List of Buddhist temples in Kyoto

There are 1,600 Buddhist temples scattered throughout the prefecture of Kyoto.^[1]

Nara period in Kyoto (710-794)

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• Saihō-ji (西芳寺 Saihō-ji), also known as Koke-dera (苔寺 Koke-dera) or Kōinzan Saihō-ji (洪隠山西芳寺 Kōinzan Saihō-ji).^[2]
• Otagi Nenbutsuji Temple

Heian period in Kyoto (794-1229)

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• Kōryū-ji (広隆寺 Kōryū-ji), also known as the "Uzamasa-dera" (太秦寺 Uzamasa-dera).^[3]
• Rokkaku-dō (六角堂 Rokkaku-dō).^[3]
• Adashino Nenbutsu-ji (化野念仏寺 Adashino Nenbutsu-ji).^[4]
• Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺 Kiyomizu-dera), formally identified as Otowa-san Kiyomizu-dera (音羽山清水寺 Otowa-san Kiyomizu-dera).^[5]  — World Historical Heritage Site
• Enryaku-ji (延暦寺 Enryaku-ji).^[5]  — World Historical Heritage Site
• Yamashiro Kokubun-ji (山城国分寺 Yamashiro Kokubun-ji).^[5]
• East Temple (東寺 Tō-ji), formally identified as Kyō-ō-gokoku-ji (教王護国寺 Kyō-ō-gokoku-ji).^[5]
  • West Temple (西寺 Sai-ji), destroyed in 1233 and never rebuilt.^[5]
• Daikaku-ji (大覚寺 Daikaku-ji).^[6]
• Ninna-ji (仁和寺 Ninna-ji).^[6]  — World Historical Heritage Site
• Sennyū-ji (泉涌寺 Sennyū-ji).^[7]
• Yengaku-ji (円覚寺 Engaku-ji).^[7]
• Gangyō-ji (元慶寺 Gangyō-ji), after 986 known more popularly as Kazan-ji (花山寺 Kazan-ji).^[7]
• Rokushō-ji (六勝寺 Rokushō-ji).^[8]
  • Hosshō-ji (法勝寺 Hosshō-ji).^[9]
  • Sonshō-ji (尊勝寺 Sonshō-ji).^[8]
  • Saishō-ji (最勝寺 Saishō-ji).^[9]
  • Enshō-ji (円勝寺 Enshō-ji]').^[9]
  • Jōshō-ji (成勝寺 Jōshō-ji).^[9]
  • Enshō-ji (延勝寺 Enshō-ji).^[9]
• Onjō-ji (園城寺 Onjō-ji),^[8] more commonly known as Mii-dera (三井寺,御井寺 Mii-dera)
• Daigo-ji (醍醐寺 Daigo-ji).^[10]
• Kajū-ji (勧修寺 Kajū-ji), also spelled Kwajū-ji.^[10]
• Nison-in (二村院 Nison-in), formally identified as Ogura-yama Nison-kyo-in Keidai-ji (小倉山 二尊教院 華台寺 Ogura-yama Nison-kyo-in Keidai-ji).^[11]
• Byōdō-in (平等院 Byōdō-in).^[12]
• Sanjūsangen-dō (三十三間堂 Sanjūsangen-dō).^[13]

Hōjō in the Kamakura period in Kyoto (1221-1333)

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• Kennin-ji (建仁寺 Kennin-ji).^[14]
• Tōfuku-ji (東福寺 Tōfuku-ji).^[15]
• Nanzen-ji (南禅寺 Nanzen-ji), formerly Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji (禅林寺 Zenrin-ji).^[16]
• Daitoku-ji (大徳寺 Daitoku-ji).^[17]
• Chion-in (知恩院 Chion-in).^[18]
• Ryūhon-ji.^[19]
• Bukkō-ji (佛光寺 Bukkō-ji).^[20]
• Nishi Otani Betsuin.^[21]

Ashikaga in the Kamakura period in Kyoto (1333-1582)

