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Temples Index Page
The Temples Section contains the most extensive collection of images in the Japan Portfolio. It is separated into ten pages covering Nara’s Horyuji (with the oldest wooden buildings in the world) and Nara’s Todaiji (the world’s largest bronze statue in the world’s largest timber building); Osaka’s Shitennoji (Japan’s oldest temple); three pages on the Temples of Kamakura (two pages with several temples each, the third covering Kenchoji); three pages on the Temples of Kyoto (two pages with three temples each and the third page covering Toji); and the Assorted Temples page which has a detailed section on Katsuoji and a number of other temples.
This page provides both hyperlinked text and graphic Indexes. — Click a Text Link or a Page Banner to select a page. —
— Temples Text Link Index —
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Nara One: Horyuji Nara Two: Todaiji
Shitennoji (Osaka)
Kamakura One: Hasedera and Kamakura Daibutsu
Kamakura Two: Kenchoji
Kamakura Three: Engakuji, Hokaiji and Ofuna Kannon
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Kyoto One: Daitokuji, Ginkakuji and Kinkakuji
Kyoto Two: Kiyomizudera, Sanjusangendo and Tenryuji
Kyoto Three: Toji
Assorted Temples:
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Images in this section are in a number of different Galleries on the Photoshelter website. The Banner below leads to the Japan Collections page where a Gallery can be selected.
There are 21 Galleries in the Photoshelter Japan Collection Japanese Temples are in the following Galleries (Direct Links)
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Japan: Kyoto Temples 1 Daitokuji, Ginkakuji, Kinkakuji, Kiyomizudera
Japan: Kyoto Temples 2 Sanjusangendo, Tenryuji, Toji
Japan: Nara Temples Horyuji, Todaiji
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Japan: Kamakura Temples 1 Kotoku-in (Kamakura Daibutsu), Kenchoji
Japan: Kamakura Temples 2 Engakuji, Hasedera, Hokaiji, Ofuna Kannon
Japan: Shitennoji & Assorted Temples Shitennoji, Katsuoji, Kofukuji Gojunoto, Nanzenji Sanmon, Chion-in Sanmon, Ryozen Kannon, Ueno Bentendo, Kanteibyo
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Page Index
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Horyuji, founded in 607 by Prince Shotoku, contains the world’s oldest wooden buildings.
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Todaiji (founded in 726) is home to the Nara Daibutsu, the world’s largest bronze statue in the largest timber building.
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Shitennoji, founded in 593 by Prince Shotoku, is the oldest officially administered temple in Japan.
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Hasedera, founded in 721, houses a huge wooden statue of Kannon, but is better known for its numerous Jizo statues.
The Kamakura Daibutsu, the most famous symbol of Japan, is an enormous bronze statue (1252) sitting in the open air.
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Kamakura Two contains a detailed presentation on Kenchoji (founded in 1253), the oldest Zen Temple in Japan and the oldest Zen training Monastery in Japan.
It houses an ancient wooden Jizo statue, an ancient wooden Senju-Kannon, and other National Treasures.
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Engakuji was founded in 1282 to commemorate the destruction of the invading Mongol fleet by the Kamikaze (Divine Wind). It is a major Zen training Monastery.
Hokaiji was built in 1335 to honor the memory of the defeated Hojo clan (and to quell their ghosts, as 900 Hojo samurai committed seppuku rather than accept defeat).
The Ofuna Kannon is an enormous concrete Kannon statue on the hill above Ofuna just outside Kamakura. It was built as a memorial to the Atomic Bomb victims of World War II.
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Daitokuji, founded in 1319, is a Zen Temple complex with 24 sub-temples and some beautiful Sumi-e paintings.
Ginkakuji was built as the retirement villa for the 8th Shogun. It houses the Silver Pavilion and magnificent Sand Gardens.
Kinkakuji contains the famous Golden Pavilion, built as the retirement villa for the 3rd Ashikaga Shogun in 1397.
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Kiyomizudera is the most beautiful temple in Kyoto. Founded in 778, it is a large, visually stunning complex.
Sanjusangendo (founded in 1164) has Japan’s longest wooden building, housing 1001 thousand-armed Kannons.
Tenryuji (founded in 1339) is the number one Zen Temple in Kyoto’s Five Mountain System.
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Toji was built two years after the capital of Japan was moved to Kyoto (it was founded in 796), and houses some very important Buddhist sculpture mandalas and the tallest pagoda in Japan.
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This page has two detailed sections on Katsuoji (Osaka’s Mino Mountain) and the Yokohama Chinatown Kanteibyo Temple, plus a number of precious tidbits from temples encountered here and there of which I only have a few images.
Assorted Temples Index
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Katsuoji Kanteibyo Ryozen Kannon Chukon-do Daiunin Gionkaku
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Chion-in Sanmon Nanzenji Sanmon Rinnoji (Nikko) Kofukuji Gojunoto Ueno Bentendo
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Images in this section are in a number of different Galleries on the Photoshelter website. The Banner below leads to the Japan Collections page where a Gallery can be selected.
There are 21 Galleries in the Photoshelter Japan Collection Japanese Temples are in the following Galleries (Direct Links)
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Japan: Kyoto Temples 1 Daitokuji, Ginkakuji, Kinkakuji, Kiyomizudera
Japan: Kyoto Temples 2 Sanjusangendo, Tenryuji, Toji
Japan: Nara Temples Horyuji, Todaiji
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Japan: Kamakura Temples 1 Kotoku-in (Kamakura Daibutsu), Kenchoji
Japan: Kamakura Temples 2 Engakuji, Hasedera, Hokaiji, Ofuna Kannon
Japan: Shitennoji & Assorted Temples Shitennoji, Katsuoji, Kofukuji Gojunoto, Nanzenji Sanmon, Chion-in Sanmon, Ryozen Kannon, Ueno Bentendo, Kanteibyo
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Return to the Master Index on the Japan Select page.
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