Ryoan-ji

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Buddhist temple UNESCO World Heritage Site Zen Buddhist temple tourist attraction

Ryoan-ji is a renowned Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, famous for its minimalist rock garden that exemplifies Japanese dry landscape design.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Ryōan-ji 2
Ryōan-ji garden in Kyoto 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist temple ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
Zen Buddhist temple ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
associatedWithPeriod Muromachi period ⓘ
BuddhistSchool Rinzai ⓘ
city Kyoto ⓘ
convertedToTemple 15th century ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
culturalSignificance icon of Japanese Zen culture ⓘ
masterpiece of Japanese dry landscape garden design ⓘ
famousFor Zen garden aesthetics ⓘ
karesansui rock garden ⓘ
minimalist dry landscape design ⓘ
foundedAs aristocratic villa ⓘ
hasFeature Kyoyochi pond ⓘ
chisen-shuyu style garden around the pond ⓘ
corridors and verandas overlooking the garden ⓘ
hojo (abbot’s quarters) ⓘ
rock garden ⓘ
teahouse ⓘ
temple gate ⓘ
hasJapaneseName 龍安寺 ⓘ
heritageDesignation Historic Site (Japan) ⓘ
Place of Scenic Beauty (Japan) ⓘ
locatedIn Honshu ⓘ
Kita-ku, Kyoto ⓘ
Kyoto ⓘ
Kyoto Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
reconstructedIn late 15th century ⓘ
region Kansai NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
rockGardenDesignFeature not all rocks visible from any single viewpoint ⓘ
rockGardenInterpretation subject of various symbolic interpretations ⓘ
rockGardenMaterial large rocks ⓘ
moss patches ⓘ
white gravel ⓘ
rockGardenNumberOfRocks 15 ⓘ
rockGardenShape rectangular ⓘ
rockGardenStyle karesansui ⓘ
rockGardenView viewed from veranda of hojo ⓘ
romanization Ryoan-ji self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ryōan-ji
sect Myōshin-ji school ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1994 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteOf Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto ⓘ
visitorActivity contemplation of rock garden ⓘ
meditation ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Kyoto → contains → Ryoan-ji ⓘ
Kinkaku-ji → nearbyAttraction → Ryoan-ji ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ryōan-ji
Zen gardens → notableExample → Ryoan-ji ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ryōan-ji garden in Kyoto
Ryoan-ji → romanization → Ryoan-ji self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ryōan-ji