Hōgon-ji Temple
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right|thumb|from the picture album "Kannon Reigen ki"
Key facts
- Religious building.name
- Hōgon-ji
- Religious building.native_name
- 宝厳寺
- Religious building.image
- Chikubu island03s3200.jpg
- Religious building.caption
- Hōgon-ji Precincts
- Religious building.map_type
- Japan Shiga Prefecture#Japan
- Religious building.relief
- 1
- Religious building.location
- 664 Hayasakicho, Nagahama-shi, Shiga-ken
- Religious building.religious_affiliation
- Buddhist
- Religious building.rite
- Shingon-shū Buzan-ha
- Religious building.deity
- Benzaiten
- Religious building.country
- Japan
- Religious building.functional_status
- functional
- Religious building.founded_by
- c.Gyōki
- Religious building.year_completed
- c.724
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Nagahama
- Body of water
- Lake Biwa
- Founded by
- Gyōki
- Dedicated to
- Benzaiten
- Official website
- www.chikubushima.jp/english
- Image
- Hogonji114520.jpg
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- street address
- 〒526-0124 滋賀県長浜市早崎町1664
- located in/on physical feature
- Chikubu Island
- Commons category
- Hōgon-ji
- heritage designation
- National Treasure of Japan
- inception
- 0724-00-00
- native label
- 宝厳寺
- name in kana
- ほうごんじ
- ground level 360 degree view URL
- aitrec.jp/TagengoPJ/Chikubushima/VR/top/E3DMap.html
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Overview
- History
- Architectural style
- Hondō
- Karamon Gate
- Hogon-ji's pagoda
- Hogon-ji's treasure house
- Cultural Properties
- National Treasures
- National Important Cultural Properties
- National Registered Tangible Cultural Property
- Shiga Prefecture Designated Tangible Cultural Properties
- Nagahama City Designated Tangible Cultural Properties
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
right|thumb|from the picture album "Kannon Reigen ki"
is a Buddhist temple located on Chikubushima in the city of Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Shingon-shū Buzan-ha sect of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is a hibutsu statue of Benzaiten. The temple's full name is Iwakin-san Hōgon-ji (巖金山 寶嚴寺), but it is popularly known as the "Chikubushima Kannon". The temple is the 30th stop on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage route.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hōgon-ji Temple” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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