Place Buddhist traditions
Mount Kōya
高野山 zh
Buddhist temple complex and settlement in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
- Dated from 810 CE
- Also called Koyasan, Kōyasan, Kōya-san
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Associated figures
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KūkaiNamed as founder Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835)
Places nearby
- under 1 km away
Kōya-chō
town in Ito District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan - under 1 km away
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