A Koyasan Shingon-shu temple adjacent to Itsukushima Shrine, housing one of Japan's Three Great Benzaiten (alongside Enoshima and Chikubushima). Rebuilt in the early 13th century by the monk Ryokai, it served as the administrative monastery for Itsukushima Shrine until the Meiji separation of Shinto and Buddhism. Ito Hirobumi used this temple for preliminary talks before the Sino-Japanese War peac…

Daigan-ji Temple on Miyajima Island is a Koyasan Shingon-shu temple whose origins are uncertain, but it is traditionally said to have been restored by the monk Ryokai during the Kennin era (1201–1204). Formally named Koyasan Kameiyosan Hoko-in Daigan-ji, it served as the administrative monastery for…