Important Cultural Properties (Japan)

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Shinto shrine in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

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Buddhist temple in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

thumb|300 px|Taima-dera thumb|250 px|Taima-dera's twin pagodas is a Buddhist temple located in the Taima neighborhood of the city of Katsuragi, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Shingon and Jōdo traditions of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is the Taima Mandala, a graphical representation of the Pure Land. The temple's full name is Nijō-san Zenrin-ji (二上山 禅林寺).The temple is a pilgrimage site for Pure Land Buddhists, and for its connection to the legend of Princess Chūjō, as well as for its twin triple-story pagodas built in the Nara period to the early Heian period.

Shinto shrine in Kyoto, Japan

is a Shingon temple in Uzumasa, Ukyō Ward, Kyoto, Japan. The temple is also known by the names and , and was formerly known as , and .

is a Buddhist temple located in the Teramoto neighborhood of the city of Kawachinagano, Osaka Prefecture, in the Kansai region of Japan. It is one of the head temples of the Kōyasan Shingon-shū branch of Shingon Buddhism. The temple has several National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties. Its precincts were designated a National Historic Site in 1972. and a Japan Heritage site.

Shinto shrine in Shiogama, Miyagi prefecture, Japan

Shinto shrine in Shimane Prefecture, Japan

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is a Buddhist temple located in the Baba neighborhood of the city of Chōshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is an independent temple under Shingon Buddhism and its honzon is a statue of Jūichimen Kannon Bosatsu, also popularly known as the . The temples full name is . The temple is the 27th stop on the Bandō Sanjūsankasho pilgrimage route.

Shinto shrine in Ikku-shinane, Kōchi, Japan

railway museum in Kyoto, Japan

Japanese historical building and museum

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thumb|right|300px|Yashima-ji Main Hall (Japanese Buddhism)|Hondō (1618), an Important Cultural Property

is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The temple's full name is Taizō-zan Kannon-in Sugimoto-dera (大蔵山観音院杉本寺). It is one of the oldest temples in Kamakura and, together with Hōkai-ji, the only one of the Tendai denomination. The temple is Number one of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho pilgrimage circuit. Two of the three statues of Jūichimen Kannon Bosatsu it enshrines are Important Cultural Properties. Sugimoto-dera is nicknamed Geba Kannon ("Dismount Kannon"), because horsemen never failed to dismount from their steeds when they passed by. (According to a d

Shingon temple in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan, which is Temple 31 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage

Tekijuku (適塾) was a of Dutch studies (Rangaku) in Osaka, Japan. Ogata Kōan, a doctor and scholar of Rangaku, established it in 1838 during the Tenpō era of the late Edo period. Its official name was , named after one of Ogata's art names, . It was located in Osaka's traditional merchant neighborhood of on the main trading route between Nagasaki and Edo.

right|thumb|260px|Hall for Kangiten (Shoten)

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is a Tendai school monzeki temple in Ōhara, Kyoto, Japan. The Heian period triad of Amida Nyorai flanked by attendants is a National Treasure.

mid-13th century emaki, a Japanese picture scroll, inspired by the diary of Murasaki Shikibu

thumb|Statue of Gien, the temple's founder is a Buddhist temple located in the Oka neighborhood of the village of Asuka, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Shingon-shū Buzan-ha sect and its honzon is a clay statue of Nyōirin Kannon Bosatsu. The temple's full name is Tōkō-zan Shinjūin-in Ryūgai-ji (東光山 真珠院 龍蓋寺). The temple is the 7th stop on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage pilgrimage route.

is a Tendai school Buddhist temple in the town of Hidakagawa, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Founded in the Nara period, it has given its name to a number of plays, most notably the Noh drama Dōjōji. The temple has numerous statues which are designated National Treasures, or Important Cultural Properties, as well as several structures with the Important Cultural Property designation. The precincts of the temple were designated a National Historic Site in 2013.

Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan

Shinto shrine in Aso, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan

The is a Shingon Buddhist temple of the Kōyasan sect in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. It was established by Emperor Heizei's order in 807. Hayagriva is a principal image. The temple has undergone several reconstruction efforts since its founding, including the rebuilding of its Main Hall (which is a National Treasure of Japan) in 1300.

Buddhist temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan

thumb| thumb|1890 '''', also the Kurodani Temple'', is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. It is one of Head Temple of the Jōdo Sect of Buddhism.

The is a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji, a temple of the Rinzai school of Zen in Buddhism, one of the five most important Zen temples of Kyoto. The name means "The Academy of the Great Immortals." Daisen-in was founded by the Zen priest , and was built between 1509 and 1513. The Daisen-in is noted for its screen paintings and for its , or dry landscape garden.

thumb|260px|View of Nison-in's Main Hall (Japanese Buddhism)|Main Hall in Sagano, Kyoto is a Tendai Buddhist temple complex in Ukyō-ku, a western ward in the city of Kyoto, Japan. The temple's official name is . The temple is a popular destination during the Japanese maple viewing season (the momiji season).

Shinto shrine in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

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Shinto shrine in Tarui, Fuwa district, Gifu prefecture, Japan

thumb|Jison-in's Miroku-dō thumb|Jison-in's Tahō-tō, It was rebuilt in 1624 is a Buddhist temple in the town of Kudoyama that marks the entrance to the pilgrimage route of Koyasan.

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Shinto shrine in Ichinomiya, Aichi prefecture, Japan

thumb|right|300px|Ishite-ji Main Hall (Japanese Buddhism)|Hondō (late [[Kamakura period); an Important Cultural Property]] thumb|right|350px|Ishite-ji Niōmon (1318); a National Treasure thumb|right|350px|Ishite-ji three-storey Tō|pagoda and [[gorintō, both from the end of the Kamakura Period and Important Cultural Properties]]

Buddhist temple in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

painting by Ogata Kōrin

museum in Takamatsu, Japan

confucian temple in Taku, Saga, Japan

diary of Fujiwara no Sadaie (Teika)

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Buddhist temple in Kainan, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Shinto shrine in Miyazu, Kyōto prefecture, Japan

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Shingon temple in Nankoku, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan, which is Temple 29 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage

Shinto shrine in Yahiko

Shingon temple in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, which is Temple 80 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage

is a Shingon Buddhist temple located in the city of Uda, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It lays on the mountainside of and historically served as a place of worship for the Japanese dragon associated with rain prayers known as Zennyo Ryūō. Its is one of the oldest standing pagodas in Japan, dating its construction to the 9th century.

is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Shingon school of Japanese Buddhism, located in the city of Kōshū, Yamanashi, Japan. Its main image is a hibutsu statue of Yakushi Nyōrai, shown to the public every five years,

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Shinto shrine in Fukui Prefecture, Japan

15th century bronze bell in Okinawa, Japan

Shinto shrine in Tottori Prefecture, Japan