ID: 700009560 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009560	Record Type: Built Work
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Ryōanji (temple (building); founded by Hosokawa Katsumoto; first structure, 11th century;...; Kyoto (Kyōto, Nihon, Asia, World, Top of the TGN hierarch...;)

Note: Zen temple belonging to the Myōshin-ji school, Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism. Founded on the site of an estate of the Fujiwara clan in the 11th century. It is famed for its Zen garden.

Titles:

Ryōanji (preferred,C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Ryoanji (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Ryōan-ji (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

竜安寺 (C,U,Japanese,U,U)

龍安寺 (C,U,Japanese,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

temple (building) [300007595] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings)

World Heritage Site [300263063]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), complexes (buildings and sites), <complexes by function>, sites (locations))

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: first structure, 11th century; completed 1450

Creator Display:

founded by Hosokawa Katsumoto [preferred]

architects unknown Japanese (Japanese cultural designation) [500125252]

founder (originator) Katsumoto, Hosokawa (Japanese administrator, architect, 1430-1473) [500246975]

Locations:

Current: Kyōto [7004603] Kyōto (prefecture), Japan (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: 35°02′04″N 135°43′06″E

Display Materials: wood frame

	frame construction (wood frame construction) [300111619]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (assembling), <construction technique by form or materials>)

Dimensions: unavailable

Cultures:

(preferred)

Japanese

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	Shakyamuni [901000851]
	.....((Buddhist characters, Buddhist iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Related Works:

	is architectural context for .... The Daoist Immortal Liezi [700009559] original location, ca. 1606
	..........screens (furniture); Kano School; ca. 1606; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 1989.139.1a–d;

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures

Sources and Contributors:
Ryōanji	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
Ryoanji	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
Ryōan-ji	........ [VP]
	........ Boger, Traditional Arts of Japan (1964)
竜安寺	........ [VP]
	........ Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%8Dan-ji
龍安寺	........ [VP]
	........ Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%8Dan-ji

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	..... Boger, Traditional Arts of Japan (1964)