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Kōmyō-ji Temple

building in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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Summary

Kōmyō-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple[1]. It draws 298 Wikipedia views per month (buddhist temple category, ranking #105 of 757).[2]

Key Facts

  • Religion or worldview: Jōdo-shū[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Zaimokuza[4]
  • Country: Japan[5]
  • Instance of: chokugan-ji[6]
  • Founder: Ryōchū[7]
  • Part of: Kantō Jūhachi Danrin[8], 33 Sacred Sites of Kannon in Kamakura[9], かながわの景勝50選[10], 24 Jizō Reijō of Kamakura[11]
  • Commons category: Kōmyō-ji (Kamakura)[12]
  • Inception: 1243[13]
  • Dedicated to: Amitābha Buddha[14]
  • Official website: http://park16.wakwak.com/~komyo-ji/index.html[15], http://komyoji-kamakura.or.jp/[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Kōmyō-ji (Kamakura)[17]
  • Heritage designation: Important Cultural Property of Japan[18]
  • Official name: 天照山蓮華院光明寺[19], 天照山[20]
  • Owner of: Taima Mandala engi[21]
  • Street address: 神奈川県鎌倉市材木座六丁目17番19号[22]

Why It Matters

Kōmyō-ji Temple has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Related Entities

Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . komyoji-kamakura.or.jp. komyoji-kamakura.or.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . kunishitei.bunka.go.jp. kunishitei.bunka.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . komyoji-kamakura.or.jp. komyoji-kamakura.or.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · 日巫女 · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Official website → http://park16.wakwak.com/~komyo-ji/index.html, http://komyoji-kamakura.or.jp/
    Inception → —
    Dedicated to → Amitābha Buddha
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Official name: 天照山, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/289719|batch #289719]]"
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