Shrines and Temples of Nikkō

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UNESCO World Heritage Site cultural heritage site religious building complex

The Shrines and Temples of Nikkō are an ornate complex of historically significant Shinto and Buddhist structures set within a forested mountain landscape, renowned for their lavish architecture and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Nikkō Shrines and Temples 1
Shrines and Temples of Nikkō canonical 1
World Heritage Site: Shrines and Temples of Nikkō 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ
religious building complex ⓘ
associatedWith Tokugawa Ieyasu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
governingBody Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle Edo-period architecture ⓘ
gongen-zukuri ⓘ
hasBuildingType Buddhist temple ⓘ
Shinto shrine ⓘ
hasComponent Futarasan Shrine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nikkō Tōshō-gū NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rinnō-ji NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDecoration gold leaf ⓘ
polychrome carvings ⓘ
hasDesignation Important Cultural Property of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
National Treasure of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFamousFeature Sleeping Cat carving NERFINISHED ⓘ
Three Wise Monkeys carving NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yōmeimon Gate NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMaterial wood ⓘ
hasView mountain landscape ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionYear 1999 ⓘ
knownFor integration with forested mountain landscape ⓘ
lavish decorative carvings ⓘ
ornate architecture ⓘ
locatedIn Honshu ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Nikkō NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tochigi Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInEnvironment forested mountain area ⓘ
maintainedBy religious organizations ⓘ
nearestCity Nikkō NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Nikkō National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sacred sites in Japan ⓘ
periodOfSignificance Edo period NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Shinto ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism destination ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria Cultural: (i) ⓘ
Cultural: (iv) ⓘ
Cultural: (vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Asia-Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 913 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Shrines and Temples of Nikkō ⓘ
Nikkō National Park → contains → Shrines and Temples of Nikkō ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nikkō Shrines and Temples
Nikkō National Park → contains → Shrines and Temples of Nikkō ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage Site: Shrines and Temples of Nikkō