Temple 21 of the Shikoku Eighty-Eight Sacred Places pilgrimage, a celebrated Koyasan Shingon sect temple also called the "Koyasan of the West." Located deep in the mountains at an elevation of 600 meters, it was founded by Kobo Daishi Kukai in 815 (Konin 6). A tradition holds that when Daishi was around 19 years of age—in 793 (Enryaku 12)—he underwent 100 days of the Kokuzo Gumonjido ascetic pract…
According to tradition, the young Kukai (later known as Kobo Daishi), then 19 years of age, spent 100 days in 793 (Enryaku 12) on Mount Tatsuyama performing the Kokūzō Gumonjihō, a rigorous esoteric Buddhist practice through which he is said to have attained profound spiritual power. In 815 (Konin 6…
Passing exams, scholarly achievement, calligraphy. Especially at Tenjin shrines honoring Sugawara no Michizane.
Derived from the enshrined deity "虚空蔵菩薩"
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