Buddhist temple
Eifuku-ji
叡福寺（えいふくじ）
Taishi, Osaka Prefecture
An old temple in Taishi, Osaka Prefecture, ranked alongside Shitennō-ji and Hōryū-ji as the temple that guards the mausoleum of Prince Shōtoku (the Shinaga mausoleum). The principal image of the Kondō is Nyoirin Kannon, and a statue of the prince is enshrined in the Shōryōden.
English pages are the site’s own translations of its Japanese pages. The sources cited are in Japanese. 日本語で読む
Prayers associated with this place
Principal image: Nyoirin Kannon (Kondō)
History and things to know
According to the temple's tradition, after the prince's death in the 30th year of Empress Suiko (622), Empress Suiko granted land six chō square, and monks' quarters were set up to guard the mausoleum; in Jinki 1 (724), at the request of Emperor Shōmu, a full complement of temple buildings was built. The halls and pagodas were lost in the fighting of Oda Nobunaga in Tenshō 2 (1574), but Toyotomi Hideyori rebuilt the Shōryōden in Keichō 8, and the Kondō and the Hōtō pagoda were also restored by the mid-Edo period.
Introduced by this site, based on materials from the shrine or temple and public bodies.
Related kami and buddhas
Before you visit
The principal image is enshrined in the Kondō and the statue of Prince Shōtoku in the Shōryōden, and the prince's mausoleum is at the far back of the precincts.
Official website of the shrine or temple (may be in Japanese)
Sources (in Japanese)
- 叡福寺「御祭神・御本尊・由緒の公式案内」（2026-10-21 確認）
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