Kimpusen-ji Temple
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is the head temple of a branch of the Shugendō religion called Kinpusen-Shugendō in Yoshino district, Nara Prefecture, Japan. According to tradition, it was founded by En no Gyōja, who propagated a form of mountain asceticism drawing from Shinto, Taoism and Buddhist beliefs. Along with Ōminesan-ji Temple, it is considered the most important temple in Shugendō.
Key facts
- Religious building.name
- Kinpusen-ji金峯山寺
- Religious building.image
- Kinpusenji Yoshino Nara02n4272.jpg
- Religious building.image_size
- 300
- Religious building.caption
- "Zaō-Hall" (Zaōdō), a National Treasure
- Religious building.location
- 2498 Mount Yoshino, Yoshino, Yoshino district, Nara Prefecture
- Religious building.religious_affiliation
- Kinpusen-Shugendō
- Religious building.deity
- Zaō gongen (蔵王権現)
- Religious building.country
- Japan
- Religious building.website
- http://www.kinpusen.or.jp/In Japanese
- Religious building.founded_by
- En no Gyōja
- Religious building.year_completed
- Second half of 7th century
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Buddhist temple
- Religion
- Shugendō
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Yoshino
- Area
- 0.9
- Founded by
- En no Gyōja
- Dedicated to
- Zaō Gongen
- Official website
- www.kinpusen.or.jp/english
- Image
- Kinpusenji Yoshino Nara02n4272.jpg
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- inception
- 0700-00-00
- Commons category
- Kinpusenji
- located in/on physical feature
- Mount Yoshino
- native label
- 金峯山寺
- webcam page URL
- web1.kcn.jp/kinpusen/cgi-bin
- street address
- 2498, Ōaza Yoshinoya, Yoshino-chō, Nara-ken 639-3115
- postal code
- 639-3115
- phone number
- +81-746-32-8371
- fee
- 400
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is the head temple of a branch of the Shugendō religion called Kinpusen-Shugendō in Yoshino district, Nara Prefecture, Japan. According to tradition, it was founded by En no Gyōja, who propagated a form of mountain asceticism drawing from Shinto, Taoism and Buddhist beliefs. Along with Ōminesan-ji Temple, it is considered the most important temple in Shugendō.
The temple's main building, the "Zaō-Hall" (Zaōdō) dedicated to Zaō gongen (蔵王権現), is the second largest wooden structure in Japan after the Great Buddha Hall at Tōdai-ji in Nara. Kinpusen-ji is a junction in a series of stops on pilgrimage routes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kimpusen-ji Temple” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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