Daiunin is an independent Jodo-affiliated temple founded in 1587 by imperial order from Emperor Ogimachi through the monk Teian to pray for the souls of Oda Nobunaga and his son Nobutada. Behind the main hall rises the "Gionkaku," a three-story tower about 36 m tall built in 1928 by Okura Kihachiro of the Okura financial conglomerate, whose unique design modeled after a Gion Festival float has mad…
Daiunin temple was founded in 1587 by the monk Teian at the imperial order of Emperor Ogimachi, primarily to pray for the repose of the souls of Oda Nobunaga and his son Nobutada, who had perished in the Honnoji Incident of 1582. Memorial pagodas for both men are preserved within the precincts to th…
Cleansing impurity, spiritual purification, driving away evil. Rooted in misogi ablutions and goma fire rites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "阿弥陀如来"
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