan. Hokke-ji was built by Empress Kōmyō in 745, originally as a nunnery temple on the grounds where her father Fujiwara no Fuhito's mansion stood. According to records kept by the temple, the initial construction went on until around 782. It once had a large complex with several halls, gates, and two pagodas. |
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| 647．Yakushi-ji ・457 Nishinokyō-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Hossō |
| Yakushi-ji (薬師寺) is one of the most famous imperial and ancient Buddhist temples in Japan, and was once one of the Seven Great Temples of Nanto, located in Nara. The temple is the headquarters of the Hossō school of Japanese Buddhism. Yakushi-ji is one of the sites that are collectively inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name of "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara."[1] |
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| 648．Ryōsen-ji (Nara) ・3879 Nakamachi, Nara631-0052 ・Ryōsen-ji Shingon Buddhism |
| Ryōsen-ji (霊山寺) is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan. Founded in the eighth century, the Hondō is a National Treasure and a number of other buildings and temple treasures have been designated Important Cultural Properties. |
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| 649．Hōryū-ji ・1-1 Hōryū-ji Sannai, Ikaruga-chō, Ikoma-gun, Nara Prefecture ・Shōtoku |
| Hōryū-ji (Japanese: 法隆寺, Hepburn: Temple of the Flourishing Dharma) is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Its full name is Hōryū Gakumonji (法隆学問寺), or Learning Temple of the Flourishing Law, the complex serving as both a seminary and monastery. |
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| 650．Tōdai-ji ・ Japan 1 Zōshi-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Kegon |
| Tōdai-ji (東大寺, Todaiji temple, "Eastern Great Temple") is a Buddhist temple complex that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, located in the city of Nara, Japan. Though it was originally founded in the year 738 CE, Tōdai-ji was not opened until the year 752 CE. The construcion of the temple was an attempt to imitate Chinese temples from the much-admired Tang dynasty. The temple has undergone several reconstructions since then, with the most significant reconstruction (that of the Great Buddha Hall) taking place in 1709.[1] Its Great Buddha Hall (大仏殿 Daibutsuden) houses the world's largest bronze statue of the Buddha Vairocana, known in Japanese as Daibutsu (大仏). The temple also serves as the Japanese headquarters of the Kegon school of Buddhism. The temple is a listed UNESCO World Heritage Site as one of the "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara", together with seven other sites including temples, shrines and places in the city of Nara. |
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| 651．Tamukeyama Hachimangū ・ ・Shinto |
| Tamukeyama Hachiman Shrine (手向山八幡宮, Tamukeyama Hachimangū) is a Shinto shrine near Tōdai-ji, Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is a Hachiman shrine, dedicated to the kami Hachiman. It was established in 749. Kami enshrined here include Emperor Ojin, Emperor Nintoku, Empress Jingū and Emperor Chūai in addition to Hachiman. |
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| 652．Shōsōin ・ |
| The Shōsō-in (正倉院) is the treasure house of Tōdai-ji Temple in Nara, Japan.[1][2] The building is in the azekura (log-cabin) style with a raised floor. It lies to the northwest of the Great Buddha Hall. The Shōsō-in houses artifacts connected to Emperor Shōmu (聖武天皇)(701–756) and Empress Kōmyō (光明皇后)(701–760), as well as arts and crafts of the Tempyō (天平) era of Japanese history. |
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| 653．Shōsōin ・ |
| The Shōsō-in (正倉院) is the treasure house of Tōdai-ji Temple in Nara, Japan.[1][2] The building is in the azekura (log-cabin) style with a raised floor. It lies to the northwest of the Great Buddha Hall. The Shōsō-in houses artifacts connected to Emperor Shōmu (聖武天皇)(701–756) and Empress Kōmyō (光明皇后)(701–760), as well as arts and crafts of the Tempyō (天平) era of Japanese history. |
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| 654．Gangō-ji ・11 Chūin-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Shingon Ritsu |
