A Jodo Buddhist temple in Higashi-Nakano, Nakano Ward, an ancient Higashi-Nakano temple with a founding tradition dating to the Kan'ei period (1624-1644).
The principal image is Amida Nyorai, a family temple of Higashi-Nakano continuing to uphold the Pure Land teachings based on Nembutsu faith.
Higashi-Nakano developed along the Kanda River, and Saikoji functioned as the spiritual center of that r…
Saikoji is a Jodo Buddhist temple traditionally said to have been founded around 1630, during the Kan'ei era (1624–1644). This period saw the Edo shogunate consolidating its governance, and temples of the Jodo sect, centered on Nembutsu faith, were established as spiritual pillars of rural communiti…
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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