The 11th temple on the Shikoku Eighty-Eight Temple Pilgrimage, founded by Kobo Daishi Kukai in the sixth year of Konin (815) and belonging to the Rinzai Myoshin-ji sect. The temple takes its name from the beautiful wisteria pergola in its precinct, where wisteria of several hundred years of age bloom in full glory. It is known as the starting point for the ascent to Temple 12, Shosan-ji (elevation…

According to temple tradition, Fujiidera was founded in 815 by the monk Kukai (Kobo Daishi) during his travels across the provinces. He is said to have carved an eleven-faced Kannon as the principal image and erected a hall on this site. The temple's name derives from the wisteria planted within its…