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Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) Kyoto, Shiga: 1994 688; ii, iv (cultural) Kyoto served as the capital of Japan from its founding in 794 until the mid-19th century. It was also a cultural centre, crucial for the development of religious and secular architecture, in particular in wood, of the country.
Okayama Prefecture's Kōraku-en is a designated Special Place of Scenic Beauty. Monuments (記念物, kinenbutsu) is a collective term used by the Japanese government's Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties to denote Cultural Properties of Japan [note 1] as historic locations such as shell mounds, ancient tombs, sites of palaces, sites of forts or castles, monumental dwelling houses ...
Those at Tōdai-ji form part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara; [3] that at Hōryū-ji is part of the World Heritage Site Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area. [4]
Monuments (記念物, kinenbutsu) include historic locations such as shell mounds, ancient tombs, sites of palaces, sites of forts or castles, monumental dwelling houses and other sites of high historical or scientific value; gardens, bridges, gorges, mountains, and other places of great scenic beauty; and natural features such as animals ...
The table lists information about each of the 8 listed properties of the World Heritage Site listing for the Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara: Name: in English and Japanese Type: Purpose of the site. The list includes five Buddhist temples ("-ji"), one Shinto shrine ("-jinja"), one palace and one primeval forest.
In 794, the Japanese imperial family moved the capital to Heian-kyō. The locations are in three cities: Kyoto and Uji in Kyoto Prefecture; and Ōtsu in Shiga Prefecture; Uji and Ōtsu border Kyoto to the south and north, respectively. Of the monuments, 13 are Buddhist temples, three are Shinto shrines, and one is a castle.
Nature park; also a Natural Monument; now the Institute for Nature Study (属自然教育園), administered by the National Museum of Nature and Science Former Imperial Land in Shirogane 35°38′19″N 139°43′10″E / 35.63866819°N 139.71937352°E / 35.63866819; 139.71937352 ( Former Imperial Land in Shirogane
The Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan) which is an ancient history of Japan compiled in 720, states that haniwa was ordered at the time of an empress's death by the emperor who regretted the custom of servants and maids of the deceased following their master in death, and ordered that clay figures be molded and placed around the kofun burial ...