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Jōdo-shū

branch of Buddhism in Japan
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Jōdo-shū

Summary

Jōdo-shū is a school of Buddhism[1]. Jōdo-shū draws 121 Wikipedia views per month (school_of_buddhism category, ranking #21 of 63).[2]

Key Facts

  • A notable work attributed to Jōdo-shū is Senchaku Hongan Nembutsushū[3].
  • Jōdo-shū's instance of is recorded as school of Buddhism[4].
  • Jōdo-shū's instance of is recorded as organization[5].
  • Jōdo-shū's founder is recorded as Hōnen[6].
  • Pure land is named after Jōdo-shū[7].
  • Jōdo-shū's GND ID is recorded as 4316409-2[8].
  • Jōdo-shū's subclass of is recorded as Kamakura Buddhism[9].
  • Jōdo-shū's subclass of is recorded as Pure Land Buddhism[10].
  • Jōdo-shū's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00574998[11].
  • Jōdo-shū's Commons category is recorded as Jōdo-shū[12].
  • +1175-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Jōdo-shū[13].
  • Jōdo-shū's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05f9q3[14].
  • Jōdo-shū's location of formation is recorded as An'yō-ji Temple[15].
  • Jōdo-shū's official website is recorded as http://www.jodo.org/[16].
  • Jōdo-shū's official website is recorded as http://www.jodo.or.jp/[17].
  • Jōdo-shū's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Jōdo-shū[18].
  • Jōdo-shū's Library of Congress Classification is recorded as BQ8600-BQ8649[19].
  • Jōdo-shū's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as denomination=jodo_shu[20].
  • Jōdo-shū's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0034700[21].
  • Jōdo-shū's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[22].
  • Jōdo-shū's legal form is recorded as religious corporation[23].
  • Jōdo-shū's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '浄土宗'}[24].
  • Jōdo-shū's Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ID is recorded as japanese-pure-land[25].
  • Jōdo-shū's Larousse ID is recorded as divers/Jodo/126004[26].
  • Jōdo-shū's NicoNicoPedia ID is recorded as 浄土宗[27].

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Founding

Jōdo-shū's founder is recorded as Hōnen[6]. +1175-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Jōdo-shū[13]. Jōdo-shū's location of formation is recorded as An'yō-ji Temple[15].

Why It Matters

Jōdo-shū draws 121 Wikipedia views per month (school_of_buddhism category, ranking #21 of 63).[2] Jōdo-shū has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Jōdo-shū is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . 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.

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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