Yakuoji - Maniwa

A large ginkgo that happened to pass by and came into my eyes. It was so big and beautiful, but no one else was there.

The weeping cherry tree has not bloomed yet. I'm looking forward to the autumn ginkgo [Explanation below] Yakuoji is a temple of the Shingon sect Omuro school Nakamotoyama, whose principal image is Yakushi Nyorai, located in Kuse, Maniwa City, Okayama Prefecture. Oka Matsuyama Yakuoji. A temple of the Shingon sect Omuro school Nakamotoyama whose principal image is Yakushi Nyorai. The mountain gate was built in the early Edo period, and the guest hall is from the late Edo period (the main hall is now used as the main hall because the main hall was destroyed by fire). There are more than 30 fusuma paintings and barrier paintings by Kyoto Kano Shijo school writers such as Toyohiko Okamoto [1], and it is known as "Maruyama Shijo school fusuma painting temple". It is said that the temple was built on the site of Gotan Abandoned Temple, a temple built by Hakuinomi, a local lord in the Nara period. After that, Kobo Daishi visited and became a Shingon sect. At that time, it was a large temple with seven temples, and the foundation stones of the main hall and the five-storied pagoda were excavated. [2] In 1172 (2nd year of Jōan), a monk came from Zentsuji Temple in Kagawa Prefecture to take office. A small gold and bronze Buddha statue was left as a memorial to the monk's entry into the mountain, and the back is engraved with "2 years of Jōan". The fusuma painting was born from the exchange between the chief priest at the end of the Edo period, Toyohiko Takedokoro, and the Shijo school writer Toyohiko Okamoto. In addition, a monument to the remains of the White Ino Tonkura remains in the nearby Gotan district.