Ensho-ji Temple is a monzeki temple (a temple of high rank where members of Imperial Family and nobility enter the priesthood) which belongs to the Myoshin-ji Temple school of the Rinzai sect called Yamato Three Monzeki as well as Chugu-ji Temple in Ikaruga-cho and Hokke-ji Temple in Saho were.
斑鳩町の中宮寺、佐保の法華寺と共に大和三門跡と呼ばれる臨済宗妙心寺派に属する門跡寺院。