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JAPAN

Sacred Sites in the Kii Mountain Range

Japanese monastic center for over thousand year

Year of Inscription: 2004

Kii Mountains has three sacred For over 1200 years Koyasan has

sites – Yoshino and Omine, flourished as an active monastic

Kumano Sanzan, Koyasan – center, and is one of Japan’s

linked by pilgrimage routes to most sacred sites.

⾦堂 Golden Hall
the ancient capital cities of Nara (⽇本 Japan: 2015)

and Kyoto, reflect traits of Koyasan Reihokan is an art

Shintoism and Buddhism, which museum preserving and

was introduced from China. displaying Buddhist art which is

over 1200 years old. The

In 804 AD, Kukai was sent to collection is centered around

China to learn Buddhism. Three articles from the Heian and 制多迦童⼦像 Seitaka

years later he came back to Kamakura periods including the （⽇本 Japan：1977）

Japan and founded Shingon image of the Eight Attendants

Buddhism. In 816AD, Kukai built of Fudo Myoo in the Kamakura

惠喜童⼦像 Eki
the monastery complex known period (1197 AD); such as (⽇本 Japan: 2009)

as Koyasan. Kongara, Eki, Eko, Seitaka etc.