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• Tōjo-in.^[22]
• Tōjo-ji.^[23]
• Tenryū-ji (天龍寺 Tenryū-ji), formally identified as Tenryū Shiseizen-ji (天龍資聖禅寺 Tenryū Shiseizen-ji);^[24] formerly on same site in 9th century, Danrin-ji (檀林寺 Danrin-ji)
• Myōshin-ji (妙心寺 Myōshin-ji).^[25]
• Shōkoku-ji (相国寺 Shōkoku-ji), formally identified as Mannen-zan Shōkoku Shōten Zenji.^[26]
• Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺 Kinkaku-ji) or the "Golden Pavilion Temple," formally identified as Rokuon-ji (鹿苑寺 Rokuon-ji).^[27]
• Ryōan-ji (竜安寺 Ryōan-ji).^[28]
• Ginkaku-ji (銀閣寺 Ginkaku-ji) or the "Temple of the Silver Pavilion," formally identified as Jishō-ji (慈照寺 Jishō-ji).^[29] — World Historical Heritage Site
• Honkoku-ji.^[30]
• Honnō-ji (本能寺 Honnō-ji).^[31]

Azuchi-Momoyama period in Kyoto (1582-1615)

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• Hompa Hongwan-ji.^[32]
• Ōtaniha Hongwan-ji.^[33]
• Hōkō-ji (方広寺 Hōkō-ji).^[34]
• Mimizuka.^[35]
• Kōdai-ji (高台寺 Kōdai-ji), formally identified as Jubuzan Kōdai-ji (鷲峰山高台寺 Jubuzan Kōdai-ji).^[36]
• Sambō-in.^[37]
• Nishi Hongan-ji (西本願寺 Nishi Hongan-ji).^[38]
• Higashi Hongan-ji (東本願寺 Higashi Hongan-ji).^[39]

Edo period in Kyoto (1615-1869)

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• Shōgo-in.^[40]
• Chishaku-in.^[41]
• Reikan-ji.^[42]
• Reigen-ji.^[43]
• Yentsū-ji.^[44]
• Rinkyū-ji.^[45]

See also

• List of Shinto shrines in Kyoto
• Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Kyoto

Notes

1. Sacred Destinations: Kyoto
2. Kyoto: Saiho - ji.
3. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 110.
4. Kyoto: Adashino Nenbutsu-ji.
5. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 111.
6. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 112.
7. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 113.
8. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 114.
9. Takagaki, Cary Shinji. (1999). "The Rokusho-ji, the six superiority temples of Heian Japan," p. 2.
10. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 115.
11. Nisonin
12. Asian Historical Architecture: Byōdō-in.
13. Kyoto Travel: Sanjūsangen-dō.
14. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 150.
15. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 152.
16. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 154.
17. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 155.
18. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 157.
19. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 159.
20. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 160.
21. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 161.
22. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 193.
23. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 195.
24. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 197.
25. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 198.
26. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 200.
27. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 203.
28. Moscher, Gouvernor. (1978). Kyoto: A Contemplative Guide, pp. 277-278.
29. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 205.
30. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 207.
31. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 209.
32. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 270.
33. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 283.
34. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 290.
35. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 296.
36. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 297.
37. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 301.
38. Asian Historical Architecture: Nishi Hongan-ji.
39. Asian Historical Architecture: Higashi Hongan-ji.
40. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 393.
41. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 395.
42. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 398.
43. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 399.
44. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 400.
45. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 401.

References

• Moscher, Gouvernor. (1978). Kyoto: A Contemplative Guide. Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8048-1294-8
• Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869. Kyoto: The Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 36644
• Iwao, Seiichi, Teizō Iyanaga, Susumu Ishii, Shōichirō Yoshida, et al. (2002). Dictionnaire historique du Japon. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. ISBN 978-2-7068-1632-1; OCLC 51096469
• Richie, Donald. (1995). The Temples of Kyoto. Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8048-2032-5

External links

• Kyoto Temples Alphabetical listing for Kyoto Prefecture (127 as of 8 December 2012)
• Photos of temples, shrines and gardens in Kyoto Alphabetical listing of attractions, but includes at least 114 Temples in Kyoto Prefecture (as of 8 December 2012)