Ryōan-ji Temple
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Ryōan-ji (, , The Temple of the Dragon at Peace) is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Myōshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism. The Ryōan-ji garden is considered one of the finest surviving examples of kare-sansui ("dry landscape"), a refined type of Japanese Zen temple garden design generally featuring distinctive larger rock formations arranged amidst a sweep of smooth pebbles (small, carefully selected polished river rocks) raked into linear patterns that facilitate meditation. The temple and its gardens are listed as one of the Historic Monumen
Key facts
- Religious building.name
- Ryōan-ji
- Religious building.native_name
- 龍安寺
- Religious building.native_name_lang
- ja
- Religious building.image
- Kare-sansui zen garden, Ryōan-ji, Kyoto 20190416 1.jpg
- Religious building.image_size
- 300
- Religious building.caption
- The kare-sansui (dry landscape) zen garden at Ryōan-ji
- Religious building.map_type
- Japan Kyoto city
- Religious building.map_caption
- Location in Kyoto
- Religious building.location
- 13 Ryoanji Goryonoshita-chō, Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
- Religious building.religious_affiliation
- Zen, Rinzai sect, Myōshin-ji school
- Religious building.deity
- Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni)
- Religious building.country
- Japan
- Religious building.founded_by
- Hosokawa Katsumoto
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Buddhist temple
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Ukyō Ward
- Area
- 3.9
- Parent organization
- Myōshin-ji Temple
- Dedicated to
- Shakyamuni Tathāgata
- Official website
- www.ryoanji.jp
- Image
- 250201 Ryoan-ji Kyoto Japan06s3.jpg
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- public transport stop
- Ryōanji Station
- Commons category
- Ryōan-ji
- inception
- 1450-00-00
- name in kana
- りょうあんじ
- directions
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- street address
- 京都府京都市右京区龍安寺御陵下町13
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Zen garden
- Meaning of the garden
- Scientific analysis of the garden
- Other gardens
- Images
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Ryōan-ji (, , The Temple of the Dragon at Peace) is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Myōshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism. The Ryōan-ji garden is considered one of the finest surviving examples of kare-sansui ("dry landscape"), a refined type of Japanese Zen temple garden design generally featuring distinctive larger rock formations arranged amidst a sweep of smooth pebbles (small, carefully selected polished river rocks) raked into linear patterns that facilitate meditation. The temple and its gardens are listed as one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, and as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
==History==
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