Zenkō-ji Temple
Sign in to saveAlso known as Zenkōji, Zenko-ji, Zenkoji, Nagano's Darkroom, Zenkō-ji
right|thumb|The Gardens of Zenkō-ji, 2004 '''''' is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Nagano, Japan. The temple was built in the 7th century. It is one of the few remaining pilgrimage sites in Japan. The modern city of Nagano began as a town built around the temple.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in 20, across 3 mapped points.
It sits within the topics 644 establishments, 7th-century Buddhist temples in Japan and Buddhist temples in Nagano Prefecture.
Its subject is documented across 19 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Religious building.name
- Zenkō-ji
- Religious building.native_name
- 善光寺
- Religious building.image
- 160501 Zenkoji Nagano Japan06s3.jpg
- Religious building.caption
- The Main Hall, 2016
- Religious building.map_type
- Japan Nagano Prefecture#Japan
- Religious building.relief
- 1
- Religious building.location
- Nagano, Nagano Prefecture
- Religious building.religious_affiliation
- Buddhist
- Religious building.rite
- Tendai and Jōdo
- Religious building.deity
- Amida Buddha
- Religious building.country
- Japan
- Religious building.functional_status
- functional
- Religious building.founded_by
- unknown
- Religious building.year_completed
- 7th century AD
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Religion
- Buddhism in Japan
- Country
- Japan
- Official website
- www.zenkoji.jp/ENGLISH/about
- Image
- ZenkojiWP.jpg
- Significant event
- 1847 Zenkōji earthquake
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- heritage designation
- National Treasure of Japan
- revised Hepburn romanization
- Zenkō-ji
- Commons category
- Zenkō-ji
- name in kana
- ぜんこうじ
- inception
- 0644-00-00
- official shop URL
- juyohin.zenkoji.jp
- street address
- 長野県長野市元善町491
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Inside the compound
- Daihongan
- Niōmon
- Original Main Hall
- Daikanjin
- Rokujizō
- Sanmon
- Kyōzō
- Zenkō-ji Hon-dō
- References
- Further reading
- External links
right|thumb|The Gardens of Zenkō-ji, 2004 '''''' is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Nagano, Japan. The temple was built in the 7th century. It is one of the few remaining pilgrimage sites in Japan. The modern city of Nagano began as a town built around the temple.
Zenkō-ji was founded before Buddhism in Japan split into several different sects. It currently belongs to both the Tendai and Jōdoshū schools of Mahayana Buddhism, and is co-managed by twenty-five priests from the former school, and fourteen from the latter. The temple enshrines images of the Amida Buddha. According to legend, the image, having caused dispute between two clans, was dumped into a canal. It was later rescued by Honda Yoshimitsu. The temple was thus named "Zenkō," according to the Chinese transliteration of Yoshimitsu's name.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zenkō-ji Temple” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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3 mapped locations