Buddhist temple
Fudō-in
不動院（ふどういん）
Higashi Ward, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
A bekkaku honzan (special head temple) of the Shingon school in Ushita, Higashi Ward, Hiroshima, known as the Ankoku-ji of Aki. Its principal image, a statue of Yakushi Nyorai, is enshrined in the Kondō (golden hall), and as a temple associated with Ankokuji Ekei it preserves temple treasures and old documents.
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 object of worship: Yakushi Nyorai (Kondō)
History and things to know
According to temple tradition, its founder was the monk Kūsō or Gyōki, and because the principal Yakushi Nyorai statue is in the Jōchō style, the temple is inferred to have been founded in the Heian period. In the Nanboku-chō period it became one of the Ankoku-ji temples that Ashikaga Takauji and Tadayoshi established in each province, and its buildings, burned in the warfare of the Sengoku period, were restored by Ankokuji Ekei. Later Yūchin, a prayer monk of Fukushima Masanori, came to the temple and converted it to the Shingon school, making Fudō Myōō the principal image of the honbō (main residence), and from this it is called Fudō-in.
Introduced by this site, based on materials from the shrine or temple and public bodies.
Related kami and buddhas
Before you visit
The principal Yakushi Nyorai is enshrined in the Kondō and Fudō Myōō in the honbō; the temple's name comes from the Fudō Myōō of the honbō.
Official website of the shrine or temple (may be in Japanese)
Sources (in Japanese)
- 不動院「御祭神・御本尊・由緒の公式案内」（2026-10-21 確認）
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