Okuno-in Temple
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Okunoin or Oku-no-in (, ) is a sacred Buddhist site and cemetery on Mount Kōya, in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Opened in 835, it houses the mausoleum of Kūkai, founder of the Shingon school of esoteric Buddhism. It is considered the largest cemetery in Japan, with more than two hundred thousand graves and memorial monuments.
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Kongōbu-ji Temple
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Kōya-chō
- Dedicated to
- Kūkai
- Official website
- www.koyasan.or.jp/en/meguru/sights.html#okunoin
- Image
- Gobyoubasi.jpg
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- taxon found at location
- Cupressus
- Commons category
- Okunoin, Koyasan
- located in/on physical feature
- Mount Kōya
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- The site
- The cemetery
- Kūkai's mausoleum
- Modern section
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Okunoin or Oku-no-in (, ) is a sacred Buddhist site and cemetery on Mount Kōya, in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Opened in 835, it houses the mausoleum of Kūkai, founder of the Shingon school of esoteric Buddhism. It is considered the largest cemetery in Japan, with more than two hundred thousand graves and memorial monuments.
== The site == Located on the outskirts of the settlement of Koya, the cemetery spans over in length and is immersed in a forest of tall conifers. The earliest planting records of these trees, belonging predominantly to the genera Cryptomeria and Chamaecyparis, date back to 1012 AD. The area surrounding Kūkai's mausoleum was initially left to its wild state, but only a small area of natural forest remains nowadays, as a large portion of the vegetation was cut during the Meiji era, in the late 19th century.
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