Sakanoue no Tamuramaro
According to legend, Kiyomizu-dera was founded in the Heian period by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, the first "shōgun". Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, closely associated with the construction of Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto, reputedly built the Isumi temple as a replica of the well-known Kyoto temple of the same name. Nearly all temple structures of the Heian period were destroyed by fire at some time in the Muromachi period between 1469-148, and today few Heian period remnants are extant. The present "hon-dō" (Main Hall) was reconstructed between 1688 and 1703.