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Kyoto Temples Alphabetical listing for Kyoto Prefecture (127 as of 8 December 2012) Photos of temples, shrines and gardens in Kyoto Alphabetical listing of attractions, but includes at least 114 Temples in Kyoto Prefecture (as of 8 December 2012)
Kiyomizu-dera circa 1880 by Adolfo Farsari. The temple was established in 778, during the late Nara period, by Enchin Shonin, who was a priest from Nara (the capital of Japan from 710 to 784).
'Temple of the Golden Pavilion'), officially named Rokuon-ji (鹿苑寺, lit. ' Deer Garden Temple '), is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan and a tourist attraction. [2] It is designated as a World Heritage Site, a National Special Historic Site, a National Special Landscape, and one of the 17 Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto. [3]
Buddhist temple (jointly held by Jōdo shū and Tendai) 11th century - Heian period Uji, Kyoto: Originally an aristocratic villa in the nearby town of Uji, Kyoto, Byodoin became a Buddhist temple in 1052. The main hall (the Amida-dō, popularly known as Hōō-dō, or "Phoenix Hall") is the only remaining original building; the others were burnt ...
Chishaku-in temple Hōrin-ji Sennyuji butsuden. 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.
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.
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).
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