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Kiyomizu-dera circa 1880 by Adolfo Farsari. The temple was established in 778, during the late Nara period, by Enchin Shonin, who was a priest from Nara (the capital of Japan from 710 to 784).
Kiyomizu-dera is the 32nd temple in the Bandō Sanjūsankasho, or the circuit of 33 Buddhist temples in Eastern Japan sacred to bodhisattva Kannon. According to legend, Kiyomizu-dera was founded in the Heian period by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, the first shōgun.
Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺) is a Tendai temple in Miyama, Fukuoka, Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is Motoyoshizan ( 本吉山 ) . According to legend, Kiyomizu-dera was founded in the Heian period by Saichō , who went to China in 804 and 805, mastered Tendai Buddhism, and returned to Japan in 806.
The Japanese word for a Buddhist monastery is tera (寺) (kun reading), and the same kanji also has the pronunciation ji (on reading), so temple names frequently end in -dera or -ji. Another ending, -in (院), is normally used to refer to minor temples. Examples of temple names that have these suffixes are Kiyomizu-dera, Enryaku-ji and Kōtoku-in.
Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺, Kiyomizu-dera), formally identified as Otowa-san Kiyomizu-dera (音羽山清水寺, Otowa-san Kiyomizu-dera). [5] — World Historical Heritage Site World Historical Heritage Site
English: Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto, Japan, part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Ref. Number 688. Español: Kiyomizu-dera , Kioto , Japón, es parte del Patrimonio de la Humanidad con número de referencia 688 .
[1] [2] The two roads lead to Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Kodaiji Temple and Yasaka-jinjia Shrine, which are a few famous sights in Kyoto. [3] Sannenzaka itself is a narrow slope that is fill with around 60 shops and restaurants that sell traditional Kyoto products and food. [4]
Seichō-ji (Japanese: 清澄寺), also known as Kiyozumi-dera (清水寺), is a Nichiren Buddhist [2] temple located in the city of Kamogawa in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.Along with Kuon-ji in Yamanashi Prefecture, Ikegami Honmon-ji in the south of Tokyo, and Tanjō-ji also in Kamogawa City, Seichō-ji is one of the "Four Sacred Places of Nichiren Shū."