The Temples of Kyoto
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: October 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780804820325
Subjects: Architecture; TRAVEL & HOLIDAY; Travel - Foreign; Photo Essays; Japan; Asia - Japan; Travel
First sentence: On the heights of Mount Hiei, northeast of Kyoto, sits the ecclesiastical city of Enryaku-ji, headquarters of the Tendai sect and a center for religious meditation, political indoctrination, and warfare since the Heian period (784-1185).