Zenjibu-ji is a Shingon Buddhist Temple located in Nankoku, Kōchi, Japan.

[1] According to the temple records, the temple hall was created under imperial decree from Emperor Shōmuin order to pray for the safety of Gyōki during a sea voyage.

Later, Kūkai sensed that the hall was a sacred place, and carved Kannon as the honzon of the temple while performing a goma.

Because the mountain the temple was located on was shaped like the eight-leafed lotus and Mount Potalaka, Kūkai prayed to Akasagarbha, and named the temple Gumonji-in Zenjibu-ji (求聞持院禅師峰寺).

ship spirit Kannon) as it was an area that fishermen would gather in prayer, and used a temple to pray for safe voyage since the rule of Yamauchi Kazutoyo, often prior to departure towards Edo for the sankin-kotai.