Jodoji Temple in Ashikaga is known as a Jodo sect temple associated with the Ashikaga clan. The principal Amida Nyorai is said to be a late Heian-period work, highly valued as a precious Buddhist statue. As one of the Ashikaga clan family temples, it flourished from the Kamakura to Muromachi periods. The grounds are wrapped in quiet environment, with the solemnity of a Jodo nembutsu training hall.…

Jodoji was founded in the Kamakura period as a Jodo sect temple. Receiving Ashikaga clan devotion, it is said to have been patronized since Ashikaga Yoshikane's time. The Ashikaga were a prestigious family that rose in the Kamakura period and later founded the Muromachi shogunate. The principal Amid…