This temple, which has a long history, is said to have been built at the suggestion of Oyori Murakuni, who achieved great success in the Jinshin War.
During the reign of Emperor Shomu, a casting plan for the Great Buddha was planned, and one of his retainers was ordered to travel the country in search of an excellent Buddhist sculptor. When I visited Ganjo-ji Temple, Kanzeon Bodhisattva appeared in my dream and told me, ``Tomorrow, go to the west. The next morning, as he was told to walk westward, he met a boy in the river watering the cows. So when I told him what I had to do, the child silently drew a picture of the Great Buddha on the riverbed. This boy-like man was a caster of Buddhist statues called "Kanamaru Hino". Hino Kanemaru went to the capital and successfully completed the Great Buddha. Due to his achievements, it is said that the monk Gyoki was ordered by Emperor Shomu to build Shichido Garan.
After that, most of the cathedral was destroyed by repeated war fires.
However, Buddhist statues escaped the fires of the war, and many cultural assets such as the statue of the eleven-faced Kanzeon Bodhisattva and the statue of Kongo Rikishi remain today.

●Chūjō-hime Vow Zakura: National Natural Monument ●Wooden Kongorikishi Statue: Gifu Prefecture Designated Important Cultural Property ●Wooden Eleven-faced Kannon Statue: Gifu Prefecture Designated Important Cultural Property ●Wooden Seated Dainichi Nyorai Statue・・・Gifu Prefecture Designated Important Cultural Property etc.