Keishun-in
file:Keishun-in (Myôshin-ji) Plan.jpg, 280px, Temple Layout is one of the 48 ''tatchu'' sub-temples Myōshin-ji, a Rinzai school Japanese Zen, Zen Buddhist temples in Japan, Buddhist temple in the Hanazono neighborhood of Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Ukyō-ku in the city of Kyoto Japan. It is one of the of Myōshin-ji's sub-temples which are normally open to the public. Overview The temple was founded in 1598 by Oda Hidenori (津田 秀則; d.1625). He was the second son of Oda Nobutada and thus the grandson of Oda Nobunaga. Originally called Kenshō-in (見性院), the temple was renamed Keishun-in in 1632 by its patron, Ishikawa Sadamasa (石河 貞政; 1575–1657), a 5000 ''koku'' ''hatamoto'' from Mino Province, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of his father, Ishikawa Mitsumasa (石河 光政). The temple is entered from the west through a small gate (''Omote-mon'', 1 on the plan). The abbot's residence (方丈 Hōjō; 2 on the plan) was built in 1631. This buildin ...
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