Chion-in Temple

Buddhist temple in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Organization buddhist_temple Q873645
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Chion-in Temple

Summary

Chion-in Temple is a Buddhist temple[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of buddhist_temple entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (91 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chion-in Temple's religion is recorded as Jōdo-shū[3].
  • Chion-in Temple is located in Higashiyama-ku[4].
  • Chion-in Temple is in the country of Japan[5].
  • Chion-in Temple's image is recorded as Chion-in (7151259687).jpg[6].
  • Chion-in Temple's image is recorded as 知恩院遠景.jpg[7].
  • Chion-in Temple's instance of is recorded as Buddhist temple[8].
  • Chion-in Temple's founder is recorded as Hōnen[9].
  • Chion-in Temple's founder is recorded as Genchi[10].
  • Chion-in Temple's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 139583139[11].
  • Chion-in Temple's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82165947[12].
  • Chion-in Temple's Union List of Artist Names ID is recorded as 500301080[13].
  • Chion-in Temple's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA03215375[14].
  • Chion-in Temple's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00261912[15].
  • Chion-in Temple's part of is recorded as The Twenty-Fifth Reikyo of Dharan Shonin[16].
  • Chion-in Temple's Commons category is recorded as Chion-in[17].
  • Chion-in Temple's chairperson is recorded as Yuishin Itō[18].
  • Chion-in Temple's has part is recorded as Chion-ji Sanmon[19].
  • Chion-in Temple's has part is recorded as Chion-in Mieidō[20].
  • +1175-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Chion-in Temple[21].
  • Chion-in Temple's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.005208333333, 'lon': 135.78340277778}[22].
  • Chion-in Temple's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b99yp[23].
  • Chion-in Temple's located on street is recorded as Jingū-michi[24].
  • Chion-in Temple's dedicated to is recorded as Hōnen[25].
  • Chion-in Temple's official website is recorded as https://www.chion-in.or.jp/[26].
  • Chion-in Temple's official website is recorded as https://www.chion-in.or.jp/en/[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Hōnen[9] and Genchi[10]. +1175-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Chion-in Temple[21].

Identity

Chion-in Temple's part of is recorded as The Twenty-Fifth Reikyo of Dharan Shonin[16].

Leadership

Chion-in Temple's chairperson is recorded as Yuishin Itō[18].

Why It Matters

Chion-in Temple ranks in the top 8% of buddhist_temple entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (91 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . chion-in.or.jp. chion-in.or.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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