Sanjūsangen-dō Temple
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is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect in the Higashiyama district of Kyoto, Japan.
Key facts
- Religious building.name
- Sanjūsangen-dō
- Religious building.image
- Sanjusangendo 2022.jpg
- Religious building.image_size
- 200px
- Religious building.caption
- Sanjusangen-dō in 2022
- Religious building.location
- 605-0941, Sanjusangendomawari, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture 675
- Religious building.religious_affiliation
- Tendai
- Religious building.deity
- Thousand Armed Kannon (Sahasrabhuja-arya-avalokiteśvara)
- Religious building.country
- Japan
- Religious building.founded_by
- Taira no Kiyomori
- Religious building.year_completed
- 1164
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- main hall
- Part of
- Myōhō-in Temple
- Official name
- 蓮華王院
- Religion
- Tendai
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Higashiyama-ku
- Founded by
- Go-Shirakawa
- Owned by
- Myōhō-in Temple
- Dedicated to
- Thousand-Armed Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteśvara
- Official website
- www.sanjusangendo.jp
- Image
- Sanjusangendo temple01s1408.jpg
- Significant event
- conflagration
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- inception
- 1165-00-00
- Commons category
- Sanjūsangen-dō
- heritage designation
- National Treasure of Japan
- architectural style
- Wayō
- street address
- 京都府京都市東山区東大路通渋谷下る妙法院前側町
- native label
- 三十三間堂
- phone number
- +81-075-561-0467
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Important features
- Guardian deities and Hinduism
- Visitor Experience
- Gallery
- Notes
- External links
is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect in the Higashiyama district of Kyoto, Japan.
The temple was founded in 1164 by Taira no Kiyomori for the cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa. It is officially known as and belongs to the Myōhō-in temple complex.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sanjūsangen-dō Temple” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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