List of Buddhist temples in Kyoto includes many temples; but this list encompasses only a few of the 1,600 Buddhist temples with scattered locations throughout the prefecture of Kyoto

Kyoto Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Kyoto.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Kyoto prefecture was known as Yamashiro....

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Nara period in Kyoto (710-794)

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• Otagi Nenbutsuji Temple
  Otagi Nenbutsu-ji
  Otagi Nenbutsu-ji is a Buddhist temple in the Arashiyama neighborhood of Kyoto, Japan.Otagi Nenbutsu-ji was founded by Empress Shōtoku in the middle of the eighth century. Though was destroyed by the flooding of the Kamo River, it was rebuilt as an offshoot of Enryaku-ji, a nearby temple. In the...
  
  

Heian period in Kyoto (794-1229)

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• Yengaku-ji., after 986 known more popularly as ..

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Hōjō in the Kamakura period in Kyoto (1221-1333)

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• Ryūhon-ji..
• Nishi Otani Betsuin.

Ashikaga in the Kamakura period in Kyoto (1333-1582)

• Tōjo-in.
• Tōjo-ji., formally identified as ; formerly on same site in 9th century, ., formally identified as . or the "Golden Pavilion Temple," formally identified as .. or the "Temple of the Silver Pavilion," formally identified as . — World Historical Heritage Site
• Honkoku-ji..

Azuchi-Momoyama period in Kyoto (1582-1615)

• Hompa Hongwan-ji.
• Ōtaniha Hongwan-ji..
• Mimizuka
  Mimizuka
  The is a monument in Kyoto, Japan, dedicated to the sliced ears and noses of killed Korean soldiers and civilians taken as a war trophy during the Japanese invasions of Korea from 1592 to 1598...
  
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• Sambō-in...

Edo period in Kyoto (1615-1869)

• Shōgo-in.
• Chishaku-in.
• Reikan-ji.
• Reigen-ji.
• Yentsū-ji.
• Rinkyū-ji.

External links

• Kyoto Temples and Shrines
• Buddhist temples in Kyoto
• Photos of temples, shrines and gardens in Kyoto
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