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Higashi Hongan-ji Temple

Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan; head temple of Ōtani-ha school
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Higashi Hongan-ji Temple

Summary

Higashi Hongan-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of buddhist_temple entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (119 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Higashi Hongan-ji Temple's religion is recorded as Ōtani-ha[3].
  • Higashi Hongan-ji Temple is located in Shimogyō-ku[4].
  • Higashi Hongan-ji Temple is in the country of Japan[5].
  • Higashi Hongan-ji Temple's image is recorded as 170216 Higashi Honganji Kyoto Japan03bs5.jpg[6].
  • Higashi Hongan-ji Temple's instance of is recorded as Buddhist temple[7].
  • Higashi Hongan-ji Temple's founder is recorded as Kyōnyo[8].
  • Higashi Hongan-ji Temple's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 132537506[9].
  • Higashi Hongan-ji Temple's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 258700809[10].
  • Higashi Hongan-ji Temple's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81126940[11].
  • Higashi Hongan-ji Temple's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA08354255[12].
  • Higashi Hongan-ji Temple's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA07534284[13].
  • Higashi Hongan-ji Temple's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00269058[14].
  • Higashi Hongan-ji Temple's Commons category is recorded as Higashi Hongan-ji[15].
  • Higashi Hongan-ji Temple's has part is recorded as Shōsei Garden[16].
  • Higashi Hongan-ji Temple's has part is recorded as Ōtani Sobyō[17].
  • Higashi Hongan-ji Temple's has part is recorded as Noh stage, Higashi Hongan-ji[18].
  • +1602-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Higashi Hongan-ji Temple[19].
  • Higashi Hongan-ji Temple's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.99080556, 'lon': 135.75844167}[20].
  • Higashi Hongan-ji Temple's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0263w6_[21].
  • Higashi Hongan-ji Temple's located on street is recorded as Karasuma Street[22].
  • Higashi Hongan-ji Temple's significant event is recorded as Higashi Hongan-ji bombing incident[23].
  • Higashi Hongan-ji Temple's significant event is recorded as conflagration[24].
  • Higashi Hongan-ji Temple's significant event is recorded as conflagration[25].
  • Higashi Hongan-ji Temple's significant event is recorded as conflagration[26].
  • Higashi Hongan-ji Temple's dedicated to is recorded as Amitābha Buddha[27].

Body

Founding

Higashi Hongan-ji Temple's founder is recorded as Kyōnyo[8]. +1602-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[19].

Identity

Higashi Hongan-ji Temple's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '真宗本廟'}[28].

Why It Matters

Higashi Hongan-ji Temple ranks in the top 5% of buddhist_temple entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (119 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

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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. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . higashihonganji.or.jp. higashihonganji.or.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Japan Search. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . higashihonganji.or.jp. higashihonganji.or.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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