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List of Buddhist temples in Kyoto

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There are 1,600 Buddhist temples scattered throughout the prefecture of Kyoto.

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Nara period in Kyoto (710-794)

  • Saihō-ji (西芳寺, Saihō-ji), also known as Koke-dera (苔寺, Koke-dera) or Kōinzan Saihō-ji (洪隠山西芳寺, Kōinzan Saihō-ji).
  • Otagi Nenbutsuji Temple

    • Heian period in Kyoto (794-1229)

  • Kōryū-ji (広隆寺, Kōryū-ji), also known as the "Uzamasa-dera" (太秦寺, Uzamasa-dera).
  • Rokkaku-dō (六角堂, Rokkaku-dō).
  • Adashino Nenbutsu-ji (化野念仏寺, Adashino Nenbutsu-ji).
  • Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺, Kiyomizu-dera), formally identified as Otowa-san Kiyomizu-dera (音羽山清水寺, Otowa-san Kiyomizu-dera).  — World Historical Heritage Site
  • Enryaku-ji (延暦寺, Enryaku-ji).  — World Historical Heritage Site
  • Yamashiro Kokubun-ji (山城国分寺, Yamashiro Kokubun-ji).
  • East Temple (東寺, Tō-ji), formally identified as Kyō-ō-gokoku-ji (教王護国寺, Kyō-ō-gokoku-ji).
  • West Temple (西寺, Sai-ji), destroyed in 1233 and never rebuilt.
  • Daikaku-ji (大覚寺, Daikaku-ji).
  • Ninna-ji (仁和寺, Ninna-ji).  — World Historical Heritage Site
  • Sennyū-ji (泉涌寺, Sennyū-ji).
  • Gangyō-ji (元慶寺, Gangyō-ji), after 986 known more popularly as Kazan-ji (花山寺, Kazan-ji).
  • Rokushō-ji (六勝寺, Rokushō-ji).
  • Hosshō-ji (法勝寺, Hosshō-ji).
  • Sonshō-ji (尊勝寺, Sonshō-ji).
  • Saishō-ji (最勝寺, Saishō-ji).
  • Enshō-ji (円勝寺, Enshō-ji]').
  • Jōshō-ji (成勝寺, Jōshō-ji).
  • Enshō-ji (延勝寺, Enshō-ji).
  • Daigo-ji (醍醐寺, Daigo-ji).
  • Kajū-ji (勧修寺, Kajū-ji), also spelled Kwajū-ji.
  • Nison-in (二村院, Nison-in), formally identified as Ogura-yama Nison-kyo-in Keidai-ji (小倉山 二尊教院 華台寺, Ogura-yama Nison-kyo-in Keidai-ji).
  • Byōdō-in (平等院, Byōdō-in).
  • Sanjūsangen-dō (三十三間堂, Sanjūsangen-dō).

    • Hōjō in the Kamakura period in Kyoto (1221-1333)

  • Kennin-ji (建仁寺, Kennin-ji).
  • Tōfuku-ji (東福寺, Tōfuku-ji).
  • Nanzen-ji (南禅寺, Nanzen-ji), formerly Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji (禅林寺, Zenrin-ji).
  • Daitoku-ji (大徳寺, Daitoku-ji).
  • Chion-in (知恩院, Chion-in).
  • Ryūhon-ji.
  • Bukkō-ji (佛光寺, Bukkō-ji).
  • Nishi Otani Betsuin.

    • Ashikaga in the Kamakura period in Kyoto (1333-1582)

  • Tōjo-in.
  • Tōjo-ji.
  • Tenryū-ji (天龍寺, Tenryū-ji), formally identified as Tenryū Shiseizen-ji (天龍資聖禅寺, Tenryū Shiseizen-ji); formerly on same site in 9th century, Danrin-ji (檀林寺, Danrin-ji)
  • Myōshin-ji (妙心寺, Myōshin-ji).
  • Shōkoku-ji (相国寺, Shōkoku-ji), formally identified as Mannen-zan Shōkoku Shōten Zenji.
  • Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺, Kinkaku-ji) or the "Golden Pavilion Temple," formally identified as Rokuon-ji (鹿苑寺, Rokuon-ji).
  • Ryōan-ji (竜安寺, Ryōan-ji).
  • Ginkaku-ji (銀閣寺, Ginkaku-ji) or the "Temple of the Silver Pavilion," formally identified as Jishō-ji (慈照寺, Jishō-ji). — World Historical Heritage Site
  • Honkoku-ji.
  • Honnō-ji (本能寺, Honnō-ji).

    • Azuchi-Momoyama period in Kyoto (1582-1615)

  • Hompa Hongwan-ji.
  • Ōtaniha Hongwan-ji.
  • Hōkō-ji (方広寺, Hōkō-ji).
  • Mimizuka.
  • Kōdai-ji (高台寺, Kōdai-ji), formally identified as Jubuzan Kōdai-ji (鷲峰山高台寺, Jubuzan Kōdai-ji).
  • Sambō-in.
  • Nishi Hongan-ji (西本願寺, Nishi Hongan-ji).
  • Higashi Hongan-ji (東本願寺, Higashi Hongan-ji).

    • Edo period in Kyoto (1615-1869)

  • Shōgo-in.
  • Chishaku-in.
  • Reikan-ji.
  • Reigen-ji.
  • Yentsū-ji.
  • Rinkyū-ji.

    • References

    List of Buddhist temples in Kyoto Wikipedia
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