Kyoto

People who shaped the city

Residents, visitors and the occasional passing genius — each with the addresses where their story is still standing.

Politics

Ashikaga Yoshiaki
- Old Nijō Castle Site
Ashikaga Yoshimasa
- Shokoku-ji Temple
- Site of the Ashikaga Shogunal Palace
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
- Shokoku-ji Temple
Emperor Go-Kameyama
- Daikaku-ji Temple
Emperor Go-Shirakawa
- Hojuji Temple
Emperor Go-Toba
- Jonangu Shrine
Emperor Go-Uda
- Daikaku-ji Temple
Emperor Ichijō
- Higashi Sanjō-dono Site
Emperor Konoe
- Anrakuju-in Temple
Emperor Saga
- Daikaku-ji Temple
Emperor Shirakawa
- Kan'in Imperial Residence Site
Emperor Toba
- Anrakuju-in Temple
Emperor Uda
- Ninna-ji Temple
Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu
- Kan'in Imperial Residence Site
Fujiwara no Kaneie
- Higashi Sanjō-dono Site
Fujiwara no Michinaga
- Hōjō-ji Temple Site
Fujiwara no Yorimichi
- Hōjō-ji Temple Site
Furutaka Shuntaro
- Former Maekawa Residence
- Furutaka Shuntaro Residence Site
Hattori Takeo
- Honkoji Temple and Aburanokoji Incident Site
Hijikata Toshizo
- Fudodo Village Shinsengumi Headquarters Site
- Fushimi Magistrate's Office Site
- Nishi Hongan-ji Drum Tower
Hosokawa Katsumoto
- Ryoan-ji Temple
Ito Kashitaro
- Gesshin-in Temple (Goryo Eji Headquarters)
- Honkoji Temple and Aburanokoji Incident Site
Kiyokawa Hachiro
- Shintokuji Temple
Kondo Isami
- Fudodo Village Shinsengumi Headquarters Site
- Ikedaya Incident Site
- Mibu-dera Temple
Kusaka Genzui
- Sumiya Hospitality Culture Museum
Miyabe Teizo
- Ikedaya Incident Site
Okita Soji
- Ikedaya Incident Site
Saigo Takamori
- Sumiya Hospitality Culture Museum
Sakamoto Ryoma
- Teradaya Inn
Serizawa Kamo
- Mibu-dera Temple
- Sumiya Hospitality Culture Museum
- Yagi Residence (Shinsengumi Mibu Headquarters)
Taira no Kiyomori
- Rokuharamitsu-ji Temple
Todo Heisuke
- Gesshin-in Temple (Goryo Eji Headquarters)
- Honkoji Temple and Aburanokoji Incident Site
Toyotomi Hidetsugu
- Jurakudai Palace Site
Toyotomi Hideyori
- Hōkō-ji Great Buddha Hall Stone Wall
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- Fushimi Momoyama Castle
- Hirano Odoi Earthwork
- Hōkō-ji Great Buddha Hall Stone Wall
Yamana Sozen
- Site of Yamana Sozen's Residence
Yamanami Keisuke
- Former Maekawa Residence

Visual art

Baisaō
- Hōzōji Temple
Eikichi Shimofuri
- Kazurasei Roho Gion Main Store
Hasegawa Tōhaku
- Honpōji Temple
Hon’ami Kōetsu
- Honpōji Temple
- Kōetsuji Temple
Itō Jakuchū
- Hōzōji Temple
- Sekihoji Temple
- Shokoku-ji Temple
Kawai Kanjirō
- Kawai Kanjirō’s House
Kondo Yūzō
- Kondo Museum
Ogata Kenzan
- Ogata Kenzan Residence and Kiln Site
Ogata Kōrin
- Myōkenji Temple
- Ogata Kenzan Residence and Kiln Site
Tawaraya Sōtatsu
- Yōgen-in Temple
Tomioka Tessai
- Izawaya Gion Main Store

Literature

Ikkyū
- Jizō-in Bamboo Temple
Ikkyu Sojun
- Daitoku-ji Temple
Isamu Yoshii
- Kanikakuni Monument
Junichiro Tanizaki
- Kanikakuni Monument
Kiyohara no Motosuke
- Shōyōsha Pear Chamber Site
Matsuo Bashō
- Konpukuji Temple
Minamoto no Shitagō
- Shōyōsha Pear Chamber Site
Ono no Takamura
- Rokudo Chinno-ji Temple

Architecture

Tadao Ando
- Garden of Fine Arts Kyoto
Tokusaburo Kimura
- Former Yasaka Kaikan (Imperial Hotel, Kyoto)
- Pontocho Kaburenjo
Uheiji Nagano
- Museum of Kyoto

Acting

Inoue Yachiyo III
- Gion Kobu Kaburenjo
Izumo no Okuni
- Statue of Izumo no Okuni

Film

Marlon Brando
- Former Yasaka Kaikan (Imperial Hotel, Kyoto)

Science

Abe no Seimei
- Seimei Shrine

Follow the story on foot

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