 Location
: Tezukayama-higashi 5-chome
Access : Approximately 100 m southeast of Sumiyoshi-higashi Station on
the Nankai Railway, Koya Line
The temple is estimated to have been created in the Tengyo period (930-946);
its main deity is the Fudo Myo'o, otherwise known as Acala, a god who
quells worldly desires. When the temple was recreated by an imperial order
from Emperor Shirakawa in 1084, a gold plate inscribed with words to the
effect of "Shogon Gokuraku Jodo of the Seven Treasures" was
unearthed, and thus the temple got its name. The temple buildings were
just as ornately and grandly beautiful as Shitennoji Temple, but were
destroyed by the ravages of war. The present buildings were recreated
in 1682. The grounds of the temple have been designated by the prefectural
government as a place of historical interest. |
Shogon
Jodoji Temple
Osaka
City