Giouji is a Shingon Daikakuji-ha nunnery revived in 1895 on the site of Ojoin, founded by Ryochin, a disciple of Honen; it is an outer sub-temple of Daikakuji. It is the setting of the tale of tragic love from The Tale of the Heike: the shirabyoshi dancer Gio, who lost the affections of Taira no Kiyomori and took the tonsure, retreated here with her mother and sister. The moss garden, carpeted by …
The site of Giouji is traditionally said to have been the location of Ojoin, a temple founded by Ryochin, a disciple of Honen, the founder of the Jodo sect, sometime in the late Heian to early Kamakura period. Ojoin subsequently fell into decline and is believed to have lain abandoned for many centu…
Averting disaster, directional protection, warding off epidemics. Central at Fudo, Kannon, and Gion-related sites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "大日如来"
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