Sanjūsangen-dō
Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sanjūsangen-dō (三十三間堂, Temple of thirty-three bays) is a Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect in the Higashiyama district of Kyoto, Japan.
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Tendai |
Deity | Thousand Armed Kannon (Sahasrabhuja-arya-avalokiteśvara) |
Location | |
Location | 605-0941, Sanjusangendomawari, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture 675 |
Country | Japan |
Architecture | |
Founder | Taira no Kiyomori |
Completed | 1164 |
The temple was founded in 1164 by Taira no Kiyomori for the cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa. It is officially known as Rengeō-in (蓮華王院, hall of the Lotus King) and belongs to the Myōhō-in temple complex.
Sanjūsangen-dō is most famous for its massively long hondō (main hall) dating from 1266 (Kamakura period) and designated a National Treasure of Japan, and the collection of sculptures it houses, including 1001 standing Thousand-armed Kannon, 28 standing attendants, a statue of Fūjin and a statue of Raijin, and the principal image of the temple, a big seated statue of Thousand-armed Kannon, all of them designated National Treasures in the category of sculptures, most of them dating to the Heian to Kamakura periods.