A treasure house of Kamakura Buddhist art, enshrining five nationally designated Important Cultural Properties including an Amida triad sculpted by Unkei, commissioned by Wada Yoshimori and his wife in 1189.
Jorakuji Temple is said to have been founded in 1189 (Bunji 5) by Wada Yoshimori, the first Samurai-dokoro Bettō of the Kamakura shogunate, and his wife, who commissioned its establishment as an act of Buddhist devotion. In the same year, the renowned sculptor Unkei of the Kei school carved five Bud…
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（運慶作・国重文）"
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