It is said that Kobo Daishi opened it by the prayer of the imperial ordinance of the Emperor Sage 12 in the Konin era (821), and Shogun Jizo Bosatsu of the principal image was carved at that time. This Jizo Bosatsu is 5.5 centimater, it puts on an armor, and has a priest's staff in itsright hand and Nyoihoju in its right hand, its shape riding astride one's horse with its bach surrounded by a halo is brave, the temple making its principal image Shogun Jizo is only this temple in the 88 Buddist temples. At the present time it is put in the womb of Jizoson (about eight centimeter) carved by Jokan shonin. Jizoji temple was once a big temple that has three hundred temples in three province (Awa, Sanuki, Iyo), but it is almost destroyed by the fire of war for the Tensho era, only Taishido and Mikagedo was remained. After that is was revived,and gets to the present time. The precincts is vast over about forty thousand kilometer square.

Local people are familiar with this temple on the protext of "Rakansan", if you go through the Nio gate, a beg ginkho rises in the precincts, and Taishido and the shrine of Awashima Dainyojin form a line at the inner part of the right hand. There is the big main priest's residential Quarters attached to a Buddhist temple at the front, and the main temple at the left hand on this side. If you go up the steps of stone at the bach turning around the main temple, there is Rakando of the inner shrine. Over three handred clear colored Rakanzos as large as life form a line in the temple, the statue having many expression creates a strange atmosphere of a kind, The temple which has five hundred statues is destroyed by fire 4 in the Taisho era, and almost Rakansan was lost, but after that the building of the temple ws rebuilt, Rakansan was recarved too, it is said that all the five hundred statues are complete.