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Tōshōdai-ji Temple

Buddhist temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan
Organization buddhist_temple Q973175
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Tōshōdai-ji Temple

Summary

Tōshōdai-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of buddhist_temple entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (277 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tōshōdai-ji Temple's religion is recorded as Risshū[3].
  • Tōshōdai-ji Temple is located in Nara[4].
  • Tōshōdai-ji Temple is in the country of Japan[5].
  • Tōshōdai-ji Temple's instance of is recorded as Buddhist temple[6].
  • Tōshōdai-ji Temple's founder is recorded as Jianzhen[7].
  • Tōshōdai-ji Temple took place at Nishinokyō[8].
  • Tōshōdai-ji Temple's child organization or unit is recorded as Saihō-in[9].
  • Tōshōdai-ji Temple is part of Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara[10].
  • Tōshōdai-ji Temple is part of Shinbutsu Reijō Junpai no Michi[11].
  • Tōshōdai-ji Temple is part of Yamato Northern 88 Sacred Sites[12].
  • Tōshōdai-ji Temple's Commons category is recorded as Toshodaiji[13].
  • Tōshōdai-ji Temple comprises Sutra Storehouse, Toshodai-ji[14].
  • Tōshōdai-ji Temple comprises Lecture Hall, Toshodai-ji[15].
  • Tōshōdai-ji Temple comprises Korō, Toshodai-ji[16].
  • Tōshōdai-ji Temple comprises Golden Hall, Toshodai-ji[17].
  • Tōshōdai-ji Temple comprises Treasure House, Toshodai-ji[18].
  • Tōshōdai-ji Temple comprises Raidō, Tōshōdai-ji[19].
  • Tōshōdai-ji Temple comprises Shinhōzō, Tōshōdai-ji[20].
  • 759 marks the founding of Tōshōdai-ji Temple[21].
  • Tōshōdai-ji Temple's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.675586111111, 'lon': 135.78483333333}[22].
  • Tōshōdai-ji Temple's dedicated to is recorded as Birushana Buddha[23].
  • Tōshōdai-ji Temple's official website is recorded as http://www.toshodaiji.jp/[24].
  • Tōshōdai-ji Temple's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Toshodaiji[25].
  • Tōshōdai-ji Temple's heritage designation is recorded as National Treasure of Japan[26].
  • Tōshōdai-ji Temple's heritage designation is recorded as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[27].

Body

Founding

Tōshōdai-ji Temple's founder is recorded as Jianzhen[7]. 759 marks the founding of it[21].

Identity

Part of include Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara[10], a group of structures or buildings[28], in Japan[29]; Shinbutsu Reijō Junpai no Michi[11], a pilgrims' way[30], in Japan[31]; and Yamato Northern 88 Sacred Sites[12], a reijō[32], in Japan[33].

Operations

Tōshōdai-ji Temple's child organization or unit is recorded as Saihō-in[9].

Why It Matters

Tōshōdai-ji Temple ranks in the top 10% of buddhist_temple entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (277 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34]

Related Entities

Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . toshodaiji.jp. toshodaiji.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . toshodaiji.jp. toshodaiji.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 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.

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  1. 2d ago · Hirho · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Japan
    Heritage designation → National Treasure of Japan, part of UNESCO World Heritage Site, Historic Site of Japan
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 34.675586111111, 'lon': 135.78483333333}
    Country → —
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P2440]]: Hōryūji, Copying from [[Q261932]]"
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