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Sanjūsangen-dō

1160s establishments in Japan1164 establishments in AsiaBuddhist temples in KyotoBuildings and structures completed in 1164Important Cultural Properties of Japan
National Treasures of JapanReligious organizations established in the 1160sTendai temples
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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. 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.

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Sanjūsangen-dō
Yamato-ohji, Kyoto Higashiyama Ward

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三十三間堂

Yamato-ohji 657
605-0981 Kyoto, Higashiyama Ward
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