Tenryu-ji Temple

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Tenryu-ji Temple is a major Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its historic landscape garden and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Label Occurrences
Tenryu-ji Temple canonical 6
Tenryū-ji 2
Tenryu-ji monastic community 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist temple
Historic site in Japan
Rinzai Zen temple
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Zen Buddhist temple
belongsToSect Myōshin-ji school
surface form: Tenryu-ji branch of Rinzai
completedIn mid-14th century
country Japan
dedicatedTo Shakyamuni Buddha
foundedBy Ashikaga Takauji
Musō Soseki
foundingDate 1339
gardenDesigner Musō Soseki
governingBody Tenryu-ji Temple self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tenryu-ji monastic community
hasArtwork Unryū-zu (Cloud Dragon painting)
hasBuilding Hatto (Dharma Hall)
surface form: Hattō (Dharma Hall)

hojo (abbot’s quarters)
surface form: Hōjō (Abbot’s Quarters)

Kuri (monks’ quarters)
hasLandscapeFeature Sogenchi Pond
borrowed scenery garden
pond garden
hasTouristAttraction Zen garden views of Arashiyama
headTempleOf Tenryu-ji branch of Rinzai Zen
heritageDesignation Historic Site of Japan
Place of Scenic Beauty (Japan)
surface form: Special Place of Scenic Beauty of Japan

UNESCO World Heritage Site
knownFor Rinzai Zen architecture
UNESCO World Heritage Site
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage status

historic landscape garden
languageOfSignage English
Japanese
locatedIn Arashiyama district
surface form: Arashiyama

Kyoto
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Kyoto Prefecture
locatedInTimeZone Japan Standard Time
mainDeity Shaka Nyorai
near Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
openToPublic true
originalPurpose memorial temple for Emperor Go-Daigo
partOf Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto
rebuiltInPeriod Edo period
religiousAffiliation Buddhism
Zen
surface form: Zen Buddhism
religiousSchool Rinzai
surface form: Rinzai school
sufferedEvent destruction during Ōnin War
multiple fires in its history
transportAccess near Saga-Arashiyama Station
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1994

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Arashiyama Bamboo Grove near Tenryu-ji Temple
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto contains Tenryu-ji Temple
this entity surface form: Tenryū-ji
Kyoto metropolitan area hasCulturalHeritageSite Tenryu-ji Temple
this entity surface form: Tenryū-ji
Togetsukyo Bridge near Tenryu-ji Temple
Saga-Arashiyama Station (JR Sagano Line) nearbyAttraction Tenryu-ji Temple
subject surface form: Saga-Arashiyama Station
Arashiyama district hasAttraction Tenryu-ji Temple
Arashiyama district hasCulturalProperty Tenryu-ji Temple
Tenryu-ji Temple governingBody Tenryu-ji Temple self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Tenryu-ji
this entity surface form: Tenryu-ji monastic community