Affiliation Tendai Phone +81 470-87-3360 | Country Japan Founder Sakanoue no Tamuramaro | |
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Location 1270 Kamone, Misaki-machi, Isumi, Chiba Prefecture Completed 9th century (traditionally) Address 1270 Misakichokamone, Isumi, Chiba Prefecture 299-4624, Japan Similar Nago‑dera, Kasamori‑ji, Kōzō‑ji, Ryūshō‑in Temple, Ganden‑ji Temple | ||
Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Isumi in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. According to an alternate reading of the name in Japanese, the temple is also referred to as Seisui-ji, and is commonly known as the Kiyomizu Kannon. Kiyomizu-dera is the 32nd temple in the Bandō Sanjūsankasho, or the circuit of 33 Buddhist temples in Eastern Japan sacred to bodhisattva Kannon.
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According to legend, Kiyomizu-dera was founded in the Heian period by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, the first shogun of Japan. Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, closely associated with the construction of Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto, reputedly built the Isumi temple as a replica of the well-known Kyoto temple of the same name. Nearly all temple structures of the Heian period were destroyed by fire at some time in the Muromachi period between 1469-148, and today few Heian period remnants are extant. The present hon-dō (Main Hall) was reconstructed between 1688 and 1703.
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Hon-dō