Rinnō-ji
The Rinnō-ji ( Japanese 輪 王 寺 ) is a Buddhist temple in the Japanese city of Nikkō .
The origins of Rinnō-ji go back to the 8th century and the work of the Buddhist priest Shōdō Shōnin ( 勝 道 上人 ). Extensive extensions were carried out at the beginning of the Edo period , in particular the mausoleum ( Taiyū-in Reibyō ) built for Tokugawa Iemitsu in 1653 , which consists of several dozen buildings in the Gongen-zukuri style. Its main shrine ( honden ), the ai-no-ma room, the prayer hall ( haiden ) and 59 scrolls are national treasures of Japan .
In the course of the state enforced separation of Buddhism and Shintō ( Shinbutsu Bunri ), several buildings ( Sambutsudō ( important cultural asset of Japan ) and Sōrintō ) were separated from their connection with the Shintō shrines Futara-san and Tōshō-gū and relocated to their current locations .
In 1999, the temple was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, along with other religious buildings in Nikkō .
Web links
- Website of the Rinnō-ji - Japanese
- Information offered by the city of Nikkō ( Memento of March 16, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) - English
Heritage: Buddhist Shrines of Hōryū-ji (1993) | Himeji-jō (1993) | Historical Kyōto (Kyōto, Uji and Ōtsu) (1994) | Historical Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama (1995) | Peace Memorial in Hiroshima (1996) | Itsukushima Shinto Shrine (1996) | Monuments and gardens of the imperial city of Nara ( Gangō-ji , Heijō-kyō , Kasuga-Taisha , Kasugayama primeval forest, Kōfuku-ji , Tōdai-ji , Tōshōdai-ji , Yakushi-ji ) (1998) | Shrines and Temples of Nikkō ( Futarasan Shrine , Rinnō-ji , Tōshōgū ) (1999) | Gusuku and other sites of the Ryūkyū Kingdom (2000) | Sacred places and pilgrimage routes in the Kii Mountains (2004) | Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and Cultural Landscape (2007) | Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites of Hiraizumi (2011) | Fuji-san (2013) | Places of silk spinning in Tomioka (2014) | Sites of the industrial revolution in the Meiji period (2015) | The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier : National Museum of Western Art (2016) | Okinoshima Sacred Island and Associated Sites in Munakata Region (2017) | Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region (2018) | Kofun group by Mozu-Foruichi (2019)
Natural Heritage: Yakushima Cedar Forest (1993) | Beech forest by Shirakami (1993) | Shiretoko (2005) | Ogasawara Islands (2011)
Coordinates: 36 ° 45 ′ 15 ″ N , 139 ° 36 ′ 9.7 ″ E