Koizumi Kuonji Temple

Koizumi Kuonji

It is said to have begun in 1334 (the first year of the Kenmu era) when Koizumi Renzobo (Koizumi Kuonji) was founded by Prime Minister Nicho, a senior disciple of Nichiren Shonin. Koizumi Kuonji is a Nichiren sect temple belonging to the Fuji monryu school, which inherited the lineage of Nichiren Shonin's senior disciple, the Six Elders, and was counted among the Fuji Five Mountains, the five most important head temples of the monryu school: Kitayama Honmonji, Nishiyama Honmonji, Taisekiji, Koizumi Kuonji, and Shimojo Myorenji.