Nakagenji Temple (Mejitsuchi Dazaibara)

It is said that in the second year of the Anki era (1146 CE), the Buddhist sculptor Jōchō created a 16-shaku (approximately 5.8 meters) statue of Jizo Bodhisattva, enshrining a Jizo statue attributed to Prince Shōtoku within its womb. He then became the founding abbot. During a flood in the Kamakura period, prayers for the rain to stop were offered to this Jizo, and the rain ceased, leading to the temple being called 'Ame-yami Dazaibara' (Rain-Stopping Jizo). Later, it also came to be known as 'Meiyami Dazaibara' (Eye-Healing Jizo). In the 13th year of the Tenshō era (1585 CE), the temple grounds were relocated to their current site.