Mausoleum of Emperor Kōmei

Tsuki no wa no misasagi is the name of a mausoleum in used by successive generations of the Japanese Imperial Family. The tomb is situated in , a Buddhist temple founded in the early Heian period, which was the hereditary temple or bodaiji of the Imperial Family.
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  • Type: Tomb
  • Description: Mausoleum in Higashiyama, Kyoto, Japan
  • Also known as: “Tsuki no wa no misasagi”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sennyū-ji Temple and Kiyomizu-dera.

Buddhist temple
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Sennyū-ji, formerly written as Sen-yū-ji, is a Shingon Buddhist and head of the Sennyū-ji sect in in , Japan. For centuries, Sennyū-ji has been a mausoleum for noble families and members of the Imperial House of Japan. is situated 260 metres northwest of Mausoleum of Emperor Kōmei.

Buddhist temple
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is a Buddhist temple located in eastern , . It belongs to the Kita-Hosso sect of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is a hibutsu statue of Jūichimen Kannon. is situated 2 km north of Mausoleum of Emperor Kōmei.

Buddhist temple
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is a Buddhist in in , . takes its name from two temples in Nara, and . It is one of the Kyoto Gozan or "five great Zen temples of Kyoto". Its honorary sangō prefix is Enichi-san. is situated 690 metres west of Mausoleum of Emperor Kōmei.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Kyoto and Shimogawara-chō.

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encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood, which is situated 2½ km north of Mausoleum of Emperor Kōmei.

Suburb
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is one of the eleven wards in the city of , in , . First established in 1879, it has been merged and split, and took on its present boundaries in 1955, with the establishment of a separate . and Kyoto Station are major landmarks in . is situated 2½ km northwest of Mausoleum of Emperor Kōmei.

Mausoleum of Emperor Kōmei

Latitude
34.97749° or 34° 58′ 39″ north
Longitude
135.78288° or 135° 46′ 58″ east
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Vietnamese—“Mausoleum of Emperor Kōmei” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Цукі но ва но місасагі”
  • Catalan: “Tsuki no wa no misasagi”
  • Chinese: “月輪陵”
  • Czech: “Cuki no wa no misasagi”
  • French: “Tsuki no wa no misasagi”
  • Japanese: “Nochi no Tsukinowa no Higashi no Misasagi”
  • Japanese: “後月輪陵”
  • Japanese: “月輪陵・後月輪陵”
  • Japanese: “月輪陵”
  • Korean: “노치노쓰키노와 능”
  • Korean: “쓰키노와 능”
  • Korean: “쓰키노와능·노치노쓰키노와능”
  • Persian: “تسوکی نو وا نو میساساگی”
  • Russian: “Цуки-но-ва-но Мисасаги”
  • Slovenian: “Cuki no va no misasagi”
  • Slovenian: “Tsuki no wa no misasagi”
  • Swedish: “Tsuki no wa no misasagi”
  • Thai: “สึกิ โนะ วะ โนะ มิซะซะงิ”
  • Thai: “สึกิ โนะ วะ โนะ มิซาซางิ”
  • Vietnamese: “Nguyệt Luân Lăng”

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