Taiyu-ji Temple

Taiyu-ji stands in the middle of the Umeda shopping district. It was founded in Konin 12 (821) by Kobo Daishi Kukai, and its principal image is a thousand-armed Kannon presented by Emperor Saga. Minamoto no Toru, a son of Emperor Saga, later built a full seven-hall complex in the wide grounds, but everything burned in the summer campaign at Osaka in Keicho 20 (1615). The temple was restored in the Genroku era, burned again in the air raids of the Second World War, and was rebuilt after the war in the form it has now. The thousand-armed Kannon has escaped fire after fire and is still enshrined here. In one corner of the grounds is the grave of Yodo-dono, who took her own life during the summer campaign. The League for Establishing a National Assembly was formed at Taiyuji in Meiji 13 (1880), and the Freedom and People's Rights Movement is said to have spread across the country from here.

Translated and shortened from the Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City tourist listings (観光施設一覧, CC BY 4.0).

Osaka Prefecture's list of designated cultural properties names this place as the owner of 1. Objects are not necessarily on view.

大阪府 文化財一覧 (CC BY 4.0), current at 2024-05-01. Joined by owner name; long names are shortened to the buildings or the object.