Enryaku-ji

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Enryaku-ji is a historic Tendai Buddhist monastery complex on Mount Hiei, renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Japan’s most important religious centers.

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Label Occurrences
Enryaku-ji canonical 10
Enryaku-ji (access via Mount Hiei side) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist monastery complex
Tendai temple
UNESCO World Heritage Site
historic site
associatedWith Tendai monastic training
marathon monks of Mount Hiei
country Japan
culturalPropertyStatus Historic site designated by the Japanese government
Important Cultural Properties of Japan
surface form: Important Cultural Property of Japan
destroyedBy Oda Nobunaga
destructionYear 1571
foundedBy Saichō
foundingEra Nara period
foundingYear 788
hasSection Tō-dō (Eastern Pagoda) area
surface form: Sai-tō (Western Pagoda) area

Tō-dō (Eastern Pagoda) area
Yokokawa area
hasViewOver Kyoto Basin
historicalEvent burned by Oda Nobunaga in 1571
historicalRole major center of Buddhist learning in Heian Japan
training center for many founders of Japanese Buddhist schools
languageOfLiturgy Classical Chinese
Japanese
locatedIn Mount Hiei
Ōtsu
surface form: Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture
locatedNear Kyoto
mainHall Konpon Chūdō
namedAfter Enryaku era
notableStructure Amida-dō
Shaka-dō
surface form: Hokke-dō

Jōgyō-dō
Konpon Chūdō
Monju-rō
Shaka-dō
partOf Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto
surface form: Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)
primaryReligion Buddhism
rebuiltInPeriod Azuchi–Momoyama period
Edo period
religiousAffiliation Tendai Buddhism
religiousSchoolHeadquartersOf Tendai school of Buddhism in Japan
touristAttraction yes
trainedFigure Dōgen
Eisai
Hōnen
Nichiren
Shinran
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ii)
(iv)
(vi)
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear 1994

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Shiga containsLandmark Enryaku-ji
Shiga Prefecture hasHistoricSite Enryaku-ji
Tendai Buddhism mainTemple Enryaku-ji
Otsu hasTemple Enryaku-ji
Mount Hiei hasReligiousSite Enryaku-ji
Mount Hiei hasMonastery Enryaku-ji
Mount Hiei hasTempleComplex Enryaku-ji
Sakyo-ku, Kyoto hasLandmark Enryaku-ji
this entity surface form: Enryaku-ji (access via Mount Hiei side)