Kaneiji Temple
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Kaneiji Temple is a historic Tendai Buddhist temple in Tokyo that once served as the family temple of the Tokugawa shoguns and remains a major cultural site in the Ueno area.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kaneiji Temple grounds | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist temple
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Tendai temple ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | traditional Japanese Buddhist architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Tokugawa Iemitsu
NERFINISHED
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Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokugawa shoguns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Buddhist temples in Tokyo
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Tendai temples ⓘ Tokugawa shogunate-related sites ⓘ |
| cityDistrict | Ueno Sakuragi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | former guardian temple of Edo Castle’s northeast (kimon) direction ⓘ |
| damagedIn | Boshin War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Edo period ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Tenkai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingRulerPatron | Tokugawa Ieyasu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function | family temple of the Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
| governingBody | Tendai sect administration ⓘ |
| hasCemetery | Tokugawa family graves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameInJapanese | 寛永寺 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Five-storied pagoda of Ueno Zoo
NERFINISHED
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Tokugawa shogun mausoleums NERFINISHED ⓘ Toshogu Shrine (Ueno) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important cultural site in Ueno area ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | Battle of Ueno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1625 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Honshu
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Japan ⓘ Kanto region NERFINISHED ⓘ Taito NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokyo ⓘ Ueno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Tokyo National Museum
NERFINISHED
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Ueno Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Ueno Toshogu Shrine NERFINISHED ⓘ Ueno Zoo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Kanei era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearTransport |
Ueno Station
NERFINISHED
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Uguisudani Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| primaryDeity | Yakushi Nyorai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reconstructedIn | Meiji period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed | Edo (historic Tokyo) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Tendai Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Mikkyo esoteric Buddhism ⓘ |
| status | active temple ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kaneiji Temple grounds