Jōsen-ji Temple

What it is

• A Jodo Shinshu Otani-ha temple.
• Its Sango (mountain name) is Ryugenzan.
• The principal image is Amida Nyorai.
• The temple changed its name in 1634.

What to see

• A wooden seated statue of Yakushi Nyorai.
• A bronze statue of the infant Buddha.
• A bronze gan-guchi (temple gong) from 1641.
• The taiko-ro (drum tower) connected to a nagaya-mon.
• The Yakushido zushi (shrine) from the mid-early modern period.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.