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Gyoki-founded Pure Land temple where 1,600 stone Buddhas donated by Kusunoki Masashige's soldiers line the hillside, moss-covered and timeless
近鉄御所駅からバス「楢原」下車徒歩15分
奈良県御所市楢原1188
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A Jodo-shu temple founded by En no Gyoja — actually attributed to Gyoki — enshrining Amida Nyorai. Its greatest attraction is the 'Sentai Sekibutsu' (thousand stone Buddhas): over 1,600 moss-covered stone figures line the wooded hillside behind the temple, said to have been donated as substitutes by local people who heeded Kusunoki Masashige's call to arms during the Nanbokucho period. Situated al…
Kuhonji Temple is a Jodo-shu (Pure Land) Buddhist temple enshrining Amida Nyorai as its principal image. According to tradition, it was founded by the eminent monk Gyoki during the Nara period (8th century), though the precise year of establishment remains unknown. The temple's most celebrated featu…
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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