Zenpukuji Temple (Nishi-Ogikubo)
東京都
An ancient temple said to have been founded by Kukai around 810, preserving a 750-year ginkgo and a plum planted by U.S. envoy Harris
An ancient Shingon Buddhist temple in Zenpukuji, Suginami Ward, traditionally said to have been founded by Kobo Daishi Kukai during the Konin period (810-824).
The principal image is Amida Nyorai, and the temple has flourished since the medieval period as an important training center for Shingon Buddhism in the Kanto region.
The ginkgo tree in the precincts is said to be over 750 years old and is …
Zenpukuji Temple in Suginami Ward is traditionally said to have been founded by the monk Kukai (Kobo Daishi) during the Konin era (810–824), making it one of the oldest Shingon Buddhist temples in the Kanto region. Throughout the medieval period, it is said to have flourished as an important center …
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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