The 33rd temple of the Shikoku 88 Sacred Places pilgrimage, an ancient temple in Nagahama, Kochi City. Traditionally founded by Kukai, it was later converted to the Rinzai Zen school (Myoshinji branch) by the Sengoku warlord Chosokabe Motochika, who designated it as his family temple. The mausoleums of the Chosokabe clan remain within the precinct, preserving the memory of the man who unified Shik…

According to tradition, the temple was founded in 815 by the Buddhist monk Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi), who is said to have carved and enshrined a statue of Yakushi Nyorai (the Healing Buddha). Originally known as Kōfuku-ji, it flourished as a Shingon Buddhist temple. After a period of decline during the me…