Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land

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Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land is a UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape in northeastern Japan renowned for its historic Buddhist temples, gardens, and ruins designed to embody Pure Land Buddhist cosmology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist heritage site ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
cultural landscape ⓘ
associatedBuddhistSchool Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ
Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
associatedClan Northern Fujiwara clan ⓘ
linked to: Fujiwara clan
associatedConcept Buddhist Pure Land cosmology ⓘ
Jōdo gardens ⓘ
linked to: Pure Land garden
associatedWith Heian period culture ⓘ
medieval Japanese Buddhism ⓘ
contains Chūson-ji ⓘ
Kanjizaiō-in Ato ⓘ
Mount Kinkeisan ⓘ
Muryōkō-in Ato ⓘ
Mōtsū-ji ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
designConcept representation of the Buddhist Pure Land (Jōdo) cosmology ⓘ
developedUnder Fujiwara no Hidehira ⓘ
Fujiwara no Kiyohira ⓘ
Fujiwara no Motohira ⓘ
governingBody Government of Japan ⓘ
hasComponent archaeological sites ⓘ
gardens ⓘ
historic ruins ⓘ
temples ⓘ
heritageType cultural ⓘ
inscriptionYear 2011 ⓘ
JapaneseName 平泉-仏国土(浄土)を表す建築・庭園及び考古学的遺跡群 ⓘ
languageOfName Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture ⓘ
linked to: Hiraizumi
locatedInPart northeastern Japan ⓘ
locatedInRegion Tohoku region ⓘ
linked to: Tohoku
mainReligion Buddhism ⓘ
municipalAuthority Town of Hiraizumi ⓘ
linked to: Hiraizumi
notableArchaeologicalSite Kanjizaiō-in Ato ⓘ
Muryōkō-in Ato ⓘ
notableNaturalFeature Mount Kinkeisan ⓘ
notableTemple Chūson-ji ⓘ
Mōtsū-ji ⓘ
partOf World Heritage List ⓘ
periodOfSignificance late 11th century to 12th century ⓘ
recognizedFor historical role as a political and cultural center of northern Japan ⓘ
integration of architecture, gardens, and natural landscape ⓘ
outstanding example of Pure Land Buddhist planning ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria (ii) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ
UNESCORegion Asia and the Pacific ⓘ
linked to: Asia-Pacific
UNESCOSiteId 1277 ⓘ

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Iwate Prefecture → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land ⓘ
Koromogawa, Hiraizumi (traditional) → linkedTo → Hiraizumi historic landscape ⓘ
linked to: Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land
World Heritage Sites in Japan → hasPart → Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land ⓘ
Hiraizumi → hasHeritageDesignation → Historic Monuments and Sites of Hiraizumi ⓘ
linked to: Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land
Hiraizumi → partOf → Historic Monuments and Sites of Hiraizumi World Heritage property ⓘ
linked to: Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land
Hiraizumi → hasOfficialNameOfWorldHeritageProperty → Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land ⓘ
Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land → JapaneseName → 平泉-仏国土(浄土)を表す建築・庭園及び考古学的遺跡群 ⓘ
linked to: Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land