Doryuji Temple and Yakushi Nyorai sitting statue

The Shingon sect's Kuwatayama Aki-in Doryuji Temple was built by regent and chancellor Fujiwara Michitaka, and was a quasi-provincial temple in Aki, where successive provincial governors held memorial services for the deceased. It was founded in 806 (the first year of the Daido era) at the request of the 51st Emperor Heizei, and was called Muryojuin Hakusan Yakuoji Temple, founded by the sect's founder Kobo Daishi Kukai, and was later renamed Doryuji Temple. The principal image, a seated statue of Yakushi Nyorai, is a Buddhist statue made in 1201 (the first year of the Kennin era) made of cypress wood inlay and is designated as an Important Cultural Property of the prefecture. It also preserves many other cultural assets, including Buddhist statues, ancient documents, letters of condolence written by Mori Motonari, prayer tablets of the Asano family, ridge tablets, and woodblock prints (the origins of Doryuji Temple). It is the 28th temple of the 88 New Shikoku Pilgrimage in Hiroshima