The 57th temple on the Shikoku Eighty-Eight Temple Pilgrimage, located in the Tamagawa district of Imabari City and enshrining Amida Nyorai as its principal image. Kobo Daishi is said to have carved the image of Amida Nyorai with deep reverence, pausing to bow three times with every stroke of the chisel, before enshrining it here. Set on a hillside overlooking Lake Tamagawa (Naganike), the temple …
Eifukuji Temple is traditionally said to have been founded in 822 CE when the monk Kukai (Kobo Daishi) visited this hillside during his Shikoku pilgrimage and, with deep reverence, carved a statue of Amida Nyorai (Amitabha Buddha) and enshrined it here. The principal image has been venerated as the …
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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