Kiyomizu-dera
Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto
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Summary
Kiyomizu-dera is a Buddhist temple[1]. Kiyomizu-dera ranks in the top 0.4% of buddhist temple entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,627 views/month, #3 of 757).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Kita-Hossō sect[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Higashiyama-ku[4]
- Country: Japan[5]
- Founder: Enchin[6], Gyōei[7], Sakanoue no Tamuramaro[8]
- Architectural style: kakezukuri[9]
- Part of: Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto[10], Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage[11], The Twenty-Fifth Reikyo of Dharan Shonin[12], 33 Sacred Sites of Luoyang Kannon[13], Shinbutsu Reijō Junpai no Michi[14]
- Commons category: Kiyomizu-dera[15]
- Chairperson: Seihan Mori[16]
- Has part(s): Jishu Shrine[17], Main Hall, Kiyomizu-dera[18]
- Inception: 778[19]
- Significant event: reconstruction[20], increase[21]
- Dedicated to: Thousand-Armed Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteśvara[22]
- Official website: http://www.kiyomizudera.or.jp/[23], https://www.kiyomizudera.or.jp/[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kiyomizu-dera[25]
- Depicted by: Kiyomizudera Sankei Mandala detail[26], Kiyomizu-dera Engi Emaki[27]
- Heritage designation: National Treasure of Japan[28], part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[29]
- Official name: 音羽山[30]
- Commons Institution page: Kiyomizu-dera[31]
- Native label: 清水寺[32]
- Area: 12.3 ha[33], 161.1 ha[34]
- Fee: 400 yen[35]
- World Heritage criteria: (ii)[36], (iv)[37]
- Directions: Nearest bus stop: Kiyomizu-michi or Gojo-zaka, routes 100, 202, 206, 207[38]
- Mountain range: Higashiyama[39]
- Number of viewers/listeners: 440,345[40]
Why It Matters
Kiyomizu-dera has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Kiyomizu-dera is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]