Heirin-ji Temple
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is a Rinzai temple of the Myoshin-ji branch located in Niiza city, Saitama prefecture, Japan, a city just outside Tokyo.
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including 1370s establishments in Japan, 1375 establishments in Asia and 14th-century Buddhist temples in Japan.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Buddhist temple
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Niiza
- Area
- 43
- Dedicated to
- Shakyamuni Tathāgata
- Official website
- www.heirinji.or.jp
- Image
- Heirinji inner gate.jpg
- Has parts of class
- kyōzō
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- Commons category
- Heirinji
- inception
- 1375-00-00
- native label
- 平林寺
- taxon found at location
- Prunus mume
- fee
- 200
- closed on
- December 31
- street address
- 埼玉県新座市野火止3-1-1
- postal code
- 352-0011
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is a Rinzai temple of the Myoshin-ji branch located in Niiza city, Saitama prefecture, Japan, a city just outside Tokyo.
==History== The temple was founded in Iwatsuki, Saitama, in 1375 by Sekishitsu Zenkyū, who had served as the Abbot of Engaku-ji, Tenryū-ji and Shōfuku-ji. During this period the original temple was destroyed in 1590 during an attack on Iwatsuki Castle by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Heirin-ji Temple” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations