List of Buddhist temples in Kyoto

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

## Nara period in Kyoto (710-794)

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* 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).[2]
* Otagi Nenbutsuji Temple

## Heian period in Kyoto (794-1229)

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* 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]
* West Temple (西寺, Sai-ji), destroyed in 1233 and never rebuilt.[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]
* Hosshō-ji (法勝寺, Hosshō-ji).[9]
* Sonshō-ji (尊勝寺, Sonshō-ji).[8]
* Saishō-ji (最勝寺, Saishō-ji).[9]
* Enshō-ji (円勝寺, Enshō-ji).[9]
* Jōshō-ji (成勝寺, Jōshō-ji).[9]
* Enshō-ji (延勝寺, Enshō-ji).[9]
* 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)

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* Kennin-ji (建仁寺, Kennin-ji).[14]
* Tōfuku-ji (東福寺, Tōfuku-ji).[15]
* Nanzen-ji (南禅寺, Nanzen-ji), formerly Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji (禅林寺, Zenrin-ji).[16]
* Daitoku-ji (大徳寺, Daitoku-ji).[17]
* Chion-in (知恩院, Chion-in).[18]
* Ryūhon-ji.[19]
* Bukkō-ji (佛光寺, Bukkō-ji).[20]
* Nishi Otani Betsuin.[21]

## Ashikaga in the Muromachi period in Kyoto (1333-1582)

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* 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)

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* Hompa Hongwan-ji.[32]
* Ōtaniha Hongwan-ji.[33]
* Hōkō-ji (方広寺, Hōkō-ji).[34]
* Mimizuka.[35]
* Kōdai-ji (高台寺, Kōdai-ji), formally identified as Jubuzan Kōdai-ji (鷲峰山高台寺, Jubuzan Kōdai-ji).[36]
* Sambō-in.[37]
* Nishi Hongan-ji (西本願寺, Nishi Hongan-ji).[38]
* Higashi Hongan-ji (東本願寺, Higashi Hongan-ji).[39]

## Edo period in Kyoto (1615-1869)

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Chishaku-in

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* Shōgo-in ( (聖護院)[40]
* Chishaku-in.[41]
* Reikan-ji.[42]
* Reigen-ji.[43]
* Yentsū-ji.[44]
* Rinkyū-ji.[45]

## See also

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* List of Shinto shrines in Kyoto
* Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Kyoto

## Notes

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1. ^ Sacred Destinations: Kyoto
2. ^ Kyoto: Saiho - ji. Archived 8 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ a b Ponsonby-Fane, p. 110.
4. ^ Kyoto: Adashino Nenbutsu-ji.
5. ^ a b c d e Ponsonby-Fane, p. 111.
6. ^ a b Ponsonby-Fane, p. 112.
7. ^ a b Ponsonby-Fane, p. 113.
8. ^ a b Ponsonby-Fane, p. 114.
9. ^ a b c d e Takagaki, Cary Shinji. (1999). "The Rokusho-ji, the six superiority temples of Heian Japan," p. 2.
10. ^ a b Ponsonby-Fane, p. 115.
11. ^ Nisonin
12. ^ Asian Historical Architecture: Byōdō-in.
13. ^ Kyoto Travel: Sanjūsangen-dō. Archived 23 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
14. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 150.
15. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 152.
16. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 154.
17. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 155.
18. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 157.
19. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 159.
20. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 160.
21. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 161.
22. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 193.
23. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 195.
24. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 197.
25. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 198.
26. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 200.
27. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 203.
28. ^ Moscher, Gouvernor. (1978). Kyoto: A Contemplative Guide, pp. 277-278.
29. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 205.
30. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 207.
31. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 209.
32. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 270.
33. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 283.
34. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 290.
35. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 296.
36. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 297.
37. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 301.
38. ^ Asian Historical Architecture: Nishi Hongan-ji.
39. ^ Asian Historical Architecture: Higashi Hongan-ji.
40. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 393.
41. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 395.
42. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 398.
43. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 399.
44. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 400.
45. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 401.

## References

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* Moscher, Gouvernor. (1978). Kyoto: A Contemplative Guide. Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8048-1294-8
* Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869. Kyoto: The Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 36644
* Iwao, Seiichi, Teizō Iyanaga, Susumu Ishii, Shōichirō Yoshida, et al. (2002). Dictionnaire historique du Japon. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. ISBN 978-2-7068-1632-1; OCLC 51096469
* Richie, Donald. (1995). The Temples of Kyoto. Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8048-2032-5

## External links

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* Kyoto Temples Alphabetical listing for Kyoto Prefecture (127 as of 8 December 2012)
* Photos of temples, shrines and gardens in Kyoto Alphabetical listing of attractions, but includes at least 114 Temples in Kyoto Prefecture (as of 8 December 2012)

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