Kōshō-ji (Kyōto)

Kōshō-ji is the name of numerous

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. Below is an incomplete list: * Kōshōhōrin-ji, also called Kōshō-ji for short, a Sōtō Zen temple established in 1243 by Eihei Dōgen in Fukakusa, Kyoto; it no longer exists * Kōshō-ji (Uji), a Sōtō Zen temple established in 1649 in honor of Dōgen's original temple in

Uji is a city on the southern outskirts of the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Founded on March 1, 1951, Uji is between the two ancient capitals of Nara and Kyoto. The city sits on the Uji River, which has its source in Lake Biwa ...

Kōshō-ji (Kyōto) Kōshō-ji is the name of numerous Buddhist temples in Japan. Below is an incomplete list: *Kōshōhōrin-ji, also called Kōshō-ji for short, a Sōtō Zen temple established in 1243 by Eihei Dōgen in Fukakusa, Kyoto; it no longer exists *Kōsh ...

, the head temple of the Kōshō-ji branch of

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Kōshō-ji, Nagoya Kōshō-ji (興正寺) is a Shingon Buddhist temple located in Yagoto, Nagoya, in central Japan. It belongs to the Owari Thirty-three Kannon. History The temple was established by the Tokugawa clan and dates to the 17th century. The temple a ...

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Shingon is one of the major schools of Buddhism in Japan and one of the few surviving Vajrayana lineages in East Asian Buddhism. It is a form of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism and is sometimes called "Tōmitsu" (東密 lit. "Esoteric uddhismof Tō- ...

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Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the list of cities in Japan, fourth-most populous city in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020, and the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the List of ...

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temple in Esashi,

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Sōtō Zen Sōtō Zen or is the largest of the three traditional sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism (the others being Rinzai school, Rinzai and Ōbaku). It is the Japanese line of the Chinese Caodong school, Cáodòng school, which was founded during the ...

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Jōsō is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 59,314 in 21,168 households and a population density of 480 persons per km2. The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 38.8%. The total area of t ...

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Kinugawa River , is a river on the main island of Honshu in Japan. It flows from the north to the south on the Kantō plain, merging with . At 176.7 km in length, it is the longest tributary of Tone-gawa. From ancient times, it has been known to cause flood ...

Kōshō-ji (Chikuma) Kōshō-ji is the name of numerous Buddhist temples in Japan. Below is an incomplete list: *Kōshōhōrin-ji, also called Kōshō-ji for short, a Sōtō Zen temple established in 1243 by Eihei Dōgen in Fukakusa, Kyoto; it no longer exists *Kōsh ...

, a Jōdo Shū temple in

Chikuma, Nagano is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 58,124 in 22,407 households, and a population density of . The total area of the city was . Geography Chikuma is located in the Chikuma River valley, sout ...

, famous for its ansu apricots * Kōshō-ji (Yokkaichi), a Shinshū Takada-ha temple in

Yokkaichi is a Cities of Japan, city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 310,259 in 142162 households and a population density of 1500 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Yokkaichi is located ...

Mie prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Mie Prefecture has a population of 1,781,948 () and has a geographic area of . Mie Prefecture is bordered by Gifu Prefecture to the north, Shiga Prefecture an ...

Kōshō-ji (Shimogyō-ku) Kōshō-ji is the name of numerous Buddhist temples in Japan. Below is an incomplete list: * Kōshōhōrin-ji, also called Kōshō-ji for short, a Sōtō Zen temple established in 1243 by Eihei Dōgen in Fukakusa, Kyoto; it no longer exists * K� ...

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Shinshū Kōshō-ha or is an old province of Japan that is now Nagano Prefecture. Shinano bordered Echigo, Etchū, Hida, Kai, Kōzuke, Mikawa, Mino, Musashi, Suruga, and Tōtōmi Provinces. The ancient capital was located near modern-day Matsumoto, whi ...

temple in Shimogyō-ku,

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 ...

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