Jingo-ji

Jingo-ji
神護寺
Godai-dō (left) and Bishamon-dō (right)
Religion
AffiliationShingon Buddhism
Location
Location5 Takao-chō, Ume-ga-hata, Ukyō-ku Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
CountryJapan
Architecture
Date established824
Completed1934 (Reconstruction)
Kondō
Rōmon (view from within the temple)

Jingo-ji (神護寺) is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto. It stands on Mount Takao to the northwest of the center of the city. The temple adheres to Shingon Buddhism. Its principal image is a statue of Bhaisajyaguru (Yakushi Nyorai), the Buddha of Healing or "Medicine Buddha".

The temple was first established in the year 824, as a merger of two private temples founded earlier by Wake no Kiyomaro. They were the Jingan-ji (神願寺) in Kiyomaro's home province and the Takaosan-ji (高雄山寺).