Zenkō-ji Temple

Buddhist temple in Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Organization buddhist_temple Q189640
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Zenkō-ji Temple

Summary

Zenkō-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of buddhist_temple entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (99 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Zenkō-ji Temple's religion is recorded as Buddhism in Japan[3].
  • Zenkō-ji Temple is located in Nagano[4].
  • Zenkō-ji Temple is in the country of Japan[5].
  • Zenkō-ji Temple's image is recorded as ZenkojiWP.jpg[6].
  • Zenkō-ji Temple's instance of is recorded as Buddhist temple[7].
  • Zenkō-ji Temple's instance of is recorded as chokugan-ji[8].
  • Zenkō-ji Temple's founder is recorded as Honda Zenkō[9].
  • Zenkō-ji Temple's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 294485326[10].
  • Zenkō-ji Temple's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00310064[11].
  • Zenkō-ji Temple's part of is recorded as Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage[12].
  • Zenkō-ji Temple's part of is recorded as Bandō Sanjūsankasho[13].
  • Zenkō-ji Temple's part of is recorded as Chichibu Thirty-four Kannon Temples[14].
  • Zenkō-ji Temple's Commons category is recorded as Zenkō-ji[15].
  • Zenkō-ji Temple's has part is recorded as Main Hall, Zenkoji[16].
  • Zenkō-ji Temple's has part is recorded as Kankei-ji Temple[17].
  • +0644-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Zenkō-ji Temple[18].
  • Zenkō-ji Temple's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.661666666667, 'lon': 138.18777777778}[19].
  • Zenkō-ji Temple's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05t888[20].
  • Zenkō-ji Temple's significant event is recorded as 1847 Zenkōji earthquake[21].
  • Zenkō-ji Temple's dedicated to is recorded as Amitabha triad in Zenkoji-style[22].
  • Zenkō-ji Temple's official website is recorded as https://www.zenkoji.jp/[23].
  • Zenkō-ji Temple's official website is recorded as https://www.zenkoji.jp/ENGLISH/about/[24].
  • Zenkō-ji Temple's official website is recorded as https://www.zenkoji.jp/CHINESE/about/[25].
  • Zenkō-ji Temple's official website is recorded as https://www.zenkoji.jp/en/[26].
  • Zenkō-ji Temple's official website is recorded as https://www.zenkoji.jp/cn/[27].

Body

Founding

Zenkō-ji Temple's founder is recorded as Honda Zenkō[9]. +0644-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[18].

Identity

Part of include Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage[12], a Buddhist pilgrimage[28], in Japan[29], founded in 1100[30]; Bandō Sanjūsankasho[13], a Buddhist pilgrimage[31], in Japan[32]; and Chichibu Thirty-four Kannon Temples[14], a Buddhist pilgrimage[33], in Japan[34], founded in 1234[35].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Zenkō-ji Temple include 1847 Zenkōji earthquake[36], an earthquake[37], in Japan[38].

Why It Matters

Zenkō-ji Temple ranks in the top 6% of buddhist_temple entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (99 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Entities named for it include 1847 Zenkōji earthquake[36], an earthquake[37], in Japan[38].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] . wikidata.org. → on this site

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
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [38] . 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. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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