Kume

Kume in Mimasaka is remembered as the birthplace of Hōnen, founder of Japan's Pure Land school of Buddhism. Born on the Inaoka estate in 1133, he left for Mount Hiei as a boy to study. Tanjōji, the temple associated with his birthplace, continued to receive patronage in later centuries. Its portrait hall was rebuilt in 1569, and in 1604 Mori Tadamasa, lord of Tsuyama, granted the temple an estate assessed at fifty koku.