Hōgon-ji (Matsuyama)

Hōgon-ji (宝厳寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Ji sect in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan.

On a visit to Kumano Shrine in 1274, Ippen experienced a revelation and "spent the remaining sixteen years of his life in constant travel throughout Japan.

'"[3] In 1292, three years after Ippen's death, Hōgon-ji was rededicated as a temple of the Ji sect.

On August 10, 2013, the main temple building and priest's quarters were destroyed by fire.

The temple's most noted treasure, a 114 centimeter high Wooden Representation of the Standing Saint Ippen (木造一遍上人立像) (mid Muromachi Period) (Important Cultural Property),[5] dating from mid-Muromachi period (14th-16th centuries) was reportedly lost in the fire on August 10, 2013.