Maegamiji is the 64th temple of the Shikoku 88-Temple Pilgrimage, enshrining Amida Nyorai in Saijo City at the foot of Mt. Ishizuchi. Traditionally founded by En no Gyoja during ascetic training on the sacred mountain, it served as the Buddhist temple of Ishizuchi Shrine. It remains an important base for pilgrims climbing the holy peak.
Maegamiji Temple is said to have been founded around 685 CE during the reign of Emperor Tenmu. According to tradition, En no Ozunu (En no Gyoja), the legendary founder of Shugendo asceticism, built a hermitage here after undergoing austere training on Mount Ishizuchi. The sacred mountain has long be…
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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