Konpuku-ji temple Traditional Cache

Konpuku-ji is closely related to haikai (haiku) poets (please see the note below). Basho-an, a thatched hut is named after Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), a great haikai poet. There is a grave stone of Yosa-no-Buson (1716-1783), who was also a great haikai poet and painter, together with those of other poets.

864年（貞観6）円仁（慈覚大師）の遺志を継ぎ、安恵僧都が創建。江戸中期に鉄舟和尚が再興し、現在は臨済宗南禅寺派。松尾芭蕉が鉄舟と親交を深めたという芭蕉庵は荒廃したが、のち与謝蕪村が再興。紅葉が美しい。背後の丘に与謝蕪村ら近世の俳人の墓や句碑がある。