Enmyoji - temple 53 on the Shikoku pilgrimage. The temple

MATSUYAMA, EHIMA, JAPAN - 2019/08/27: Enmyoji - temple 53 on the Shikoku pilgrimage. The temple features the Wheel of Dharma prominently as a motif. The first point of interest is the Nio guardians in the gatehouse with fierce eyes made of translucent yellow material. The location of the temple has changed over the centuries. Between 668 and 749, Gyoki visited the area and built a temple around it. The temple he built was close to the sea where the temple's Okunoin is still located today. He called the temple Enmyo-ji. Kukai designated the temple as number fifty-three. The local Kono clan, whose ancestors were pirates, were benefactors of the temple. The temple burned down on several occasions, and the site was often in ruins until the Suga, a powerful local family moved the temple to its current site in the early 1600s. (Photo by John S Lander/LightRocket via Getty Images)