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Kiyomizu-dera

Kiyomizu-dera
清水寺
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Basic information
Location 1-294 Kiyomizu, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
Affiliation Kita-Hossō
Deity Senju-Kannon (Sahasrabhuja Ārya Avalokitezvara)
Country Japan
Website http://www.kiyomizudera.or.jp/
Architectural description
Founder Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, reconstructed by Tokugawa Iemitsu
Completed 778

Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺?), officially Otowa-san Kiyomizu-dera (音羽山清水寺?) is an independent Buddhist temple in eastern Kyoto. The temple is part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) UNESCO World Heritage site. It was one of 20 finalists for the New7Wonders of the World.

The place is not to be confused with Kiyomizu-dera in Yasugi, Shimane, which is part of the 33-temple route of the Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage through western Japan, or the Kiyozumi-dera temple associated with the Buddhist priest Nichiren.

Kiyomizu-dera was founded in the early Heian period. The temple was founded in 778 by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, and its present buildings were constructed in 1633, ordered by the Tokugawa Iemitsu. There is not a single nail used in the entire structure. It takes its name from the waterfall within the complex, which runs off the nearby hills. Kiyomizu means clear water, or pure water.

It was originally affiliated with the old and influential Hossō sect dating from Nara times. However, in 1965 it severed that affiliation, and its present custodians call themselves members of the "Kitahossō" sect.


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