RinnÅ-ji
The Rinnō -ji (Japanese轮 王 寺) is a Buddhist temple in the Japanese city of Nikko.
The origins of Rinnō -ji go back to the 8th century and the work of the Buddhist priest Shōdō Shonin (胜 道 上人). At the beginning of the Edo period, reaching conversions were carried out, especially in this case is the built in 1653 Tokugawa Iemitsu for Mausoleum ( Taiyū - in Reibyō ) to name, which consists of several dozen buildings in Gongen - zukuri style. Your main shrine ( Ai -no- ma - space ) and the prayer hall ( haiden ) are national treasures of Japan.
In the course of state-enforced separation of Buddhism and Shinto ( Shinbutsu Bunri ) several buildings ( the Hondo ( Sambutsudō ) and the Sōrintō ) were 1879 Tōshō - gū routed separately and from their attachment to the Shinto shrines Futara -san and their present locations.
1999, the temple with other religious buildings in Nikko by UNESCO was declared a World Heritage Site.