• Daitoku-ji Temple is titled as Ryuhozan and the headquarters of Daitoku-ji Buddhist sect. Originally built in 1315. Ikkyu Zen Priest revived though it went to ruin in Muromachi Period by the war. Hideyoshi Toyotomi managed Nobunaga Oda's funeral in the Momoyama age. Hideyoshi contributed the temple estate..The war general's minor temple construction come one after another, and reached new heights of prosperity with it. Honbo's garden is a dry landscape garden where the beginning of Edo period is represented.
  The envoy gate was given from the imperial palace, and was dismantled and reconstructed in 1640.
  The Buddha hall was constructed in 1665 by the contribution of the wealthy merchant Nawa.
  Lecture hall was built by Masanori Inaba who was the child of lord Masakatsu Inaba of Odawara castle.

Envoy gate was moved from imperial palace in 1640.	Entrance gate or Three Gate.	Approach lines in straight to south and north.	Buddha hall was built in 1665.
Right Buddha hall and left Lecture hall.	Lecture hall was built in 1636.	Sangen-in temple is grave yard of Mitsunari Ishida.	Right lecture hall and left temple kitchen.
Nobunaga's family temple Soken-in, tearoom.	Belfry of the temple.	Entrance of the Daisen-in Temple.	Temple approach outside of Daisen-in.

2007/06/01