An ancient temple in the post-town of Seki-juku on the Tokaido highway (Kameyama City, Mie Prefecture), renowned as the site of Japan's oldest Jizo Bodhisattva. According to tradition, the monk Gyoki enshrined a Jizo Bodhisattva here in 741 (Tenpyo 13) to pray for the safety of travelers, and the temple is counted among the Three Great Jizo of Japan along with the Kamakura Roku Jizo and the Soya J…

The temple was founded in 741 (Tenpyo 13), when the monk Gyoki enshrined a Jizo Bodhisattva image here. It is counted among the Three Great Jizo of Japan. The precincts also house a wooden statue of Gyoki himself.