A celebrated temple on Mount Yoshino said to have been founded by Prince Shotoku and originally named Tsubakiyama-ji. Kukai entered the mountain during the Konin era and renamed it Josen-ji; it received its current name Chikurinin in 1385. The pond-strolling garden Gunpo-en, designed by tea master Sen no Rikyu and later renovated by the cultured daimyo Hosokawa Yusai, is counted among the three gr…

Chikurinin Temple is traditionally said to have been founded in 593 CE by Prince Shotoku, who named it Tsubakiyamadera (Chinzan-ji). During the Konin era (810–824) of the Heian period, the monk Kukai (Kobo Daishi) is recorded to have entered the mountain and renamed the temple Josen-ji. Over the fol…