A Soto Zen temple in Naka-ku, Hiroshima, that served as a prayer temple for the Hiroshima domain. Said to have been founded by the Mori clan and later patronized by the Asano domain, the temple was destroyed in the atomic bombing but rebuilt after the war. Conveniently accessible by tram from Hiroshima Station.
Said to have been founded by the Mori clan in 1557. Protected as the prayer temple of Hiroshima domain, this ancient temple exerted considerable influence on Hiroshima's Buddhist community through the Meiji period.
Averting disaster, directional protection, warding off epidemics. Central at Fudo, Kannon, and Gion-related sites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "釈迦如来"
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