A Jodo Sect temple in the historic Reizenmachi neighborhood of Hakata. The area preserves the character of Hakata's old temple district, and the temple is said to have been visited by samurai lords passing through on their way to Nagoya Castle during Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Korean campaigns.
Reizenji Temple (Komeiji) is said to have been founded in 1532, during the Tenbun era of the Muromachi period, as a temple of the Jodo Sect. The Reizenmachi district formed a central part of medieval Hakata's urban core, where merchants and artisans settled alongside numerous temples in the area now…
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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