Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji 永観堂（禅林寺）

Since 1082 the statue of the Amida Buddha has not looked at the worshippers: its face is turned backwards.

Founded in 853, when the monk Shinshō acquired the former residence of the nobleman Fujiwara no Sekio, the temple received the official name Zenrin-ji from Emperor Seiwa in 863. The monk Yōkan (1033–1111), active here from 1072, started the cult of the Amida statue that looks backwards, from which comes the popular name Eikandō. Since 1919 it has been the independent head temple of the Jōdo (Pure Land Buddhism) Seizan Zenrinji school.

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