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Byōdō-ji Temple

Buddhist temple of the Sōtō sect dedicated to Eleven-Faced Avalokiteśvara in Sakurai, Japan
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Summary

Byōdō-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple[1]. It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Religion or worldview: Sōtō[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Sakurai[4]
  • Country: Japan[5]
  • Instance of: Miwa shrines[6]
  • Founder: Kyōen[7]
  • Part of: Yamato Northern 88 Sacred Sites[8]
  • Commons category: Byōdō-ji (Sakurai)[9]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Mount Miwa[10]
  • Dedicated to: Eleven-Faced Avalokiteśvara[11]
  • Official website: http://www.byodoji.org/[12], https://www.byodoji.org/[13]
  • Time of earliest written record: 1236[14]
  • Official name: 三輪山[15]
  • Street address: 奈良県桜井市三輪38[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . byodoji.org. byodoji.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . byodoji.org. byodoji.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Immanuelle · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official name → {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '三輪山'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Official name: 三輪山, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1790966848888"
  2. 19d ago · Immanuelle · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → http://www.byodoji.org/, https://www.byodoji.org/
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'ja']
    Sitelink count → 2
    Located in/on physical feature → Mount Miwa
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Fandom article id: shinto:Byōdō-ji (Sakurai), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1790801419303"
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