The Hojo Mandala

The Path to Unity

The temples associated
with this story

photo of Kakuonji Temple

Kakuonji Temple

Hojo Yoshitoki, the second regent of the Shogun, founded Okura Yakushido, where Jyutsushinsho, one of the twelve guardians of Yakushi Nyorai, the Medicine Buddha, is worshipped. Later, Okura Yakushido was rebuilt as Kakuonji by the 9th regent, Hojo Sadatoki.