Gion-ji

📍 Tokyo, Tokyo · ２-18-1 Sasumachi, Chofu-shi

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Mountain 虎狛山

Sect 天台宗

Principal 阿弥陀如来

Founded 天平2年（730年）または天平勝宝2年（750年）

Founder 満功上人

Heritage 鉄造僧形八幡神坐像（調布市指定有形文化財）

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Hours

9:00–17:00

Fee

¥300

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History

A Tendai Buddhist temple in Chofu, Tokyo, founded by the monk Manku Shonin in 730 CE (or 750 CE according to another account). The founding monk is also known for establishing Jindaiji Temple nearby, and this site is said to be his birthplace. Originally of the Hosso sect, it converted to Tendai during the Heian period. In 1908, the head priest Nakanishi Gogen held a memorial ceremony for martyrs of the Freedom and Popular Rights Movement, attended by Itagaki Taisuke, who planted the famous "Pine of Liberty" still standing in the precincts.