Rokkaku-dō Temple
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right|thumb|from the picture album "Kannon Reigen ki" thumb|right|Prince Shōtoku at the Rokkaku-dō. Scene from the Illustrated Biography of Prince Shōtoku (聖徳太子絵伝), Muromachi period
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Vinony files it under Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Japan, Buddhist temples in Kyoto and Important Cultural Properties (Japan).
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Official website
『六角堂』 紫雲山 頂法寺｜聖徳太子創建、いけばな発祥の地
京都の街中に佇むお寺、六角堂のホームページです。紫雲山頂法寺『六角堂』は、聖徳太子創建の寺であり、いけばな池坊発祥の地でもあります。西国三十三所と洛陽三十三所それぞれの巡礼地にもなっており、六角堂には日々たくさんの参拝者が訪れます。
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Buddhist temple
- Official name
- 頂法寺
- Religion
- Tendai
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Nakagyō Ward
- Founded by
- Prince Shōtoku
- Legal form
- non-denominational
- Movement
- Ikenobō
- Dedicated to
- Cintāmaṇicakra
- Official website
- www.ikenobo.jp/rokkakudo
- Image
- Rokkakudo.jpg
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- Commons category
- Rokkaku-dō
- inception
- 0801-00-00
- time of earliest written record
- 1017-00-00
- native label
- 六角堂
- taxon found at location
- Prunus serrulata
- phone number
- +81-75-221-2686
- street address
- 〒604-8134 京都市中京区六角通東洞院西入堂之前町
- postal code
- 604-8134
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Legends
- Ikenobo
- Cultural Properties
- National Important Cultural Properties
- Kyoto City Designated Tangible Cultural Properties
- See also
- References
- External links
right|thumb|from the picture album "Kannon Reigen ki" thumb|right|Prince Shōtoku at the Rokkaku-dō. Scene from the Illustrated Biography of Prince Shōtoku (聖徳太子絵伝), Muromachi period
is a Buddhist temple located in the Rokkaku-dori Higashinotoin Nishinido-mae-chō neighborhood of Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Tendai sect of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is a hibutsu statue of Nyōirin Kannon. The statue is never displayed to the public and is not a designated cultural property, but by tradition it is a three-inch gilt-bronze image of Nyōirin Kannon that was donated by Taira no Tokuko in 1178. The temple's full name is Shiun-san Chōhō-ji (紫雲山 頂法寺); however, the temple is far more commonly known by the name of its hexagonal main hall, the . The temple is the 18th stop on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage route.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rokkaku-dō Temple” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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