Koushunin Temple

Koushunin Temple (official name: MankaizanKoushunin Sennichi-ji Temple) was built in October 1614 by the An Qing monk Mankai Daigyōja as a monk's residence (an inn for shugen monks to sleep). He was converted to Jodo Buddhism during the Enpo era. It is said that the name of the temple ``Sennichiji'' comes from the fact that the founder of the temple, Mankai Daigyoja, completed a 1000-day pilgrimage on Mt. Hiei.
Koushunin Temple's giant pine tree is listed as one of the ``36 famous pine trees of Tobu'' in the Edo period topography ``Yureki Zaki'' as ``Matsu of Evidence.'' During the Edo period, building new temples was prohibited. When officials from the shogunate came to investigate the year of Koushunin Temple 's founding in 1987, the majestic appearance of the pine tree was used as evidence to prove that it was not a new temple, and it has since been called the ``evidence pine.'' It is said that it became like this. It was cut down in June 1930 due to withering and no longer exists.