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    Kongōbu-ji (金剛峯寺) is the ecclesiastic head temple of Kōyasan Shingon Buddhism, located on Mount Kōya (高野山, Kōya-san), Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Its name...
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    Osaka. In the strictest sense, Mount Kōya is the mountain name (sangō) of Kongōbu-ji Temple, the ecclesiastical headquarters of the Kōyasan sect of Shingon...
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  • prefecture's Negoro-ji, another at Kongōbu-ji, again in Wakayama, and the last at Kirihata-dera, Tokushima prefecture. The daitō at Kongōbu-ji was founded by...
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    at the Denbō-in (伝法院) soon came into conflict with the leadership at Kongōbu-ji, the head temple at Mount Kōya. Through his connections with high-ranking...
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    of Ajanta Indonesia: Maha Vihara Mojopahit, Trowulan, East Java. Japan Kongōbu-ji at Mount Kōya. Nanzo-in, in Fukuoka Prefecture - 41 metres (135 ft) Malaysia:...
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    Autumn maple leaves (momiji) at Kongōbu-ji on Mount Kōya, a UNESCO World Heritage Site...
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    Range (WHS) Mount Kōya – Kongōbu-ji (WHS) Osaka – Osaka Castle, Umeda, Namba, Dōtonbori, Shinsaibashi, Shinsekai, Shitennō-ji, Sumiyoshi-taisha, Universal...
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    would be the Diamond Realm mandala in the form of a temple which he named Kongōbu-ji ("Diamond Peak Temple"). At the center of the temple complex sits an enormous...
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  • Hōryū-ji Himeji Yakushima Shirakami-Sanchi Kyoto Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama Hiroshima Peace Memorial Itsukushima Shrine Nara Nikkō Ryukyu Kii Mountain Range...
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    the Kinokawa River and extends twenty-four kilometres to Mount Kōya, or Kongōbu-ji Temple, the ecclesiastical headquarters of the Kōyasan sect of Shingon...
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  • Kanjizai-ji Eihei-ji Nanzoin Shōfuku-ji Jōten-ji Enichi-ji Eihō-ji Shōgen-ji Shōhō-ji Ankoku-ji Buttsū-ji Myōō-in Antai-ji Chōkō-ji Engyō-ji Hōrin-ji Hōun-ji Ichijō-ji...
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    an attack on Takada Castle in 1556. A letter from Ichiborō a priest of Kongōbu-ji to Futami Mitzuzōin, dated September 12, 1580, describes a counter-attack...
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    few are still extant. One is at Wakayama prefecture's Negoro-ji, another at Kongōbu-ji, again in Wakayama, another at Kirihata-dera, Tokushima prefecture...
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    Rāgarāja, at Hokke-ji (Mitahora Kōbō) in Gifu Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizō V as Acala, by Utagawa Kunisada Red-skinned Acala at Kōnomine-ji, Yasuda, Kōchi...
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    institutions, as can be seen in the Jōdo-shū, Jōdo Shinshū, Yūzū-nembutsu-shū, and Ji-shū. These new Pure Land schools were part of a new wave of Buddhist schools...
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    silk, the scroll is owned by Kongōbu-ji. Buddha's Nirvana (絹本著色仏涅槃図, kenpon chakushoku butsunehanzu), owned by Kongōbu-ji is a large scale, 267.6 cm × 271...
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    Shingon. There are also a smattering of centers that have support from Kongōbu-ji, the head temple of the Kōyasan Shingon-shū (the school of Shingon Buddhism...
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    and the principal image is Kūkai. The head temple of this betsuin is Kongōbu-ji in Wakayama Prefecture. It stands next to the Takanawa Police Station...
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    collected items: writings)]. Kongōbu-ji. Retrieved 2010-09-27. "文化財の紹介 中尊寺" [Introduction to cultural properties, Chūson-ji]. Chūson-ji. Retrieved 2010-09-27...
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  • Headquartered on Mount Kōya in Wakayama Prefecture, it is also the oldest and largest of the eighteen Shingon sects in Japan. The main temple is Kongōbu-ji. v t e...
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  • Nyorai by Unkei, Enjō-ji, 1176, National Treasure Muchaku by Unkei, Kōfuku-ji, 1212, National Treasure Seitaka Dōji by Unkei, Kongōbu-ji, National Treasure...
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    eleven years old, studying initially at Daigo-ji and later at Kongōbu-ji. At the age of 34, while at Saidai-ji, he made the decision to become a fully ordained...
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    tree over 1,000 years old and as the venue for the annual Ya Ya Matsuri. Kongobu-ji (金剛寺) - Buddhist temple built during the Edo period with two fierce-looking...
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    wakayama ito katsuragiKatsuragi-chō, Ito-gun, Wakayama-ken Kōyasan Kongōbu-ji (金剛峯寺, Kongōbu-ji) temple shingonShingon Buddhist temple wakayama ito koyaKōya-chō...
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    Kōfuku-ji, 1212, National Treasure Seitaka Dōji at Kongōbu-ji, National Treasure Chōgen at Todai-ji, National Treasure Zizō Bosatsu at Rokuharamitsu-ji, Important...
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    Seitaka Dōji by Unkei, Kongōbu-ji, National Treasure Kongō Rikishi, Kōfuku-ji, National Treasure Twelve Heavenly Generals, Kōfuku-ji, 1207. National Treasure...
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    Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range Mount Kōya Kongōbu-ji Kongō Sanmai-in Koyasan Reihōkan "Kōya Town official statistics" (in Japanese)...
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    Pagoda of Ichijō-ji. It was built in 1171. Buddha's Nirvana. Hanging scroll, 267.6 cmx 271.2 cm. Color on silk. Located at Kongōbu-ji, Mt. Kōya. Five storied...
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    which Buddhist temples began to be constructed. Soga no Umako built Hōkō-ji, the first temple in Japan, between 588 and 596. It was later renamed as Asuka-dera...
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    Mountain Range UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Koyasan complex includes: Kongobu-ji, built by Kūkai in 816 as the principal stage for esoteric Buddhism on...
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