Shitennō-ji Temple

Built in 593 A.D., this famous Buddhist temple features a five-story pagoda, statues and turtle ponds
Organization buddhist_temple Q339859
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Shitennō-ji Temple

Summary

Shitennō-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of buddhist_temple entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (205 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shitennō-ji Temple is located in Shitennōji[3].
  • Shitennō-ji Temple is in the country of Japan[4].
  • Shitennō-ji Temple's image is recorded as Shitennoji03s3200.jpg[5].
  • Shitennō-ji Temple's instance of is recorded as Buddhist temple[6].
  • Shitennō-ji Temple's founder is recorded as Prince Shōtoku[7].
  • Four Heavenly Kings is named after Shitennō-ji Temple[8].
  • Shitennō-ji Temple's architectural style is recorded as Shitennō-ji style[9].
  • Shitennō-ji Temple's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 154773550[10].
  • Shitennō-ji Temple's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80152914[11].
  • Shitennō-ji Temple's Union List of Artist Names ID is recorded as 500304199[12].
  • Shitennō-ji Temple's IdRef ID is recorded as 171099834[13].
  • Shitennō-ji Temple's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00302606[14].
  • Shitennō-ji Temple's part of is recorded as seven great temples founded by Prince Shōtoku[15].
  • Shitennō-ji Temple's part of is recorded as New Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage[16].
  • Shitennō-ji Temple's part of is recorded as 49 Sacred sites of Saigoku Yakushi[17].
  • Shitennō-ji Temple's part of is recorded as Q11498552[18].
  • Shitennō-ji Temple's part of is recorded as Settsukoku Pilgrimage[19].
  • Shitennō-ji Temple's part of is recorded as Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Osaka[20].
  • Shitennō-ji Temple's part of is recorded as Naniwa shichikō meguri[21].
  • Shitennō-ji Temple's part of is recorded as Historical Sites of Prince Shōtoku[22].
  • Shitennō-ji Temple's part of is recorded as Shinbutsu Reijō Junpai no Michi[23].
  • Shitennō-ji Temple's part of is recorded as The Twenty-Fifth Reikyo of Dharan Shonin[24].
  • Shitennō-ji Temple's part of is recorded as Kinki Thirty-six Fudoson Sacred Ground[25].
  • Shitennō-ji Temple's Commons category is recorded as Shitennoji[26].
  • Shitennō-ji Temple's has part is recorded as Shitennō-ji Honbō Garden[27].

Body

Founding

Shitennō-ji Temple's founder is recorded as Prince Shōtoku[7]. +0593-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[28].

Identity

Part of include seven great temples founded by Prince Shōtoku[15], a group of structures or buildings[29], in Japan[30]; New Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage[16], a Buddhist pilgrimage[31], in Japan[32], founded in 1932[33]; 49 Sacred sites of Saigoku Yakushi[17], a Buddhist pilgrimage[34], in Japan[35]; Q11498552[18]; Settsukoku Pilgrimage[19], a reijō[36], in Japan[37]; and Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Osaka[20], a pilgrims' way[38], in Japan[39].

Why It Matters

Shitennō-ji Temple ranks in the top 2% of buddhist_temple entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (205 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

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  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [39] . 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. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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