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Zenkō-ji, the Glossary

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  1. 33 relations: Amitābha, Buddha in art, Buddhism, COVID-19 pandemic, Emperor Kinmei, Important Cultural Property (Japan), Japan, Jōdo-shū, Kamakura period, Kṣitigarbha, Kōfu, Kyōzō, Kyoto, Mahayana, Main Hall (Japanese Buddhism), Nagano (city), Nagano Prefecture, Niōmon, Nio (Buddhism), Sanmon, Sengoku period, Shichidō garan, Shinano, Nagano, Sutra, Takeda Shingen, Tendai, The Tale of Genji, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Uesugi Kenshin, University of Hawaiʻi Press, Yamanashi Prefecture, 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, 2008 Tibetan unrest.

  2. 644 establishments
  3. 7th-century Buddhist temples
  4. Buddhist temples in Nagano Prefecture
  5. Buildings and structures in Nagano (city)
  6. Important Cultural Properties of Nagano Prefecture
  7. Jōdo-shū
  8. Jōdo-shū temples
  9. Religious buildings and structures completed in the 640s
  10. Temples of Amitābha

Amitābha

Amitābha (अमिताभ; 'Infinite Light') is the principal Buddha of Pure Land Buddhism.

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Buddha in art

Much Buddhist art uses depictions of the historical Buddha, Gautama Buddha, which are known as in Sanskrit and Pali.

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Buddhism

Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

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COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

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Emperor Kinmei

was the 29th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō):; retrieved 2013-8-22.

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Important Cultural Property (Japan)

An The term is often shortened into just is an item officially classified as Tangible Cultural Property by the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) and judged to be of particular importance to the history, arts, and culture of the Japanese people.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Jōdo-shū

, also known as Jōdo Buddhism, is a branch of Pure Land Buddhism derived from the teachings of the Japanese ex-Tendai monk Hōnen.

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Kamakura period

The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shōgun Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle between the Taira and Minamoto clans.

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Kṣitigarbha

Kṣitigarbha (क्षितिगर्भ,, ས་ཡི་སྙིང་པོ་ Wylie: sa yi snying po) is a bodhisattva primarily revered in East Asian Buddhism and usually depicted as a Buddhist monk.

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Kōfu

is the capital city of Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

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Kyōzō

in Japanese Buddhist architecture is a repository for sūtras and chronicles of the temple history.

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Kyoto

Kyoto (Japanese: 京都, Kyōto), officially, is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu.

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Mahayana

Mahāyāna is a term for a broad group of Buddhist traditions, texts, philosophies, and practices developed in ancient India (onwards).

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Main Hall (Japanese Buddhism)

Main hall or Main Temple is the building within a Japanese Buddhist monastery compound (garan) which enshrines the main object of veneration.

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Nagano (city)

is the capital and largest city of Nagano Prefecture, located in the Nagano Basin (Zenkoji Daira) in the central Chūbu region of Japan.

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Nagano Prefecture

is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū.

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Niōmon

is the Japanese name of a Buddhist temple gate guarded by two wooden warriors called Niō (lit. Two Kings).

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Nio (Buddhism)

are two wrathful and muscular guardians of the Buddha standing today at the entrance of many Buddhist temples in East Asian Buddhism in the form of frightening wrestler-like statues.

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Sanmon

A, also called, is the most important gate of a Japanese Zen Buddhist temple, and is part of the Zen shichidō garan, the group of buildings that forms the heart of a Zen Buddhist temple.

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Sengoku period

The, is the period in Japanese history in which civil wars and social upheavals took place almost continuously in the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Shichidō garan

Shichidō garan is a Japanese Buddhist term indicating the seven halls composing the ideal Buddhist temple compound.

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Shinano, Nagano

is a town located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

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Sutra

Sutra (translation)Monier Williams, Sanskrit English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, Entry for, page 1241 in Indian literary traditions refers to an aphorism or a collection of aphorisms in the form of a manual or, more broadly, a condensed manual or text.

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Takeda Shingen

was daimyo of Kai Province during the Sengoku period of Japan.

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Tendai

, also known as the Tendai Lotus School (天台法華宗 Tendai hokke shū, sometimes just "hokke shū"), is a Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition with significant esoteric elements that was officially established in Japan in 806 by the Japanese monk Saichō (posthumously known as Dengyō Daishi).

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The Tale of Genji

, also known as Genji Monogatari is a classic work of Japanese literature written by the noblewoman, poet, and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu around the peak of the Heian period, in the early 11th century.

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi

, otherwise known as and, was a Japanese samurai and daimyō (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods and regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.

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Uesugi Kenshin

, later known as, was a Japanese daimyō.

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University of Hawaiʻi Press

The University of Hawaiʻi Press is a university press that is part of the University of Hawaiʻi.

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Yamanashi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu.

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2008 Summer Olympics torch relay

The 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from March 24 until August 8, 2008, prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics, with the theme of "one world, one dream".

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2008 Tibetan unrest

The 2008 Tibetan unrest, also referred to as the 2008 Tibetan uprising in Tibetan media, was a series of protests and demonstrations over the Chinese government's treatment and persecution of Tibetans.

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See also

644 establishments

7th-century Buddhist temples

Buddhist temples in Nagano Prefecture

Buildings and structures in Nagano (city)

Important Cultural Properties of Nagano Prefecture

Jōdo-shū

Jōdo-shū temples

Religious buildings and structures completed in the 640s

Temples of Amitābha

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenkō-ji

Also known as Zenko-ji, Zenkoji, Zenkoji temple.