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Hongan-ji Temple

collective name of the largest school of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism
Organization buddhist_temple Q1627016
Hongan-ji Temple
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Hongan-ji Temple

Summary

Hongan-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of buddhist_temple entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (68 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hongan-ji Temple's religion is recorded as Jōdo Shinshū[3].
  • Hongan-ji Temple is located in Kyoto[4].
  • Hongan-ji Temple is in the country of Japan[5].
  • Hongan-ji Temple's image is recorded as Higashi Honganji Honden.JPG[6].
  • Hongan-ji Temple's instance of is recorded as Buddhist temple[7].
  • Hongan-ji Temple's instance of is recorded as religious school[8].
  • Hongan-ji Temple's founder is recorded as Kakunyo[9].
  • Primal Vow is named after Hongan-ji Temple[10].
  • Hongan-ji Temple's part of is recorded as Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto[11].
  • Hongan-ji Temple's Commons category is recorded as Higashi Hongan-ji[12].
  • +1321-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hongan-ji Temple[13].
  • Hongan-ji Temple's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.99111111, 'lon': 135.75111111}[14].
  • Hongan-ji Temple's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05ryzk[15].
  • Hongan-ji Temple's replaces is recorded as Ōtani Byōdō[16].
  • Hongan-ji Temple's topic has template is recorded as Q18996140[17].

Body

Founding

Hongan-ji Temple's founder is recorded as Kakunyo[9]. +1321-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[13].

Identity

Hongan-ji Temple's part of is recorded as Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto[11].

Why It Matters

Hongan-ji Temple ranks in the top 8% of buddhist_temple entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (68 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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