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平等院 A temple in Uji, Kyoto, affiliated with the two sects of Tendai 天台宗 and Jōdo 淨土宗. Founded by Fujiwara Yorimichi in 1052, and was used for a time as a villa of the Fujiwara clan. Its famous main room is called the Phoenix Hall 鳳凰堂.