opened in
Kyoto
Kyoto ( or ; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. , the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it t ...
, Japan, in 2003. The
Ōtani University
is a private Buddhism, Buddhist university in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Ōtani University is a coeducation institution with an emphasis on Buddhist studies. A two-year private junior college is associated with the university. The university is asso ...
collection, which relates in particular to
Shin Buddhist culture, includes ten
Important Cultural Properties. Among these are the February 1041 (
Chōkyū
was a after '' Chōryaku'' and before '' Kantoku.'' This period spanned the years from November 1040 through November 1044. The reigning emperor was .
Change of era
* 1040 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. T ...
2) portion of , the diary of ; the oldest surviving edition of
Kukai's ''Kōya zappitsu-shū''; and ''Jichin Kashō-den'', a biography of
Jien
was a Japanese poet, historian, and Buddhist monk.
Biography
Jien was the son of Fujiwara no Tadamichi, a member of the Fujiwara clan of powerful aristocrats. His brother was the future regent Fujiwara no Kanezane. Jien became a Tendai mon ...
.
See also
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Kyoto National Museum
The is one of the major art museums in Japan. Located in Kyoto's Higashiyama ward, the museum focuses on pre-modern Japanese and Asian art.
History
The Kyoto National Museum, then the Imperial Museum of Kyoto, was proposed, along with the Imp ...
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Daitoku-ji
is a Rinzai school Zen Buddhist temple in the Murasakino neighborhood of Kita-ku in the city of Kyoto Japan. Its ('' sangō'') is . The Daitoku-ji temple complex is one of the largest Zen temples in Kyoto, covering more than . In addition to ...
References
External links
Ōtani University Facilities*
Museums in Kyoto
Museums established in 2003
2003 establishments in Japan
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