A sacred site dedicated to Yakushi Nyorai, enshrined at the summit of Mount Yoneyama (992 meters) on the border of Kashiwazaki City and Joetsu City. Counted among the Three Great Yakushi of Echigo Province, this celebrated temple is said to have been founded by the monk Gyoki in the Nara period. It was later revived by Jikaku Daishi Ennin—a disciple of Saicho—in the Heian period, and the site has …
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Origins
Said to originate with Gyoki placing a Yakushi Nyorai (Medicine Buddha) statue here in the Nara period. In the Heian period it was revived by Jikaku Daishi Ennin (a disciple of Saicho) and became nationally known as a sacred site of Yakushi worship. It flourished as a place of Shugendo practice in t…