Buddhist temple
Henjō-ji
遍照寺（へんじょうじ）
Ukyō Ward, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
A temple of the Shingon Omuro school beside Hirosawa Pond in Sagano. Its principal image is a standing Eleven-faced Kanzeon Bosatsu, and it also enshrines an Aka Fudō Myōō (Red Fudō) said to have escaped the Ōnin War.
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: Eleven-faced Kanzeon Bosatsu
History and things to know
According to the temple's tradition, it began in 989 when Kanchō Sōjō, a grandson of Emperor Uda, converted his mountain villa on the shore of Hirosawa Pond into a temple. It later declined, and after a revival in the Kamakura period it fell into ruin in the Ōnin War; the Aka Fudō Myōō and the Eleven-faced Kannon, which escaped harm, were moved to a thatched hall, and in 1830 the temple was restored by the Vinaya master 舜乗.
Introduced by this site, based on materials from the shrine or temple and public bodies.
Related kami and buddhas
Before you visit
There are temples of the same name in various places. This is Henjō-ji in Saga Hirosawa, Ukyō Ward, Kyoto.
Official website of the shrine or temple (may be in Japanese)
Sources (in Japanese)
- 遍照寺「御祭神・御本尊・由緒の公式案内」（2026-10-22 確認）
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