There are 1,600 Buddhist temples scattered throughout the prefecture of Kyoto .[ 1]
Nara period in Kyoto (710-794)[ edit ]
Heian period in Kyoto (794-1229)[ edit ]
Kōryū-ji (広隆寺 , Kōryū-ji ) , also known as the "Uzamasa-dera" (太秦寺 , Uzamasa-dera ) .[ 3]
Rokkaku-dō (六角堂 , Rokkaku-dō ) .[ 3]
Adashino Nenbutsu-ji (化野念仏寺 , Adashino Nenbutsu-ji ) .[ 4]
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
Enryaku-ji (延暦寺 , Enryaku-ji ) .[ 5] — World Historical Heritage Site
Yamashiro Kokubun-ji (山城国分寺 , Yamashiro Kokubun-ji ) .[ 5]
East Temple (東寺 , Tō-ji ) , formally identified as Kyō-ō-gokoku-ji (教王護国寺 , Kyō-ō-gokoku-ji ) .[ 5]
Daikaku-ji (大覚寺 , Daikaku-ji ) .[ 6]
Ninna-ji (仁和寺 , Ninna-ji ) .[ 6] — World Historical Heritage Site
Sennyū-ji (泉涌寺 , Sennyū-ji ) .[ 7]
Gangyō-ji (元慶寺 , Gangyō-ji ) , after 986 known more popularly as Kazan-ji (花山寺 , Kazan-ji ) .[ 7]
Rokushō-ji (六勝寺 , Rokushō-ji ) .[ 8]
Daigo-ji (醍醐寺 , Daigo-ji ) .[ 10]
Kajū-ji (勧修寺 , Kajū-ji ) , also spelled Kwajū-ji.[ 10]
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 ) .[ 11]
Byōdō-in (平等院 , Byōdō-in ) .[ 12]
Sanjūsangen-dō (三十三間堂 , Sanjūsangen-dō ) .[ 13]
Hōjō in the Kamakura period in Kyoto (1221-1333)[ edit ]
Ashikaga in the Muromachi period in Kyoto (1333-1582)[ edit ]
Tōjo-in .[ 22]
Tōjo-ji .[ 23]
Tenryū-ji (天龍寺 , Tenryū-ji ) , formally identified as Tenryū Shiseizen-ji (天龍資聖禅寺 , Tenryū Shiseizen-ji ) ;[ 24] formerly on same site in 9th century, Danrin-ji (檀林寺 , Danrin-ji )
Myōshin-ji (妙心寺 , Myōshin-ji ) .[ 25]
Shōkoku-ji (相国寺 , Shōkoku-ji ) , formally identified as Mannen-zan Shōkoku Shōten Zenji (萬年山相國承天禅寺 , Mannen-zan Shōkoku Shōten Zenji ) .[ 26]
Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺 , Kinkaku-ji ) or the "Golden Pavilion Temple," formally identified as Rokuon-ji (鹿苑寺 , Rokuon-ji ) .[ 27]
Ryōan-ji (竜安寺 , Ryōan-ji ) .[ 28]
Ginkaku-ji (銀閣寺 , Ginkaku-ji ) or the "Temple of the Silver Pavilion," formally identified as Jishō-ji (慈照寺 , Jishō-ji ) .[ 29] — World Historical Heritage Site
Honkoku-ji .[ 30]
Honnō-ji (本能寺 , Honnō-ji ) .[ 31]
Azuchi-Momoyama period in Kyoto (1582-1615)[ edit ]
Edo period in Kyoto (1615-1869)[ edit ]
Chishaku-in
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^ Nisonin
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^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 155.
^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 157.
^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 159.
^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 160.
^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 161.
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^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 195.
^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 197.
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^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 200.
^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 203.
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^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 207.
^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 209.
^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 270.
^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 283.
^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 290.
^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 296.
^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 297.
^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 301.
^ Asian Historical Architecture: Nishi Hongan-ji.
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^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 395.
^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 398.
^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 399.
^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 400.
^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 401.