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Negoro-ji

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The complex of Buddhist temples stands on the side of, and is surrounded by, the sacred peaks of the Katsuragi Mountains, which dominate the horizon at the northern end of the city of Iwade, Wakayama in Japan. [1]

21 relations: Buddhism, Edo period, Emperor Toba, En no Gyōja, Iwade, Wakayama, Japan, Kakuban, Kishū Domain, List of National Treasures of Japan (temples), Mount Izumi Katsuragi, Mount Kōya, Muromachi period, Negoro-gumi, Shingon Buddhism, Siege of Negoro-ji, The 100 Views of Nature in Kansai, Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa Yorinobu, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Vairocana, Wakayama Prefecture.

Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

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Edo period

The or is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japanese society was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyō.

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Emperor Toba

was the 74th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): according to the traditional order of succession.

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En no Gyōja

(b. 634, in Katsuragi (modern Nara Prefecture); d. c. 700–707) was a Japanese ascetic and mystic, traditionally held to be the founder of Shugendō, the path of ascetic training practiced by the gyōja or yamabushi.

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Iwade, Wakayama

is a city in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Kakuban

Kakuban (覚鑁/覺鑁; 1095–1143), known posthumously as Kōgyō-Daishi (興教大師) was a priest of the Shingon sect of Buddhism in Japan and credited as a reformer, though his efforts also led to a schism between and.

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Kishū Domain

The, also known as or, was a han or Japanese feudal domain in Kii Province.

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List of National Treasures of Japan (temples)

The term "National Treasure" has been used in Japan to denote cultural properties since 1897.

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Mount Izumi Katsuragi

is a mountain in the Kongō Range straddling the border between Osaka and Wakayama Prefectures in Japan.

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Mount Kōya

In everyday language is the name of a huge temple settlement in Wakayama Prefecture to the south of Osaka.

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Muromachi period

The is a division of Japanese history running from approximately 1336 to 1573.

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Negoro-gumi

The were an order of warrior monks based in Negoro-ji temple, in Japan's Kii Province.

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Shingon Buddhism

is one of the major schools of Buddhism in Japan and one of the few surviving Vajrayana lineages in East Asia, originally spread from India to China through traveling monks such as Vajrabodhi and Amoghavajra.

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Siege of Negoro-ji

The was commanded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a former vassal of Oda Nobunaga, who came to inherit his armies, his land, and his rivalry with the warrior monks of Japan when Nobunaga was killed in 1582.

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The 100 Views of Nature in Kansai

This is a list of 100 views of nature decided upon by the "Kansai Global Environment Forum" in Japan for their natural beauty, history and cultural significance.

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Tokugawa clan

The was a powerful daimyō family of Japan.

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Tokugawa Yorinobu

was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period.

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi

was a preeminent daimyō, warrior, general, samurai, and politician of the Sengoku period who is regarded as Japan's second "great unifier".

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Vairocana

Vairocana (also Vairochana or Mahāvairocana, वैरोचन) is a celestial buddha who is often interpreted, in texts like the Flower Garland Sutra, as the Dharma Body of the historical Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama).

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Wakayama Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan on the Kii Peninsula in the Kansai region on Honshū island.

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Negoroji, 根来寺.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negoro-ji

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