Hieizan

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Hieizan is the Japanese name for Mount Hiei, a historically significant mountain northeast of Kyoto known as a major center of Tendai Buddhism.

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Hieizan canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist holy site ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
associatedWithPeriod Heian period ⓘ
associatedWithSect Tendai sect ⓘ
linked to: Tendai Buddhism
containsArea Saitō ⓘ
linked to: Saito

Tōdō ⓘ
Yokawa ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
culturalSignificance center of medieval Japanese Buddhism ⓘ
influence on Nichiren Buddhism ⓘ
influence on Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ
influence on Zen Buddhism ⓘ
elevation 2779 ft ⓘ
848 m ⓘ
foundedAsReligiousCenterBy Saichō ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Mount Hiei ⓘ
hasCableCar Eizan Cable ⓘ
hasClimate cooler than Kyoto city ⓘ
hasFestival religious events at Enryaku-ji ⓘ
hasFlora cedar forests ⓘ
mixed temperate forest ⓘ
hasJapaneseName 比叡山 ⓘ
hasMajorTempleComplex Enryaku-ji ⓘ
hasRoadAccess Hiei Driveway ⓘ
hasRopeway Hiei Ropeway ⓘ
knownFor ascetic practices ⓘ
marathon monks of Hiei ⓘ
training of warrior monks (sōhei) ⓘ
locatedIn Kyoto Prefecture ⓘ
Shiga Prefecture ⓘ
locatedNear Kyoto ⓘ
Lake Biwa ⓘ
locatedNortheastOf Kyoto ⓘ
mainBuddhistSchool Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
mountainRange Hiei Mountains ⓘ
overlooks Kyoto Basin ⓘ
Lake Biwa ⓘ
partOf border between Kyoto Prefecture and Shiga Prefecture ⓘ
protectedAs part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
religiousCenterSince Heian period ⓘ
tourismType hiking ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ
UNESCOStatus part of Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSince 1994 ⓘ
viewpointOf Kyoto city ⓘ
linked to: Kyoto

Lake Biwa region ⓘ

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Mount Hiei → romanization → Hieizan ⓘ