Tosa Kokubun-ji는 현재 진언종 지산파에 속해 있으며, 741년에 창건되었고 이후 종파가 변경되었습니다.

Kūkai practiced secret hoshiku rituals here in 815 to ward off evil spirits. The temple became the main training hall for these esoteric teachings, and his statue is still called the Hoshi-ku Daishi.