Manpuku-ji (Japanese: 萬福寺) is a Buddhist temple located in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, approximately a 5-minute walk from Ōbaku Station.
[2] The temple was founded in 1661 by the Chinese monk Yinyuan Longqi (Ingen), officially opening in 1663.
[8] The arrangement of buildings also follows Ming Dynasty architectural style, representing an image of a dragon.
Above the gate of the temple is a carving of the Chinese Characters "義一第", (read right-to-left, "The First Principle") carved from the writing of Imakita Kosen and said to have been the artist's eighty-fifth attempt before he finally wrote with a mind free from the distraction of a pupil's criticism.
[12][13] The production of the printing blocks was funded by donations collected throughout the country for many years and through many troubles.