A temple of the Rinzai Myoshinji school located in Kokufu-cho, Takayama City. It is one of the Ankokuji temples founded nationwide by the third Muromachi shogun, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and is known as the Ankokuji of Hida. Its sutra repository (kyozo), designated an Important Cultural Property, is a highly valued example of Muromachi-period architecture, and the precinct is home to the "Ankokuji hor…

Ankokuji Temple is part of the Rinzai Zen temple network established across Japan through the Ankokuji-Rishotō system promoted by the Muromachi shogunate. The third shogun, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358–1408), promoted the policy of building one temple and one pagoda in each of the country's 66 province…