| The temple once was in the valley of Hibara of Mt. Miwa and performed as a temple of Mountain Buddhism, but moved down to the current place when the Meiji government issued the Ordinance Distinguishing Shinto and Buddhism at the very beginning of the Meiji period. |
かつては山岳仏教の寺として三輪山の檜原谷にあったが、明治初年の神仏分離により現在地に移された。 |