Kenchō-ji Temple

temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Organization buddhist_temple Q1396078
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Kenchō-ji Temple

Summary

Kenchō-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of buddhist_temple entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kenchō-ji Temple's religion is recorded as Kenchō-ji school[3].
  • Kenchō-ji Temple is located in Yamanouchi[4].
  • Kenchō-ji Temple is in the country of Japan[5].
  • Kenchō-ji Temple's image is recorded as Kenchoji Sanmon 2009.jpg[6].
  • Kenchō-ji Temple's image is recorded as Kenchoji Main Complex.jpg[7].
  • Kenchō-ji Temple's instance of is recorded as Buddhist temple[8].
  • Kenchō-ji Temple's founder is recorded as Hōjō Tokiyori[9].
  • Kenchō-ji Temple's founder is recorded as Lanxi Daolong[10].
  • Kenchō-ji Temple's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 148927846[11].
  • Kenchō-ji Temple's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80165989[12].
  • Kenchō-ji Temple's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA08312506[13].
  • Kenchō-ji Temple's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00287270[14].
  • Kenchō-ji Temple's part of is recorded as Kamakura Gozan[15].
  • Kenchō-ji Temple's part of is recorded as 33 Sacred Sites of Kannon in Kamakura[16].
  • Kenchō-ji Temple's part of is recorded as 24 Jizō Reijō of Kamakura[17].
  • Kenchō-ji Temple's part of is recorded as 24 Jizō Reijō of Kamakura[18].
  • Kenchō-ji Temple's Commons category is recorded as Kenchoji[19].
  • +1253-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kenchō-ji Temple[20].
  • Kenchō-ji Temple's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.33178888888889, 'lon': 139.55534722222222}[21].
  • Kenchō-ji Temple's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08599h[22].
  • Kenchō-ji Temple's dedicated to is recorded as Kṣitigarbha[23].
  • Kenchō-ji Temple's official website is recorded as https://www.kenchoji.com/[24].
  • Kenchō-ji Temple's OpenCorporates ID is recorded as jp/2021005001871[25].
  • Kenchō-ji Temple's phone number is recorded as +81-467-22-0981[26].
  • Kenchō-ji Temple's heritage designation is recorded as Important Cultural Property of Japan[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Hōjō Tokiyori[9] and Lanxi Daolong[10]. +1253-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kenchō-ji Temple[20].

Identity

Part of include Kamakura Gozan[15], a Five Mountain System[28], in Japan[29]; 33 Sacred Sites of Kannon in Kamakura[16], a Buddhist pilgrimage[30], in Japan[31]; and 24 Jizō Reijō of Kamakura[17], a Buddhist pilgrimage[32], in Japan[33].

Why It Matters

Kenchō-ji Temple ranks in the top 10% of buddhist_temple entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. 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.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . kenchoji.com. kenchoji.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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