Kenchō-ji

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Kenchō-ji is a historic Zen Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Japan, renowned as one of the oldest and most important Zen training monasteries in the country.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kenchō-ji canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist temple ⓘ
Rinzai Zen monastery ⓘ
Zen temple ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
affiliation Kenchō-ji school of Rinzai Zen ⓘ
architecturalStyle Japanese Buddhist temple architecture ⓘ
BuddhistSchool Rinzai ⓘ
BuddhistSect Kenchō-ji branch of Rinzai ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
follows Rinzai Zen practice ⓘ
foundedBy Hōjō Tokiyori ⓘ
Lanxi Daolong ⓘ
foundedInEra Kenchō era ⓘ
linked to: Bun'ō
foundingPatron Hōjō Tokiyori ⓘ
foundingPriest Lanxi Daolong ⓘ
hasAccess Kita-Kamakura Station ⓘ
hasPart Bonshō (temple bell) ⓘ
Butsuden ⓘ
Hansōbō shrine ⓘ
Hattō ⓘ
Karakasa-dō ⓘ
Sanmon gate ⓘ
Shariden ⓘ
Tenen hiking trail access ⓘ
Zen garden ⓘ
headTempleOf Kenchō-ji branch of Rinzai ⓘ
heritageStatus Important Cultural Property of Japan (selected buildings) ⓘ
inception 1253 ⓘ
languageOfSignage English ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn Honshu ⓘ
Kamakura ⓘ
Kanagawa Prefecture ⓘ
Kantō region ⓘ
mainHall Butsuden ⓘ
namedAfter Kenchō era ⓘ
linked to: Bun'ō
near Engaku-ji ⓘ
Tsurugaoka Hachimangū ⓘ
notableFor Zen training monastery ⓘ
historic Zen garden ⓘ
large temple bell ⓘ
role in introduction of Zen to Japan ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf Kamakura Gozan ⓘ
ranking first of Kamakura Gozan ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
usedFor Buddhist ceremonies ⓘ
Zen monastic training ⓘ
zazen meditation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kamakura period → notableSite → Kenchō-ji ⓘ
Kamakura → hasLandmark → Kenchō-ji ⓘ