大念仏寺
Dainenbutsu-ji Temple
The present main hall was completed in 1938.
Osaka — Temples
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道明寺
Dōmyō-ji
Flood damage in 1674 led to the temple’s relocation to the nearby Tenmangū precinct hill in 1724.
家原寺
Ebara-ji Temple
Temple tradition identifies Ebara-ji as Gyōki’s birthplace and his first temple.
葛井寺
Fujii-dera Temple
Archaeological finds indicate a large earlier layout with a main hall, lecture hall and east and west pagodas.
枚岡神社
Hiraoka Shrine
Hiraoka’s deities were shared with Kasuga in 768, and two Kasuga deities were invited here in 778.
豊國神社
Hōkoku Shrine
Hōkoku Shrine moved from Nakanoshima to its present Osaka Castle Park site in 1961.
報恩院
Hōon'-in Temple
Temple tradition attributes Hōon-in’s foundation in the Kanbun era to Ryōhen.
坐摩神社
Ikasuri Shrine
Ikasuri appears in the Heian-period Engishiki as Nishinari district’s principal major shrine.
生國魂神社
Ikukunitama Shrine
Ikutama Shrine moved to its present location in 1585 during Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s Osaka Castle construction.
慈眼寺
Jigen-ji Temple
Seigan revived Jigen-ji in 1616 after wartime destruction.
観心寺
Kanshin-ji Temple
The temple’s surviving historical inventory records construction beginning under Shinshō in 827.
勝尾寺
Katsuō-ji Temple
Temple tradition dates Katsuo-ji’s beginnings to a hermitage founded by Zenchū and Zensan in 727.
国分寺
Kokubunji Temple
The temple became a provincial Kokubun-ji during Emperor Shōmu’s reign.
孝恩寺
Kōon-ji Temple
Kōon-ji was founded in 1655 and absorbed the surviving Kannon-dō of the older Kannon-ji in 1914.
教興寺
Kyōkō-ji Temple
Local tradition credits Hata no Kawakatsu with founding Kyōkō-ji at Prince Shōtoku’s request.
水無瀬神宮
Minase Jingū
The shrine occupies the site of retired Emperor Go-Toba’s Minase villa and grew from worship of his memorial image.
妙国寺
Myōkoku-ji Temple
The official tourism account attributes Myōkoku-ji’s foundation to Nikkō in 1562.
大阪天満宮
Ōsaka Tenmangū
Osaka Tenmangū was founded in 949 by order of Emperor Murakami.
大鳥大社
Ōtori Taisha
The present Ōtori sanctuary was rebuilt in 1909 after an earlier building burned in 1905.
青蓮寺
Seiren-ji
Seiren-ji formed from the merger of two former Hōan-ji subtemples during the early Meiji anti-Buddhist movement.
四天王寺
Shitennō-ji Temple
The temple associates its foundation with Prince Shōtoku in 593.
住吉大社
Sumiyoshi Taisha
Shrine tradition associates its foundation in 211 with Empress Jingū’s return voyage.
太平寺
Taihei-ji Temple
The temple estimates that its foundation was nearly four centuries ago.
太融寺
Taiyū-ji Temple
Taiyū-ji’s buildings burned during the fall of Osaka Castle in 1615 and were rebuilt during the Genroku era.
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