Katsuragawa Temple

...It belongs to Mudoji Valley in the eastern tower of Enryaku-ji Temple on Mount Hiei. Its formal name is Hokurei-san Sokusho Myoo-in Temple, and it is also called Katsuragawa-ji Temple. It is said to have originated in 859 (Jogan 1), when the Tendai monk Soo sensed the image of Acala during his training at a waterfall on the western slope of the Hira Mountains, carved a statue of the god and built a hall to house it.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Katsurakawa-dera Temple" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…比叡山延暦寺東塔の無動寺谷に所属する。正式には北嶺山息障明王院と称し，葛川（かつらがわ）寺ともいう。天台僧相応が，859年(貞観1)比良山脈西斜面の滝で修行中不動明王を感得し，その像を彫刻して堂を建て安置したのが起原と伝える。…

※「葛川寺」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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