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  2. List of Buddhist temples in Kyoto - Wikipedia

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    There are 1,600 Buddhist temples scattered throughout the prefecture of Kyoto. [1] Nara period in Kyoto (710-794) ... Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869.

  3. Kiyomizu-dera - Wikipedia

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    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).

  4. Kinkaku-ji - Wikipedia

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    '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]

  5. Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Kyoto - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Daigo-ji - Wikipedia

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    Daigo-ji (Japanese: 醍醐寺) is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Its main devotion 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]

  7. Tō-ji - Wikipedia

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    Tō-ji was founded in the early Heian period. [1] The temple dates from 796, two years after the capital moved to Heian-kyō.Together with its partner Sai-ji, and the temple Shingon-in (located in the Heian Palace), it was one of only three Buddhist temples allowed in the capital at the time and is the only of the three to survive to the present.