A temple of the Seizan sect (Jodo-derived) said to have been founded in 1074 when the monk Gensan built a hermitage here and named it Kitao Ojoin. Located along the approach to Yoshiminedera, it commands a sweeping view over the Kyoto Basin. The panorama from the main hall was considered ideal for the Nissokkan meditation — a practice of envisioning the Pure Land beyond the setting sun. The temple…
Sankoji traces its origins to 1074, when the monk Gensan built a hermitage on the slopes of Nishiyama and named it Kitao Ojoin. According to tradition, Gensan valued nembutsu practice and established this site — commanding a panoramic view over the Kyoto Basin — as a place of Nissokkan meditation, t…
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