Virtual Sakai 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #12 Eifuku-ji Temple

 

     It is unknown when Eifuku-ji Temple was founded by Kiyu, the 17th itinerant preacher of Ji-shu Sect.  Ippen (1234–1289) was the 1st itinerant preacher of the Ji-shu Sect of the Pure Land Buddhism, and Sonkan (1349-1400) was the 12th.  So, Kiyu is supposed to have lived in the middle of the 15th century.

     Ta-Amitabha (1237-1319), or shortly Ta-A, followed Ippen (1234-1289), who traveled through Japan with a band of his followers, preaching the importance of reciting the name of Amitabha.  His followers were called the Ji people.  When Ippen died, the band dissolved.  Ta-Amitabha soon continued to travel through the country and reorganized Ippen's followers.  It was Ta-Amitabha who actually founded the Ji Sect of Buddhism as a religious organization, and who compiled and established its doctrine.

     It is unknown when the temple’s precincts became a private house.

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