Tō-ji Temple
Sign in to saveAlso known as Tōji, Kyōō Gokoku-ji, Tō-ji
, a.k.a. the is a Shingon Buddhist temple in the Minami-ku ward of Kyoto, Japan.
Key facts
- Religious building.name
- Tō-ji東寺
- Religious building.image
- Toji 2015.JPG
- Religious building.caption
- View of the Tō-ji complex
- Religious building.location
- 1 Kujōchō, Minami-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
- Religious building.religious_affiliation
- Tōji-Shingon
- Religious building.deity
- Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru)
- Religious building.country
- Japan
- Religious building.website
- http://www.toji.or.jp/
- Religious building.founded_by
- Emperor Kanmu
- Religious building.established
- 796
- Religious building.year_completed
- 1644 (Reconstruction)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- east
- Official name
- 教王護国寺
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Minami-ku
- Area
- 22.8
- Dedicated to
- Bhaiṣajyaguru Buddha
- Official website
- toji.or.jp/kr
- Image
- Toji 2015.JPG
Show 10 more facts
- public transport stop
- Tōji Station
- opposite of
- Sai-ji
- fax number
- +81-75-662-0250
- phone number
- +81-75-691-3325
- Commons Institution page
- To-ji
- Commons category
- Toji
- native label
- 東寺
- inception
- 0676-00-00
- fee
- 300
- street address
- 京都府京都市南区九条町1
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Architecture
- Five-storey Pagoda
- Kondo
- Miedo
- Temple grounds
- Architectural Analysis
- Flea market
- Sai-ji
- Events
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes
- References
, a.k.a. the is a Shingon Buddhist temple in the Minami-ku ward of Kyoto, Japan.
Founded in 796, Tō-ji Temple was one of the only three Buddhist temples allowed in the city at the time it became the capital of Japan. As such it has a long history, housing treasures and documents from the early Heian period and the Tang dynasty, and with buildings in its complex covering the Kamakura, Muromachi, Momoyama, and Edo periods. Five of these buildings have been designated National Treasures in two different categories: the Lotus Flower Gate (rengemon), the Miei Hall (mieidō), the Golden Hall (kondō) and the five-storied Pagoda (gojūnotō) (temple buildings) and the Kanchiin Guest Hall (kanchiin kyakuden) (residences).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tō-ji Temple” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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