A Nichiren-sect temple on Mt. Ogura founded in 1596 when Nisshin, the 16th abbot of Honkokuji, retreated here. It stands at the site traditionally associated with Fujiwara no Teika\'s Shigure-tei villa, where he compiled the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu anthology. The temple name evokes the "Jojakko-do" (Pure Land of calm light). The Important Cultural Property pagoda is a Momoyama-period structure, and i…
Jojakko-ji was founded in 1596 when Nisshin, the 16th abbot of Honkokuji of the Nichiren sect, withdrew from secular life and retreated to Mt. Ogura in the Sagano district of Kyoto. The site is traditionally associated with the Shigure-tei villa of the poet Fujiwara no Teika (1162–1241), where he is…
Averting disaster, directional protection, warding off epidemics. Central at Fudo, Kannon, and Gion-related sites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "十界大曼荼羅"
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