寺伝によると当山は鎌倉時代中期に創建され、中興第一世は永国大聖寺住職第六世の弟子、良栄が文明元年に再興し大伽藍を建立したが元禄年間に焼失、のちに再建し大師信仰の中心地として今に至る。当山名称は金剛山無量寿院安福寺と申し真言宗豊山派に属する古刹であります。

境内は霊園を含み敷地一万三千平方米（約三千九百坪）美広大な敷地を有し常光院、万蔵寺、真珠院、観喜院、明光院の五ヶ寺の抹寺を有しています。

元は京都醍醐三宝院の抹寺でしたが現在は真言宗豊山派総本山長谷寺の抹寺として宗祖弘法大師、中興祖興教大師、派祖専誉僧正の法流をくみ教義を広め儀式を行い檀信徒の教化育成、社会福祉事業に専念、宗教活動を行っております。

本尊阿弥陀如来、不動明王、地蔵菩薩を始めとし寺宝大般若経六百巻、空海真筆鼠心経一巻、八祖大師、十二天、金胎両曼茶羅、薬師十二天像、中国釈迦如来像、円空仏一体等がある。

According to the history of the temple, Ampuku-ji Temple was founded in the mid-Kamakura Period. In the first year of Bunmei Period (1469), the priest Ryoei, who was a disciple of the sixth chief priest of Nagakuni Daishou-ji Temple, restored Ampukuji-Temple. Ryoei became the first chief priest of Amuku-ji Temple after the restoration and constructed a large temple edifice. Although the edifice was destroyed by fire in Genroku Period, it was later reconstructed and has been the center of “faith in Kohboh-daishi”. Officially called Kongozan Muryojuin Ampuku-ji Temple, the temple is one of the old temples that belong to the Buzan School of the Shingon Sect of Buddhism.

Ampuku-ji Temple has an area of no less than 13,000 square meters including a burial ground, and also has five affiliated temples: Jokoin Temple, Manzo-ji Temple, Shinjuin Temple, Kangiin Temple, and Myokoin Temple.

Ampuku-ji Temple used to be a branch temple of Daigo-ji Sanboin Temple in Kyoto, but is now a branch temple of Hase-dera Temple, which is the head temple of the Buzan School of the Shingon Sect of Buddhism. Following the teachings of Kohboh-daishi (the sect founder), Kohgyo-daishi (the founder of the Shingon Sect restoration), and Senyo-sojo (the school founder), Ampuku-ji Temple is committed to a variety of religious activities including propagandizing, conducting rituals, educating supporters and followers of the temple, and getting engaged in social welfare services.

The temple owns not only the principal image of Amitabha Tathagata (Amida-nyorai), the image of Acalanatha (Fudo-myo-o), and the image of Ksitigarbha (Jizo-bosatsu) but also many other treasures including;

・ 600 scrolls of the Great Wisdom Sutra (Daihannyakyou)
・ a scroll of Nezumi-shingyo, which is believed to be Kohboh-daishi’s own handwriting of the sutra
・ a hanging scroll of EightPatriarchs of Shingon Sect (Hasso-daishi)
・ a hanging scroll of TwelveDeities (Juniten)
・ a hanging scroll ofMandara of the Two Realms (Kintairyo-mandara)
・ images of TwelveDivine Generals (Yakushi-Junitennzo)
・ an image of Shakamuni Buddha brought from China
・ an image of Buddha sculptured by the priest Enku