Ishite-ji

Ishite-ji (石手寺) is a Shingon temple in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan.

Its name means Stone Hand Temple (石手寺).

Seven of its structures have been designated National Treasures or Important Cultural Properties.

Rebuilt by the ruler of Iyo Province in the eighth century, many of the temple buildings were destroyed by the Chōsokabe in the sixteenth century.

The aetiology sees the temple's name changed to Ishite-ji or stone-hand temple after the tightly-clenched hand of the newborn son of the lord of Iyo Province was opened by a priest from the Annoyō-ji to reveal a stone inscribed "Emon Saburō is reborn".