The temple library holds the oldest surviving Kojiki, copied in 1371–72.
Founded in 1333, it was moved here from Gifu in 1612 on the orders of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who entrusted the move to the lord of Inuyama Castle. The Shinpukuji library, known as Ōsu Bunko, holds the manuscript of the Kojiki copied by the monk Ken'yū between 1371 and 1372: it is the oldest copy of the Kojiki to have survived to the present day, a National Treasure in three volumes.
The temple library holds, in all, four National Treasures and thirty-seven Important Cultural Properties, about 15,000 ancient texts: they survived the bombings of 1945 because they were already shut away in a fireproof building. The temple gives its name to the whole shopping district around it.
ℹ️ Open 6:00–19:00 (temple office 9:00–17:00). During the New Year days access stays open almost 24 hours.
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