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Kajū-ji
, also sometimes spelled "Kwajū-ji"Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1956). ''Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869'', p. 115. or "Kanshu-ji, is a Shingon Buddhism in Japan, Buddhist Buddhist temples in Japan, temple in Yamashina-ku, Kyoto, Japan.Kyoto Prefectural Government Tourism Division Kajū-ji. History A temple has existed on this site from as early as 900 AD.Japanese Garden Research Network Kajū-ji. Kajū-ji, known familiarly as "Kikki-san," was founded by Emperor Daigo. This site is said to have been chosen because the mother of the emperor had lived a significant part of her life in this place; and after her death, the temple was established in her memory. The temple was destroyed in 1470 during the Onin War and then later restored by the Tokugawa family and the Imperial Household. Successive head priests have been drawn directly from the Imperial family. Mito Mitsukuni (popularly known as Mito Komon) is said to have donated the stone lantern in front of the ''Shoin'' ...
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List Of Buddhist Temples In Kyoto
There are 1,600 Buddhist temples scattered throughout the Kyoto Prefecture, prefecture of Kyoto. Nara period in Kyoto (710-794) * , also known as or . * Otagi Nenbutsu-ji, Otagi Nenbutsuji Temple Heian period in Kyoto (794-1229) * , also known as the .Ponsonby-Fane, p. 110. * . * . * , formally identified as .Ponsonby-Fane, p. 111. — World Historical Heritage Site* .* . * , formally identified as . **, destroyed in 1233 and never rebuilt. * .Ponsonby-Fane, p. 112. * .* .Ponsonby-Fane, p. 113. * , after 986 known more popularly as . * .Ponsonby-Fane, p. 114. **.Takagaki, Cary Shinji. (1999)"The Rokusho-ji, the six superiority temples of Heian Japan," p. 2./ref> **. **. **. **. **. * .Ponsonby-Fane, p. 115. * , also spelled Kwajū-ji. * , formally identified as . * . * . Hōjō in the Kamakura period in Kyoto (1221-1333) * . * . * , formerly . * . * . * Ryūhon-ji. * . * Nishi Otani Betsuin. Ashikaga in the Muromachi period in Kyoto (1333-1582) * Tōjo-in. * ...
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