Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple was founded as Otagi-dera Temple in Higashiyama, Kyoto, near to present-day Rokuharamitsu-ji Temple, by the Emperor Shotoku in the mid 8th century.
8世紀中頃、稱徳天皇により京都・東山、今の六波羅蜜寺近くに愛宕寺として創建。