A small Shingon (Daikakuji branch) temple in Sagano, a sub-temple of Ojoin, and the setting for the tragic love story of Saito Takiguchi Tokiyori and Yokobue from The Tale of the Heike. Said to be the site where Takiguchi Nyudo entered the priesthood in world-weariness, the hall enshrines wooden statues of Takiguchi Nyudo and Yokobue. The grounds also contain memorial towers for the Taira clan ret…
The origins of Takiguchi-dera date to the late Heian period. According to The Tale of the Heike, around the Nin'an era (1166–1169), Saito Takiguchi Tokiyori, a warrior serving Taira no Kiyomori, renounced his love for Yokobue, a lady-in-waiting of Kenreimon'in, and entered the priesthood at Ojoin in…
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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