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{{Short description|Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan}}
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| name                  = Enkōji<br/>圓光寺
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| image                 = 圓光寺 - panoramio (3).jpg
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| location              = 13 Ichijōji Kotanichō, [[Sakyō-ku, Kyoto|Sakyō-ku]], [[Kyoto|Kyōto]], [[Kyoto Prefecture]]
| coordinates           = {{coord|35|2|42|N|135|47|49|E|source:kolossus-jawiki|display=title,inline}}
| religious_affiliation = Nanzen-ji [[Rinzai]]
| deity                 = [[Senju Kannon]] (Thousand-armed Avalokiteśvara)
| country               = Japan
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| website               = http://www.enkouji.jp/
| founded_by            = [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] and [[Sanyō Genkitsu]]
| year_completed        = 1601
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[[File:EnkoujiSuikinkutsu.jpg|thumb|The ''suikinkutsu'' at Enkō-ji]]
{{Nihongo|'''Enkō-ji'''|円光寺}}, is a [[Zen]] [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[temple]] located near the [[Shugakuin Imperial Villa]] at [[Sakyō-ku, Kyoto|Sakyō-ku]], Ichijo-ji, Kotani-cho, in northeast [[Kyoto]], Japan. It is famous for its [[fall foliage]] and ''[[suikinkutsu]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Weiss |first=Allen S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iEwgdgR4ejAC |title=Zen Landscapes: Perspectives on Japanese Gardens and Ceramics |date=2013-09-15 |publisher=Reaktion Books |isbn=978-1-78023-231-7 |pages=120–122 |language=en}}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[List of Buddhist temples in Kyoto]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Commons category-inline|Enkō-ji, Kyoto|Enkō-ji}}
* [http://www.enkouji.jp/ Official website]
* Enkō-ji on Kultur-in-Asien.de: [http://www.kultur-in-asien.de/Japan/tempel179.htm Teil 1] - [http://www.kultur-in-asien.de/Japan/tempel179a.htm Teil 2] - [http://www.kultur-in-asien.de/Japan/tempel179b.htm Teil 3] - [http://www.kultur-in-asien.de/Japan/tempel179c.htm Teil 4]
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[[Category:Buddhist temples in Kyoto]]
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