Seiganto-ji Temple
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, Temple of Crossing the Blue Shore, is a Tendai Buddhist temple in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004 as part of Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range. According to a legend, it was founded by Ragyō Shōnin, a monk from India. The temple was purposely built near Nachi Falls, where it may have previously been a site of nature worship. Seiganto-ji, part of the Kumano Sanzan shrine complex, is one of the few remaining jingū-ji or shrine temples following the forcible separation of Shinto and Buddhism during the Meiji restorati
Key facts
- Religious building.name
- Seiganto-ji
- Religious building.native_name
- 青岸渡寺
- Religious building.image
- Three-storied Pagoda of Seiganto-ji and Nachi Falls 201808.jpg
- Religious building.caption
- Three-story pagoda with Nachi Falls in the background
- Religious building.map_type
- Japan
- Religious building.location
- 8 Nachisan, Nachikatsuura-chō, Higashimuro-gun, Wakayama Prefecture
- Religious building.religious_affiliation
- Tendai
- Religious building.deity
- Nyoirin Kannon (Chintamanicakra)
- Religious building.country
- Japan
- Religious building.founded_by
- Ragyō Shōnin
- Religious building.year_completed
- 4th century (presumed legendary)
- Religious building.designation1
- WHS
- Religious building.designation1_type
- Cultural
- Religious building.designation1_criteria
- ii, iii, iv, vi
- Religious building.designation1_date
- 2004 (28th session)
- Religious building.designation1_free1name
- Part of
- Religious building.designation1_free1value
- Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range
- Religious building.designation1_number
- 1142bis
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
第一番 青岸渡寺 : 西国三十三所
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage
- Religion
- Tendai
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Nachikatsuura
- Area
- 0.2
- Dedicated to
- Cintāmaṇicakra
- Official website
- www.saikoku33.gr.jp/01
- Image
- Three-storied Pagoda of Seiganto-ji and Nachi Falls 201808.jpg
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- Commons category
- Seiganto-ji
- Commons Institution page
- Seiganto-ji
- heritage designation
- Important Cultural Property of Japan
- adjacent structure or building
- Kumano Nachi Taisha
- native label
- 青岸渡寺
- street address
- 和歌山県東牟婁郡那智勝浦町那智山8
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Buildings and other places of interest within the temple grounds
- Images
- See also
- Notes
- References
, Temple of Crossing the Blue Shore, is a Tendai Buddhist temple in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004 as part of Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range. According to a legend, it was founded by Ragyō Shōnin, a monk from India. The temple was purposely built near Nachi Falls, where it may have previously been a site of nature worship. Seiganto-ji, part of the Kumano Sanzan shrine complex, is one of the few remaining jingū-ji or shrine temples following the forcible separation of Shinto and Buddhism during the Meiji restoration.
It is the first stop on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage and the main hall is classified as an Important Cultural Property by the Japanese government.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Seiganto-ji Temple” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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