Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Isumi in Chiba Prefecture,
Japan.
According to an alternate reading of the name in Japanese, the
temple is also referred to as Seisui-ji, and is commonly known as the
Kiyomizu Kannon. Kiyomizu-dera is the 32nd temple in the Bandō Sanjūsankasho, or the circuit of 33 Buddhist temples in Eastern Japan sacred to bodhisattva Kannon.
According to legend, Kiyomizu-dera was founded in the Heian period by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, the first shogun of Japan. Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, closely associated with the construction of Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto,
reputedly built the Isumi temple as a replica of the well-known Kyoto
temple of the same name.
Nearly all temple structures of the Heian
period were destroyed by fire at some time in the Muromachi period between 1469-148, and today few Heian period remnants are extant.
The present hon-dō (Main Hall) was reconstructed between 1688 and 1703.
Chiba Prefecture (千葉県 Chiba-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region and the Greater Tokyo Area.[1] Its capital is Chiba City.[2]
The Heian period (平安時代 Heian jidai) is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185.[1] The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto.
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