Meigetsu-in

Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
Organization buddhist_temple Q3304613
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Meigetsu-in

Summary

Meigetsu-in is a Buddhist temple[1]. Meigetsu-in draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (buddhist_temple category, ranking #104 of 757).[2]

Key Facts

  • Meigetsu-in's religion is recorded as Rinzai school[3].
  • Meigetsu-in is located in Yamanouchi[4].
  • Meigetsu-in is in the country of Japan[5].
  • Meigetsu-in's image is recorded as Meigetsu-in Kamakura Main-Hall.jpg[6].
  • Meigetsu-in's instance of is recorded as Buddhist temple[7].
  • Meigetsu-in's instance of is recorded as hydrangea temple[8].
  • Meigetsu-in's founder is recorded as Uesugi Norimasa[9].
  • Meigetsu-in's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 134903430[10].
  • Meigetsu-in's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83049373[11].
  • Meigetsu-in's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00647375[12].
  • Meigetsu-in's part of is recorded as 33 Sacred Sites of Kannon in Kamakura[13].
  • Meigetsu-in's Commons category is recorded as Meigetsuin[14].
  • +1160-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Meigetsu-in[15].
  • Meigetsu-in's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.33485556, 'lon': 139.55138611}[16].
  • Meigetsu-in's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03qctrx[17].
  • Meigetsu-in's dedicated to is recorded as Avalokiteśvara[18].
  • Meigetsu-in's official website is recorded as https://www.trip-kamakura.com/place/japanheritage/230.html[19].
  • Meigetsu-in's OpenCorporates ID is recorded as jp/5021005001984[20].
  • Meigetsu-in's phone number is recorded as +81-467-24-3437[21].
  • Meigetsu-in's heritage designation is recorded as Historic Site of Japan[22].
  • Meigetsu-in's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '福源山明月院'}[23].
  • Meigetsu-in's GeoNames ID is recorded as 11057977[24].
  • Meigetsu-in's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '明月院'}[25].
  • Meigetsu-in's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'あじさい寺'}[26].
  • Meigetsu-in's name in kana is recorded as めいげついん[27].

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Founding

Meigetsu-in's founder is recorded as Uesugi Norimasa[9]. +1160-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Meigetsu-in[15].

Identity

Meigetsu-in's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '福源山明月院'}[23]. Meigetsu-in's part of is recorded as 33 Sacred Sites of Kannon in Kamakura[13].

Why It Matters

Meigetsu-in draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (buddhist_temple category, ranking #104 of 757).[2] Meigetsu-in has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Meigetsu-in is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . trip-kamakura.com. trip-kamakura.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . kunishitei.bunka.go.jp. kunishitei.bunka.go.jp. Provenance: 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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