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It has the Reiganto cave, where Miyamoto Musashi wrote the Book of Five Rings.
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Ungan Zenji is a Soto-sect temple in Hirayama, Matsuocho, Nishi Ward, Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture. Its mountain name is Hokezan or Iwatoyama. It is popularly known as Iwato Kannon. This comes from the principal image, a four-sided stone Bato Kannon (horse-headed Kannon) enshrined in the cave Reigando in the inner sanctuary at the back of the precincts. It is said to have been built by Toryo Eiyo (Torin Eiyo), a Yuan-dynasty Zen priest who came from Ningbo during the Northern and Southern Courts period in Japan.
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Founded：1351 Blessings：Victory luck
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