Also known as: Kyouou Godoku Ji: "Temple of Ruler of the Faith, Guardian of the Country" (教王護国寺).

Lit.: "Eastern Temple"; the guardian temple of Kyoto, founded by the Muromachi shogun Ashikaga Takauji in 794. The founder of the Shingon sect of Esoteric Buddhism, Kuukai, was put in charge of the temple by Emperor Saga in 823. The principle image of the temple is Yakushi Nyorai, the Buddha who cures all ills.