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Nishi-hongan-ji 西 本願寺
Kyôto City


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Nishi-hongan-ji is the main temple of the Jôdô-shinshû Hongan-ji sect. It was founded in 1272 and moved to its present site in 1591 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. It features five buildings designated as national treasures besides a large number of beautiful works of art and is famous for its many examples of the showy and gorgeous artistic syle of the Momoyama period.


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Nishi-hongan-ji
hallway
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Nishi-hongan-ji
hallway + golden lantern
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hallway + golden lantern  (2)
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hallway + golden lantern  (3)
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Nishi-hongan-ji
entrance gate - temples in Kyôto
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Nishi-hongan-ji
main gate seimon
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entrance gate -  Kyôto
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bronze lamp + temple roof -  Kyôto
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J 219 027
Nishi-hongan-ji
Sutrenbibliothek kyôzô
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bronze lantern + sutra library
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dragon well
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main hall hondô
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main gate + administration building
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Nishi-Hongan-ji
main gate + Kyôto Tower
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