Eikei-ji, Buddhist temple in Yamatokōriyama, Japan.
Description
Eikei-ji stands as a traditional Zen Buddhist temple belonging to the Ōbaku school, featuring traditional Japanese architecture with its main hall, mountain gate, and meditation halls arranged in classical temple layout within carefully maintained grounds.
History
Founded in 1704 by Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, a prominent Edo period figure and trusted advisor to Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, the temple officially opened in 1710 and was relocated to its current location in Yamatokōriyama in 1724.
Culture
The temple houses important cultural assets including wooden statues of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu and his wife created by sculptor Houzan, along with a reconstructed mountain gate originally from Kōriyama Castle, all designated as city cultural properties.
Practical
The temple welcomes visitors daily from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM with an admission fee, located approximately ten minutes on foot from Kintetsu Koriyama Station with parking facilities available for those arriving by car.
Did you know?
The temple serves as the family memorial hall for the Yanagisawa clan and contains graves relocated from Enrin-ji near Mount Takeda, historically associated with the famous warlord Takeda Shingen's mausoleum site.
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