To-ji Temple

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Buddhist temple Historic Monument of Ancient Kyoto Shingon Buddhist temple UNESCO World Heritage Site

To-ji Temple is a historic Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its five-story pagoda and its deep association with the monk Kobo Daishi and Shingon Buddhism.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
To-ji Temple canonical 1
To-ji temple administration 1
To-ji temple complex 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist temple ⓘ
Historic Monument of Ancient Kyoto ⓘ
Shingon Buddhist temple ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
alternativeName Kyo-o-gokoku-ji NERFINISHED ⓘ
artStyle Edo period architecture ⓘ
Heian period architecture ⓘ
Momoyama period architecture ⓘ
associatedMonk Kobo Daishi ⓘ
associatedWith Vajrayana ⓘ
surface form: Esoteric Buddhism

Shingon rituals ⓘ
cityLandmarkStatus symbol of Kyoto ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
dedicatedTo protection of the nation ⓘ
fiveStoryPagodaCurrentStructureDate 1644 ⓘ
fiveStoryPagodaHeight approximately 55 meters ⓘ
fiveStoryPagodaRebuilder Tokugawa Iemitsu ⓘ
fiveStoryPagodaStatus tallest wooden pagoda in Japan ⓘ
founded 796 ⓘ
founder Emperor Kanmu NERFINISHED ⓘ
function head temple of the To-ji school of Shingon Buddhism ⓘ
governingBody Shingon Buddhism ⓘ
surface form: Shingon-shu To-ji sect
hasImportantCulturalProperty Kondo (main hall) ⓘ
surface form: Kondo (Main Hall)
hasNationalTreasure Five-story Pagoda ⓘ
surface form: Five-story pagoda

Kodo (lecture hall) ⓘ
surface form: Kodo (Lecture Hall)

Kondo (main hall) ⓘ
surface form: Kondo (Main Hall)

Miedo (Mie-do Hall) ⓘ
Nandaimon (South Great Gate) ⓘ
heritageDesignation Special Historic Site of Japan ⓘ
historicalPeriod Heian period ⓘ
locatedIn Kyoto ⓘ
Minami-ku, Kyoto ⓘ
mainDeity Yakushi Nyorai ⓘ
mainSect Shingon Buddhism ⓘ
marketEvent Kobo-ichi flea market ⓘ
marketEventFrequency held on the 21st of each month ⓘ
meaningOfName East Temple ⓘ
notableStructure Five-story pagoda ⓘ
Karamon gate ⓘ
surface form: Karamon Gate

Kodo (lecture hall) ⓘ
surface form: Kodo (Lecture Hall)

Kondo (main hall) ⓘ
surface form: Kondo (Main Hall)

Miedo (Mie-do Hall) ⓘ
Suzakumon Gate ⓘ
surface form: Nandaimon (South Great Gate)
openToPublic yes ⓘ
originalRole guardian temple of the capital Heian-kyo ⓘ
pairedWith Sai-ji ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
UNESCOSiteCategory Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto ⓘ
surface form: Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)
UNESCOWorldHeritageSince 1994 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kobo Daishi → associatedWith → To-ji Temple ⓘ
Kondo (main hall) → location → To-ji Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: To-ji temple complex
Kondo (main hall) → operator → To-ji Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: To-ji temple administration
Kodo (lecture hall) → partOf → To-ji Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tō-ji temple complex
Kodo (lecture hall) → locatedInComplex → To-ji Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tō-ji temple grounds
Kukai → placeOfActivity → To-ji Temple ⓘ
subject surface form: Kūkai
this entity surface form: Tō-ji Temple