Located in Nanto City, Gifu Prefecture (formerly Iguchi Village), Zuisenji is a renowned Jodo Shinshu temple that traces its origins to a Shin Buddhist hall established by the monk Rennyo in 1471 (Bunmei 3) at Iguchi, after he traveled through Etchu and Kaga. The temple served as an important base for Rennyo's missionary activities—he is sometimes called 'the Shinran of Hokuriku'—and played a pivo…

The temple traces its origins to a religious hall established at Iguchi in 1471 (Bunmei 3) by the monk Rennyo. As a spiritual center of the Ikko-ikki uprisings, it led the spread of Shin Buddhist faith throughout the Hokuriku and Tokai regions.