According to tradition, it was founded by En no Gyōja, who propagated a form of mountain asceticism drawing from Shinto and Buddhist beliefs.

[1] The temple's main building, the "Zaō-Hall" (Zaōdō) dedicated to Zaō gongen (蔵王権現), is the second largest wooden structure in Japan after the Great Buddha Hall at Tōdai-ji in Nara.

A Shinto shrine dedicated to Inari Ōkami is attached to the main compound.

The principal image is the statue of Gautama Buddha (Shaka Nyōrai).

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