Date : between 1859 and 1860
Material : Wood
UNESCO World Heritage Site (Définitif) : 1994
| Sutra Repository
Item 12 on 16
Place(s) of worship
Outdoor architecture (Edifice)
Area related
Kyoto (Japon)
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The Sutra Repository (Kyôzô) was build in 1859 and completed in 1860, with funds from the 120th generation abbot Yôchû. It houses a Goreyo-dynasty compendium of the Buddhist canon, as well as a Yuan-dynasty manuscript of the Great Wisdom Sutra (Mahaprajna-paramita-sutra) from Puning-si Temple.
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