Sanjūsangen-dō

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Sanjūsangen-dō is a historic Buddhist temple hall in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its 1,001 statues of Kannon and its exceptionally long wooden structure.

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Sanjūsangen-dō canonical 4

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist temple hall ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
affiliation Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Rengeō-in ⓘ
Rengeō-in Sanjūsangen-dō ⓘ
associatedWith Tendai sect ⓘ
linked to: Tendai Buddhism
commissionedBy Emperor Go-Shirakawa ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
facingDirection south ⓘ
foundedBy Emperor Go-Shirakawa ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle Japanese Buddhist architecture ⓘ
hasArtStyle Heian-period sculpture ⓘ
Kamakura-period sculpture ⓘ
hasCentralImage seated Thousand-armed Kannon ⓘ
hasEvent New Year archery events ⓘ
Tōshiya archery contest ⓘ
hasLayout single long hall ⓘ
hasRoofType tiled roof ⓘ
hasStatuesOf Kannon ⓘ
heritageStatus National Treasure of Japan ⓘ
houses 28 guardian deities statues ⓘ
statues of the Thunder God ⓘ
statues of the Twenty-eight Legions ⓘ
statues of the Wind God ⓘ
knownFor exceptionally long wooden structure ⓘ
row of 1,001 Kannon statues ⓘ
length approximately 120 meters ⓘ
locatedIn Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto ⓘ
Honshū ⓘ
linked to: Honshu

Kyoto ⓘ
Kyoto Prefecture ⓘ
mainDeity Kannon ⓘ
Thousand-armed Kannon ⓘ
material wood ⓘ
near Higashiyama attractions ⓘ
Kyoto National Museum ⓘ
numberOfBays 33 ⓘ
numberOfKannonStatues 1001 ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
operatedBy Myōhō-in ⓘ
originalConstructionCompleted 1164 ⓘ
originalConstructionStart 1132 ⓘ
protectedAs Important Cultural Property of Japan ⓘ
rebuiltDuring Kamakura period ⓘ
rebuiltIn 1266 ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
translationOfName Hall with thirty-three bays ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Kannon → worshippedAt → Sanjūsangen-dō ⓘ
Sea of Buddha → mainSubject → Sanjūsangen-dō ⓘ
subject linked to: Sea of Buddha (photobook)
Sea of Buddha → associatedPlace → Sanjūsangen-dō ⓘ
subject linked to: Sea of Buddha (photobook)
Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage → hasPart → Sanjūsangen-dō ⓘ