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Mangan-ji Temple
東京都
Traditionally founded around 830 by Jikaku Daishi Ennin, this Shingon temple at Todoroki Gorge enshrines a Fujiwara-era Dainichi statue and preserves the gorge's Shugendo sacred waterfall site.
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830
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10 min walk from Tokyu Oimachi Line Todoroki Station
Todoroki 3-15-1, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
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Temple
Founded 830
1196 years
Enshrined Deity
大日如来
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Buddhist Sect
Shingon Chisan
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Overview
An ancient Shingon temple in Todoroki, said to have been founded by the great teacher Ennin (Jikaku Daishi) during the Tencho era (824–834). Together with the Fudo Waterfall in Todoroki Gorge, it has long served as a Shugendo training ground. The principal seated Dainichi Nyorai statue is said to be from the Fujiwara period. The temple has historically been the main hall complex of Todoroki Fudo-s…
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Origins
Manganji Temple in Todoroki, Setagaya, is said to have been founded around 830 (the Tencho era) by the great Buddhist teacher Ennin, known posthumously as Jikaku Daishi. From the Heian period onward, the temple served as a Shugendo sacred site centered on the Fudo Waterfall in Todoroki Gorge. Its pr…
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Divine Benefits
Warding Off Evil
Purification
Career Advancement
Averting disaster, directional protection, warding off epidemics. Central at Fudo, Kannon, and Gion-related sites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "大日如来"

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Ennin
Third Tendai Patriarch, Jikaku Daishi
Age 36 at founding
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An ancient Shingon temple in Todoroki, said to have been founded by the great teacher Ennin (Jikaku Daishi) during the Tencho era (824–834).
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