Seikan-ji Temple

What it is

• A Shingon-shu Chizan-ha temple.
• Founded in 802 as a Tendai-shu temple.
• Designated an imperial prayer temple in 996.
• Associated with Emperor Takakura and Ogushi-kyoku.

What to see

• The main image is an Eleven-faced Thousand-armed Kannon.
• The main hall was rebuilt between 1596 and 1615.
• The bell tower was rebuilt in 1730.
• Burial site of Emperor Rokujo in 1176.
• Burial site of Emperor Takakura in 1181.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.