List of Buddhist temples in Kyoto explained

There are 1,600 Buddhist temples scattered throughout the prefecture of Kyoto.^[1]

Nara period in Kyoto (710-794)

• , also known as or .^[2]
• Otagi Nenbutsuji Temple

Heian period in Kyoto (794-1229)

• , also known as the .^[3]
• .^[3]
• .^[4]
• , formally identified as .^[5]  — World Historical Heritage Site
• .^[5]  — World Historical Heritage Site
• .^[5]
• , formally identified as .^[5]
  • , destroyed in 1233 and never rebuilt.^[5]
• .^[6]
• .^[6]  — World Historical Heritage Site
• .^[7]
• , after 986 known more popularly as .^[7]
• .^[8]
  • .^[9]
  • .^[8]
  • .^[9]
  • .^[9]
  • .^[9]
  • .^[9]
• .^[10]
• , also spelled Kwajū-ji.^[10]
• , formally identified as .^[11]
• .^[12]
• .^[13]

Hōjō in the Kamakura period in Kyoto (1221-1333)

• .^[14]
• .^[15]
• , formerly .^[16]
• .^[17]
• .^[18]
• Ryūhon-ji.^[19]
• .^[20]
• Nishi Otani Betsuin.^[21]

Ashikaga in the Muromachi period in Kyoto (1333-1582)

• Tōjo-in.^[22]
• Tōjo-ji.^[23]
• , formally identified as ;^[24] formerly on same site in 9th century,
• .^[25]
• , formally identified as .^[26]
• or the "Golden Pavilion Temple," formally identified as .^[27]
• .^[28]
• or the "Temple of the Silver Pavilion," formally identified as .^[29]  — World Historical Heritage Site
• Honkoku-ji.^[30]
• .^[31]

Azuchi-Momoyama period in Kyoto (1582-1615)

• Hompa Hongwan-ji.^[32]
• Ōtaniha Hongwan-ji.^[33]
• .^[34]
• Mimizuka.^[35]
• , formally identified as .^[36]
• Sambō-in.^[37]
• .^[38]
• .^[39]

Edo period in Kyoto (1615-1869)

• Shōgo-in ((聖護院)^[40]
• Chishaku-in.^[41]
• Reikan-ji.^[42]
• Reigen-ji.^[43]
• Yentsū-ji.^[44]
• Rinkyū-ji.^[45]

See also

• List of Shinto shrines in Kyoto
• Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Kyoto

References

• Moscher, Gouvernor. (1978). Kyoto: A Contemplative Guide. Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing.
• Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869. Kyoto: The Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 36644
• Iwao, Seiichi, Teizō Iyanaga, Susumu Ishii, Shōichirō Yoshida, et al. (2002). Dictionnaire historique du Japon. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. ; OCLC 51096469
• Richie, Donald. (1995). The Temples of Kyoto. Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing.

External links

• Kyoto Temples Alphabetical listing for Kyoto Prefecture (127 as of 8 December 2012)
• Photos of temples, shrines and gardens in Kyoto Alphabetical listing of attractions, but includes at least 114 Temples in Kyoto Prefecture (as of 8 December 2012)

Notes and References

1. Sacred Destinations: Kyoto
2. Kyoto: Saiho - ji.
3. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 110.
4. Kyoto: Adashino Nenbutsu-ji.
5. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 111.
6. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 112.
7. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 113.
8. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 114.
9. Takagaki, Cary Shinji. (1999). "The Rokusho-ji, the six superiority temples of Heian Japan," p. 2.
10. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 115.
11. http://yaccyann.sakura.ne.jp/nisonin/e.html Nisonin
12. Asian Historical Architecture: Byōdō-in.
13. Kyoto Travel: Sanjūsangen-dō.
14. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 150.
15. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 152.
16. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 154.
17. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 155.
18. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 157.
19. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 159.
20. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 160.
21. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 161.
22. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 193.
23. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 195.
24. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 197.
25. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 198.
26. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 200.
27. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 203.
28. Moscher, Gouvernor. (1978). Kyoto: A Contemplative Guide, pp. 277-278.
29. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 205.
30. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 207.
31. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 209.
32. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 270.
33. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 283.
34. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 290.
35. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 296.
36. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 297.
37. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 301.
38. Asian Historical Architecture: Nishi Hongan-ji.
39. Asian Historical Architecture: Higashi Hongan-ji.
40. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 393.
41. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 395.
42. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 398.
43. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 399.
44. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 400.
45. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 401.