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    Tenshōzan Renge-in Kōmyō-ji (天照山蓮華院光明寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo sect in Zaimokuza, near Kamakura, Japan, the only major one in the city to be...
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  • Kōmyō-ji (Ayabe), a temple in Ayabe, Kyoto Prefecture; see List of National Treasures of Japan (temples)#Treasures Kōmyō-ji (Kamakura), in Kamakura,...
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    Garden Kenchō-ji, ranked Number One among Kamakura's Great Zen Temples and, together with Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū, the pride of the city Kōmyō-ji Kōtoku-in...
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    seizing power, Yoritomo set up his capital in Kamakura and took the title of shōgun. In 1274 and 1281, the Kamakura shogunate withstood two Mongol invasions...
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    51.5 cm x 796.7 cm and 51.5 cm x 689.8 cm, color on paper. Kamakura period. Lent by Kōmyō-ji. A lacquered inkstone case decorated with laminae of mother...
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    emperors of the Northern Court, Kōgon, Kōmyō and Sukō, were imprisoned in the Kanzō-in (観蔵院) subtemple of Kongō-ji. Kōmyō was released in 1355, the other two...
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    Shin-Yakushi-ji (新薬師寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Kegon sect in Nara, Japan. It was founded in 747 by Empress Kōmyō. Initially a large complete Shichidō...
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    Enryaku-ji Temple on Mount Hiei with the Three Sacred Treasures (Imperial regalia, 三種の神器). On the other hand, Ashikaga Takauji installed Emperor Kōmyō as the...
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    Zaimokuza (category Kamakura, Kanagawa)
    and Kamakura. Wakae Island or Wakaejima - the remains of a medieval harbor Moto Hachiman, the original location of Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū Kōmyō-ji Kamakura's...
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    encouraged by regent Hōjō Tokiyori. Rankei Doryū founded the Kenchō-ji temple in Kamakura and many of his works have been preserved. However, with the rise...
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    origin of Tōdai-ji's Shōsō-in repository itself dates back to 756, when Empress Kōmyō dedicated over 600 items to the Great Buddha at Tōdai-ji to express her...
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    Hōjō Tsunetoki (category People of Kamakura-period Japan)
    and grandson of Hōjō Yasutoki. He ruled from 1242 to 1246 and founded Kōmyō-ji in Zaimokuza. He is buried within the temple. Tokusō, head of Hōjō clan...
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    while in service at Osaka and his grave is at the Naitō Cemetery at Kōmyō-ji in Kamakura. Masasuke was married to a daughter of Sanada Nobuyuki, but had no...
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    rōmon, Honkaku-ji, Kamakura Futatesaki tokyō, Kōmyō-ji, Kamakura Mitesaki tokyō, Daitoku-ji, Kyoto. Note the tail rafters. Kumo tokyō, Hōryū-ji, Chūmon Interior...
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    Rituals and Royal Treasures of the Late Kamakura Court: Background to the "Emperor Go-Daigo Statue" from Shōjōkō-ji]. Japanese Historical Studies (620):...
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    Kan'ei-ji and Zōjō-ji in Tokyo (Edo period) The Naitō clan's Kōmyō-ji in Kamakura (Edo period) Kenchū-ji in Nagoya The Imperial Family's Sennyū-ji in Kyoto...
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  • Saitama) Shogan-ji [ja] (Konosu, Saitama) Daizen-ji [ja] (Hachioji, Tokyo) Jokoku-ji [ja] (Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama) Sagami Province Kōmyō-ji (Kamakura, Kanagawa)...
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    Konren-ji copies (Kyoto, two copies), and the copies known as Shinkō-ji (Kobe), Kōmyō-ji (Yamagata), Senshō-ji (Niigata), Raigō-ji (Niigata), Konkō-ji (Kyoto)...
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    Emperor Chōkei (長慶天皇, Chōkei-tennō). The emperors in Kyoto were Emperor Kōmyō (光明天皇, Kōmyō-tennō), Emperor Sukō (崇光天皇, Sukō-tennō) and Emperor Go-Kōgon (後光嚴天皇...
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    Animals and Humans (Heian and Kamakura period), The Coming of Amida Buddha and Saints of the Pure Land (Heian and Kamakura period). All of these are counted...
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    An'yō-in Garden of Taisan-ji in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. Rosan-ji garden Adachi Museum of Art Taizō-in, Myōshin-ji, in Kyoto KōmyōZen-ji Jissō-in, in Kyoto (Iwakura)...
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    Tōshōdai-ji Kon-dō at Tōshōdai-ji A konrō Miei-dō at Tō-ji Nandaimon at Hōryū-ji The noborirō at Nara's Hase-dera Nijūmon at Kōmyō-ji in Ayabe. Ishite-ji's niōmon...
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    Ichijō-ji, Kasai, Hyōgo Built in 1171 Nageire-dō of Sanbutsu-ji, Misasa, Tottori Typical minka-style gasshō-zukuri farmhouse During the Kamakura period...
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    Emperor Go-Daigo (category People of Kamakura-period Japan)
    to the traditional order of succession. He successfully overthrew the Kamakura shogunate in 1333 and established the short-lived Kenmu Restoration to...
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    interior images of the second story of a nijūmon, in this case Kōmyō-ji's sanmon in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture. The sanmon The stairs to the second story...
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    Kamakura period, the temple was a center for ecumenical studies linking the Shingon sect with the Tendai, Ritsu and Zen sects, along with Kakuon-ji in...
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  • (secondary coordinates) This list is of Japanese structures dating from the Kamakura period (1185–1333) that have been designated Important Cultural Properties...
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    Kōzan-ji in Shimonoseki's Butsuden Motoyama-ji's chinjū-dō Kōmyō-ji's chinjusha Chūmon at Hōryū-ji Myōshin-ji's hattō Tōdai-ji's Hokke-dō Jingo-ji's honbō...
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  • period emperors. 108 Emperor Go-Mizunoo 109 Empress Meishō 110 Emperor Go-Kōmyō 111 Emperor Go-Sai 112 Emperor Reigen and Takatsukasa Fusako 113 Emperor...
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    2009-11-08. 光明寺 [Kōmyō-ji] (in Japanese). Kanbayashi. Archived from the original on 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2009-11-14. 広隆寺 [Kōryū-ji] (in Japanese). aba-pon...
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