The Meguro Fudō-dō was known as Taieizan-ryūsen-ji Temple. It was affiliated with the Tendai sect and located in Mount Tōei. It was opened by the Tendai priest Jikakudaishi. The principle image of the temple is Fudō Myo-o. Practitioners of asceticism would carry out cold-water ablutions in the "Tokko-no-Taki" waterfall situated in the temple grounds. It is considered that from the mid-Edo period onwards, many people flocked to the temple to seek spiritual benefit and stores and houses gradually began to form.