It is said that Akamatsu Sukenao built in 1441.They say that he pitched a camp here in order to oppose an army of Muromachi Shogunate that attacked his elder brother Akamatsu Mitsusuke.The name of imaginary mountain where the temple stands came from his wife’s Buddhist pseudonym kenkoin and the temple’s name Daizoin was related to his Buddhist pseudonym.The gate is decorated with tiles and carvings expressed many kinds of imaginary creatures to protect from evil spirits. The main building has a large half-hipped concave roof and the bell tower next to it is big and excellent.This temple has a lot of supporting member of a Buddhist temple around here.
Akashi heritage-map “Okura” 2014
It still remains along the Saigoku Kaid? (Western National Highway).
It is still remaining within the grounds of Okura-in Temple.
