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List of Buddhist temples in Kyoto

List of Buddhist temples in Kyoto

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There are 1,600 Buddhist temples scattered throughout the prefecture of Kyoto.[1]

Nara period in Kyoto (710-794)

Heian period in Kyoto (794-1229)

Hōjō in the Kamakura period in Kyoto (1221-1333)

Ashikaga in the Muromachi period in Kyoto (1333-1582)

  • Tōjo-in.[22]
  • Tōjo-ji.[23]
  • Tenryū-ji (天龍寺, Tenryū-ji), formally identified as Tenryū Shiseizen-ji (天龍資聖禅寺, Tenryū Shiseizen-ji);[24] formerly on same site in 9th century, Danrin-ji (檀林寺, Danrin-ji)
  • Myōshin-ji (妙心寺, Myōshin-ji).[25]
  • Shōkoku-ji (相国寺, Shōkoku-ji), formally identified as Mannen-zan Shōkoku Shōten Zenji (萬年山相國承天禅寺, Mannen-zan Shōkoku Shōten Zenji).[26]
  • Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺, Kinkaku-ji) or the "Golden Pavilion Temple," formally identified as Rokuon-ji (鹿苑寺, Rokuon-ji).[27]
  • Ryōan-ji (竜安寺, Ryōan-ji).[28]
  • Ginkaku-ji (銀閣寺, Ginkaku-ji) or the "Temple of the Silver Pavilion," formally identified as Jishō-ji (慈照寺, Jishō-ji).[29] — World Historical Heritage Site
  • Honkoku-ji.[30]
  • Honnō-ji (本能寺, Honnō-ji).[31]

Azuchi-Momoyama period in Kyoto (1582-1615)

Edo period in Kyoto (1615-1869)

Chishaku-in

See also


Notes

  1. Sacred Destinations: Kyoto
  2. Kyoto: Saiho - ji. Archived 8 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 110.
  4. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 111.
  5. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 112.
  6. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 113.
  7. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 114.
  8. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 115.
  9. Asian Historical Architecture: Byōdō-in.
  10. Kyoto Travel: Sanjūsangen-dō. Archived 23 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  11. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 150.
  12. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 152.
  13. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 154.
  14. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 155.
  15. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 157.
  16. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 159.
  17. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 160.
  18. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 161.
  19. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 193.
  20. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 195.
  21. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 197.
  22. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 198.
  23. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 200.
  24. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 203.
  25. Moscher, Gouvernor. (1978). Kyoto: A Contemplative Guide, pp. 277-278.
  26. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 205.
  27. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 207.
  28. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 209.
  29. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 270.
  30. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 283.
  31. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 290.
  32. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 296.
  33. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 297.
  34. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 301.
  35. Asian Historical Architecture: Nishi Hongan-ji.
  36. Asian Historical Architecture: Higashi Hongan-ji.
  37. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 393.
  38. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 395.
  39. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 398.
  40. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 399.
  41. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 400.
  42. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 401.

References

  • Moscher, Gouvernor. (1978). Kyoto: A Contemplative Guide. Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8048-1294-8
  • Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869. Kyoto: The Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 36644
  • Iwao, Seiichi, Teizō Iyanaga, Susumu Ishii, Shōichirō Yoshida, et al. (2002). Dictionnaire historique du Japon. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. ISBN 978-2-7068-1632-1; OCLC 51096469
  • Richie, Donald. (1995). The Temples of Kyoto. Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8048-2032-5

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