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Temple 47 of the Shikoku pilgrimage, a Shugendo site founded in 701 associated with En no Ozunu
JR松山駅からバス八坂寺前下車
愛媛県松山市浄瑠璃町八坂773
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The 47th temple of the Shikoku 88 Sacred Places pilgrimage, an ancient Shugendo site enshrining Amida Nyorai. Built on sacred ground consecrated to a mountain deity, its founding is attributed either to En no Ozunu or to Kobo Daishi. The precinct once drew yamabushi mountain ascetics for rigorous training, and stone monuments such as a Hokyointo pagoda still lend the grounds the atmosphere of a ve…
Yasakaji Temple is said to have been founded in 701 CE (the first year of the Taiho era), making it one of the oldest temples in the Shikoku region. Its founding is attributed by some accounts to En no Ozunu, the legendary ascetic regarded as the founder of Shugendo, and by others to Kobo Daishi Kuk…
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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