| Gangō-ji (元興寺) is an ancient Buddhist temple, that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, in Nara, Japan. |
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| 655．Asuka-dera ・ ・Shingon-shu Buzan-ha |
| 34°28′43″N 135°49′13″E / 34.478731°N 135.820214°E / 34.478731; 135.820214 Asuka-dera (飛鳥寺), also known as Hōkō-ji (法興寺), is a Buddhist temple in Asuka, Nara. Asuka-dera is regarded as one of the oldest temples in Japan. |
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| 656．Gagoze ・ |
| Gagoze (元興寺), also gagoji, guwagoze, gangō, and gangōji no oni (元興寺の鬼, the oni of gangōji) is a yōkai said to have appeared at Gangō-ji in the Nara Prefecture around the Asuka period. It can also be found in the text of the Heian period Nihon Ryōiki (in the story, 雷の憙を得て生ま令めし子の強き力在る縁," On a Boy of Great Strength Who Was Born of the Thunder’s Rejoicing"), the Honchō Monzui, among others.[1] In classical yōkai drawings such as the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Toriyama Sekien, it is depicted as an oni with the appearance of a monk. |
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| 657．Kōfuku-ji ・48 Noboriōji-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Hossō |
| Kōfuku-ji (興福寺, Kōfuku-ji) is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples in the city of Nara, Japan. The temple is the national headquarters of the Hossō school. |
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| 658．Gansen-ji ・ ・Buddhist |
| Gansen-ji (Japanese: 岩船寺) is a Japanese Buddhist temple of the Shingon Risshu sect in the city of Kizugawa in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The temple is known for its hydrangea gardens, and is the fifteenth of the twenty-five Kansai flower temples,[1] a multi-sect association of twenty-five Japanese Buddhist temples in the Kansai region that are known for their flower and foliage displays.[2] |
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| 659．Yakushi-ji ・457 Nishinokyō-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Hossō |
| Yakushi-ji (薬師寺) is one of the most famous imperial and ancient Buddhist temples in Japan, and was once one of the Seven Great Temples of Nanto, located in Nara. The temple is the headquarters of the Hossō school of Japanese Buddhism. Yakushi-ji is one of the sites that are collectively inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name of "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara."[1] |
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| 660．Hōryū-ji ・1-1 Hōryū-ji Sannai, Ikaruga-chō, Ikoma-gun, Nara Prefecture ・Shōtoku |
| Hōryū-ji (Japanese: 法隆寺, Hepburn: Temple of the Flourishing Dharma) is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Its full name is Hōryū Gakumonji (法隆学問寺), or Learning Temple of the Flourishing Law, the complex serving as both a seminary and monastery. |
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| 661．Hokki-ji ・1873 Okamoto, Ikaruga-chō, Ikoma-gun, Nara Prefecture ・Shōtoku-shū |
| Hokki-ji or Hōki-ji (法起寺, the ‘temple of the Arising Dharma’)[1] – formerly known as Okamoto-dera (岡本寺) and Ikejiri-dera (池後寺) – is a Buddhist temple in Okamoto, Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The temple's honorary sangō prefix is "Kōhonzan" (岡本山), although it is rarely used. The temple was constructed to honor Avalokitesvara, and an 11-faced statue of the goddess is the primary object of worship in the temple. Hokki-ji is often considered to be one of the seven great temples founded by Prince Shōtoku, but in fact the temple was not completed until some decades after his death. In 1993, it was registered together with Hōryū-ji as an UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area. |
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| 662．Hōryū-ji ・1-1 Hōryū-ji Sannai, Ikaruga-chō, Ikoma-gun, Nara Prefecture ・Shōtoku |
| Hōryū-ji (Japanese: 法隆寺, Hepburn: Temple of the Flourishing Dharma) is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Its full name is Hōryū Gakumonji (法隆学問寺), or Learning Temple of the Flourishing Law, the complex serving as both a seminary and monastery. |
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