Textual records from the Edo period tell us that Taiheiji Temple was beloved by countless worshippers as the "temple of jusan mairi." Since ancient times, it has bestowed the bodhisattva Kokuzo's boundless wisdom and blessings upon countless children. Records hold that the temple was located on the grounds of Shitennoji Temple as of approximately the 16th century, but that location was abandoned. The temple was later reconstructed in 1663 as a temple of the Soto School of Zen Buddhism. Later still, in around the 17th century, the site would become renowned as the location where prominent physician Juan Kitayama engaged in ascetic self-mummification. His remains are designated an Osaka City Cultural Property as the "Kitayama Fudo Myo," drawing an endless stream of pilgrims and worshippers.