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The primary architecture of Kiyomizu-dera is quite consistent with its red enamel trim and tile roofs.
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Travel: 2020
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Panorama looking north toward the ridge line on which sit the major structures, Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto, Japan, 2020.
Left to right: Nio-mon Gate, West Gate, Three-storied Pagoda, Kyodo, Tamurado, Todorokimon Gate, Asakura Hall, and Hondo, the main hall.
The temple grounds continue to the right and then towards the camera and down into the ravine in the foreground with smaller shrines and structures.
Nio-mon Gate, "Benevolent Kings Gate," marks the entrance to the temple grounds, Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto, Japan, 2020.
Also known as the Aka-mon, "Red Gate," it houses the four Deva guardian kings found at the entrance of most Mahayana Buddhist temples.
The Sai-mon, "West Gate," and the famous three-storied pagoda are up the steps just beyond the Nio-mon Gate, Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto, Japan, 2020.
The three-story pagoda, built in 1633, houses an image of Dainichi Nyorai, Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto, Japan, 2020.
Detail of the three-story pagoda, Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto, Japan, 2020.
Looking west from the Tamurado, "Founders Hall," Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto, Japan, 2020.
Detail of the roofs on the Todorokimon Gate and Asakura Hall, Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto, Japan, 2020.
The smaller Koyasu-no-To, "Easy Childbirth Pagoda," located in the ravine, Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto, Japan, 2020.
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