For the beauty of their gardens Buddhist temple Dzuysen-ji Temple in ancient times was known informally as the "Temple of Flowers". Prihramovy Garden broke a famous medieval poet and monk Muso Soseki-founder. The temple is also known for its rock garden, where there is a pond with a bridge-arch, waterfall and a cave.

Dzuysen-ji Temple is located at the top of a detached hill near Nikaydё and refers to the Buddhist Rinzai school. It was founded in 1327-1328, respectively. In the Muromachi period (1336-1573 biennium). Dzuysen-ji after the fall of the shogunate Kamakurskogo came under the control of Ashikaga clan, who ruled Kamakura. On prihramovom cemetery, which is closed to the general public, buried four of the five governors Ashikaga. Bury yourself in the cemetery the first of his clan ordered Ashikaga Motoudzi.

In 1386 Dzuysen-ji Temple was the first temple Kanto region joined the group of temples Dzisetsu second level. The level of the church defines the relationship to it of the city authorities, including funding. Churches were the first level in Gozan, there are five temples in Kamakura and five in Kyoto.

In the most favorable years in the territory Dzuysen-ji was located several small temples, including the temples dedicated to the mother Ashikaga Takauji and Ashikaga Motoudzi, but they have not survived. It was believed that Dzuysen-ji made a great contribution to the development of so-called "Literature of the Five Mountains" - the direction to which the works created by monks in the monasteries of the Rinzai sect of Kyoto and Kamakura. In Dzuysen-ji, in particular, he lived and wrote Shushin Guido - a master of poetry and prose.

In the Edo period (1603-1868 gg.), The temple was donated Thousand Goddess of Mercy statue of Kannon, which in each hand holding an object as a sign of their willingness to respond to the prayer of a man facing her. Another important shrine of the temple is a statue of Jizo Bosatsu, the deity of Mercy, the patron saint of children and travelers.

On the territory of the temple complex is a monument indicating the place where the ruler of the fourth-kubo Ashikaga Motiudzi in 1439 committed ritual suicide to avoid disgrace and exile. This place is called Ioan-ji. Another stela installed in honor of the founder of Muso Soseki.