Manju-ji
Sign in to saveis a Rinzai Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku Kyoto, Japan. Owing to the influence of the Ashikaga, Manju-ji was designated a Jissatsu temple for a time. At present, it is a sub-temple of Tōfuku-ji. It is considered to be one of the so-called Kyoto Gozan or "five great Zen temples of Kyoto".
Key facts
- Religious building.name
- Manju-ji万寿寺
- Religious building.image
- File:Manju-ji Main Building.JPG
- Religious building.location
- 15-Chōme 786 Honmachi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyōto, Kyoto Prefecture
- Religious building.religious_affiliation
- Tōfuku-ji Rinzai
- Religious building.deity
- Amida Nyorai (Amitābha)
- Religious building.country
- Japan
- Religious building.functional_status
- Five Mountain Temple (Kyoto)
- Religious building.founded_by
- Emperor Shirakawa
- Religious building.year_completed
- Heian period (late 13th century)
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Higashiyama-ku
- Founded by
- Emperor Shirakawa
- Dedicated to
- Amitābha Buddha
- Image
- Manju-ji Main Building Ground Floor.JPG
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- Manju-ji
- inception
- 1096-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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is a Rinzai Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku Kyoto, Japan. Owing to the influence of the Ashikaga, Manju-ji was designated a Jissatsu temple for a time. At present, it is a sub-temple of Tōfuku-ji. It is considered to be one of the so-called Kyoto Gozan or "five great Zen temples of Kyoto".
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Manju-ji” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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