Ryōan-ji Temple

temple in Kyoto, Japan
Organization buddhist_temple Q587371
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Ryōan-ji Temple

Summary

Ryōan-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of buddhist_temple entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (359 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ryōan-ji Temple was a member of Kyoto Museums Association[3].
  • Ryōan-ji Temple's religion is recorded as Myōshin-ji sect[4].
  • Ryōan-ji Temple is located in Ukyō Ward[5].
  • Ryōan-ji Temple is in the country of Japan[6].
  • Ryōan-ji Temple's image is recorded as 250201 Ryoan-ji Kyoto Japan06s3.jpg[7].
  • Ryōan-ji Temple's instance of is recorded as Buddhist temple[8].
  • Ryōan-ji Temple's founder is recorded as Hosokawa Katsumoto[9].
  • Ryōan-ji Temple's founder is recorded as Giten Genshō[10].
  • Ryōan-ji Temple's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 168403064[11].
  • Ryōan-ji Temple's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 16255132g[12].
  • Ryōan-ji Temple's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00647837[13].
  • Ryōan-ji Temple's part of is recorded as Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto[14].
  • Ryōan-ji Temple's Commons category is recorded as Ryōan-ji[15].
  • Ryōan-ji Temple's has part is recorded as Zen Garden, Ryoan-ji Temple[16].
  • +1450-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ryōan-ji Temple[17].
  • Ryōan-ji Temple's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.034444444444, 'lon': 135.71833333333}[18].
  • Ryōan-ji Temple's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04dbxk[19].
  • Ryōan-ji Temple's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Mount Kinugasa[20].
  • Ryōan-ji Temple's parent organization or unit is recorded as Myōshin-ji Temple[21].
  • Ryōan-ji Temple's World Heritage Site ID is recorded as 688-015[22].
  • Ryōan-ji Temple's dedicated to is recorded as Shakyamuni Tathāgata[23].
  • Ryōan-ji Temple's official website is recorded as http://www.ryoanji.jp/[24].
  • Ryōan-ji Temple's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ryōan-ji[25].
  • Ryōan-ji Temple's OpenCorporates ID is recorded as jp/3130005001201[26].
  • Ryōan-ji Temple's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Ryoan-Temple[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Hosokawa Katsumoto[9] and Giten Genshō[10]. +1450-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ryōan-ji Temple[17].

Identity

Ryōan-ji Temple's part of is recorded as Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto[14].

Operations

Ryōan-ji Temple's parent organization or unit is recorded as Myōshin-ji Temple[21].

Why It Matters

Ryōan-ji Temple ranks in the top 2% of buddhist_temple entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (359 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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  1. [6] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  8. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [3] . kyohakuren.jp. Retrieved . kyohakuren.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  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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