Mount Kōya (高野山, Kōya-san) is a large temple settlement in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan to the south of Osaka. In the strictest sense, Mount Kōya is the...
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headquarters of Shingon Buddhism. The 21 kilometres (13 mi) walking trail up to Kōya-san still exists, but most pilgrims use the train.[citation needed] Pilgrimages...
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for the souls of the dead, as well as the large cemetery placed on Mount Kōya-san. Sacred mountains can also provide an important piece of a culture's identity...
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(無量光院) is a temple of Koyasan Shingon Buddhism, located on Mount Kōya (高野山, Kōya-san), Wakayama prefecture, Japan. Its name means "Temple of limitless...
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2022. State-appointed governors: Publicly-elected governors: Mount Kōya (高野山, Kōya-san) in the Ito District is the headquarters of the Shingon sect of Japanese...
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ecclesiastic head temple of Kōyasan Shingon Buddhism, located on Mount Kōya (高野山, Kōya-san), Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Its name means Temple of the Diamond...
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followers of the Ji sect founded by Ippen (1234–1289) made Kōya-san their home, joining with the Kōya hiriji groups, and many halls for Amida centered Pure...
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Gokuraku-ji (極楽寺) is a Kōya-san Shingon temple in Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. Temple 2 of the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage, the main image is...
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Amida and 25 bodhisattvas, 12th-century, Kongōbu-ji, Kōya-san, Wakayama prefecture. This painting is a raigō, a genre which depicts Amitabha coming to...
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Hōrin-ji (法輪寺) is a Kōya-san Shingon temple in Awa, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. Temple 9 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage, the main image is of Parinirvana...
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Retrieved 2021-10-16. Linrothe (1999), p. 89. "仏像がわかる! バックナンバー4・明王部". Kōya-san Shingon-shū Hōon-in Official Website. Retrieved 2021-10-02. "不空大可畏明王央俱拾真言"...
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Volume 1. University of Hawaii Press. p. 141. "高野山別格本山明王院". 高野山別格本山明王院 (Kōya-san Bekkaku Honzan Myōō-in) (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 March 2021. "赤不動". コトバンク...
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Jūraku-ji (十楽寺) is a Kōya-san Shingon temple in Awa, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. Temple 7 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage, the main image is of Amida...
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(Shōtai 3, 10th month): The former Emperor Uda traveled to Mount Kōya (高野山, , Kōya-san) in what is now Wakayama prefecture to the south of Osaka. He visited...
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the twenty-year-old received full ordination. Kakuban left for Mount Kōya (Kōya-san), then the center of the Shingon sect, to pursue further learning of...
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Koyasan Reihōkan (category Kōya, Wakayama)
Treasures") is an art museum on Kōya-san, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, preserving and displaying Buddhist art owned by temples on Kōya-san. The collection is centered...
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Konsen-ji (金泉寺) is a Kōya-san Shingon temple in Itano, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. Temple 3 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage, the main image is of...
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Ebara-ji 家原寺 Main hall Religion Affiliation Kōya-san Shingon Deity Monju Bosatsu (Mañjuśrī) Location Location 1-8-21 Osaka Prefecture Sakai, Nishi-ku,...
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Kūkai (section Mount Kōya)
three Shingon monks at Mt. Kōya – the number of new ordainees being still strictly controlled by the state. This meant that Kōya had gone from being a private...
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Kirihata-ji (切幡寺) is a Kōya-san Shingon temple in Awa, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. Temple 10 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage, the main image is of...
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her mother Oichi, and she contributed to the restoration of temples in Koya-san Mountain and others. Yodo-dono then moved to Osaka Castle with her son...
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Kōya-Ryūjin Quasi-National Park (高野竜神国定公園, Kōya-Ryūjin Kokutei Kōen) is a Quasi-National Park in Nara and Wakayama Prefectures, Japan. It was established...
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Sanada's force, but he refused. His refusal later led to his exile at Kōya-san. Sanada Yukimura and his army successfully disengaged in retreat from the...
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Aizen-in (愛染院) is a Kōya-san Shingon temple in Itano, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. This is the temple of Inner Sanctum of No.3 Konsen-ji Temple. The temple...
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Kumadani-ji (熊谷寺) is a Kōya-san Shingon temple in Awa, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. Temple 8 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage, the main image is of...
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(Shōtai 3, 10th month): The former-Emperor Uda traveled to Mount Kōya (高野山, , Kōya-san) in what is now Wakayama prefecture to the south of Osaka. He visited...
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reprints and editions as well as being translated into many languages. 1931: Kōya San: the home of Kobō Daishi and his Shingon doctrine. 1932: Noḡaku: Japanese...
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System Connecting Sacred Mount Kōya and the Upper Course of the Arida River 聖地高野山と有田川上流域を結ぶ持続的農林業システム Seichi Kōya-san to Arida-gawa kami-ryūiki o musubu...
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temples in Japan. In particular, it most often refers to: Hōrin-ji (Awa), a Kōya-san Shingon temple in Awa, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. Temple 9 on the Shikoku...
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Castle (姫路城) Hyōgo Prefecture Shirasaki Coast (白崎海岸) Wakayama Prefecture Kōya-san (高野山) Wakayama Prefecture Kumano Kodō pilgrimage route (熊野古道) Wakayama...
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