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Yushima Tenman-gū Shrine (湯島天満宮) is a Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Japan devoted to Tenjin, the Kami of Learning. It is located in the Bunkyo ward of Tokyo, not far from the University of Tokyo.
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Kitano Tenman-gū (北野天満宮) is a patron shrine of students and education in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto, dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane and located in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto.
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The Japan Buddhist Federation (全日本仏教会) is the only federation of mainstream Buddhism in Japan, consisting of major Buddhist denominations and all prefectural Buddhist Associations and other Buddhist groups including 59 main denominations. The members of o
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The online Encyclopedia of Shinto is the English translation of the Shinto jiten edited by the Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics and published by Kobundo in 1994.
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Tōgaku-in Temple (等覚院) in Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki, of the Tendai School.
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Nikkō Tōshō-gū (日光東照宮) is a Shinto shrine located in Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, enshrining Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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Tokiwa Jinja (常磐神社) is a Shinto shrine adjacent to the gardens of Kairakuen in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture. It was founded in 1874 and enshrined Tokugawa Mitsukuni, second daimyō of the Mito Domain and compiler of Dai Nihonshi, and Tokugawa Nariaki, ninth lo
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Ninna-ji (仁和寺) is the head temple of the Omuro school of the Shingon Sect of Buddhism. Located in western Kyoto, Japan, it was founded in AD 888 by the retired Emperor Uda. It is part of the "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto", a UNESCO World Heritage S
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Byōdō-in (平等院) is a Buddhist temple in the city of Uji in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is jointly a temple of the Jōdo-shū (Pure Land) and Tendai-shū sects.
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Kōzan-ji (高山寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Omuro sect of Shingon Buddhism in Umegahata Toganōchō, Ukyō Ward, Kyoto, Japan. Kōzan-ji is also known as Kōsan-ji and Toganō-dera. The temple was founded by the Shingon scholar and monk Myōe (1173 – 1232) and is
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Ryōan-ji (竜安寺 or 龍安寺, The Temple of the Dragon at Peace) is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Myōshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism. The temple garden is considered to be one of the finest examples of a kar
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The Heian Shrine (平安神宮 Heian-jingū) is a Shinto shrine located in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto. In 1895, a partial reproduction of the Heian Palace from Heian-kyō (former Kyoto) was planned for construction for the 1100th anniversary of the establishment of Heian-kyō.
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Nanzen-ji (南禅寺), or Zuiryusan Nanzen-ji, formerly Zenrin-ji (禅林寺), is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto.
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Kamigamo Shrine (上賀茂神社) is an important Shinto sanctuary on the banks of the Kamo River in north Kyoto, first founded in 678. Its formal name is the Kamo-wakeikazuchi Shrine (賀茂別雷神社). it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Shimogamo Shrine (下鴨神社) is the common name of an important Shinto sanctuary in the Shimogamo district of Kyoto city's Sakyō ward. Its formal name is Kamo-mioya-jinja (賀茂御祖神社). It is one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan and is one of the seventeen His
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Tō-ji (東寺) (East Temple) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect in Kyoto, Japan. It once had a partner, Sai-ji (West Temple) and, together, they stood alongside the Rashomon, gate to the Heian capital. It was formally known as Kyō-ō-gokoku-ji (教王護国寺).
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Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺), officially Otowa-san Kiyomizu-dera (音羽山清水寺) is an independent Buddhist temple in eastern Kyoto. The temple is part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) UNESCO World Heritage site.
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An organisation belonging to the Rinzai School of Zen Buddhism administrating Shokoku-ji, Kinkaku-ji, Ginkaku-ji, and the Jotenkaku Museum
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Sanzen-in (三千院) is a Tendai school monzeki temple in Ōhara, Kyoto, with its Heian period triad of Amida Nyorai flanked by attendants designated a National Treasure.
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Usa-jingū (宇佐神宮), also known as Usa Hachiman-gū (宇佐八幡宮), is a Shinto shrine in the city of Usa in Ōita Prefecture; Emperor Ojin, who was deified as Hachiman-jin is said to be enshrined in all the sites dedicated to him; and the first and earliest of these
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