Kotoin Temple

This is one of the sub-temples belonging to the Daitokuji Temple, and is a temple of the Hosokawa Family built by Tadaoki (Sansai) Hosokawa, a famous samurai of the early Edo Period (1603-1867) and also known as a master of the tea ceremony. The founder of this temple is the younger brother of his father Yusai. Sansai was an expert of the tea ceremony and is considered to be one of the seven best pupils of Senno-Rikyu. It is said that Sansai’s study was constructed using the dismantled pieces of the residence of Senno-Rikyu. The teahouse called Shokoken, which continues from the study, is a two-mat room adapted to Sansai’s taste, and has a three-mat room for cleaning teacups. The wall and the ceiling are elaborately designed. Among the treasure owned by the temple, you can find a famous landscape painting by Li Tang, a Chinese painter of the Southern Song Period. It measures around 75 centimeters, and is renowned as a masterpiece of landscape painting using Chinese ink. In the precincts of the temple, you will find the grave of Izumo-no Okuni, who is considered to be the founder of kabuki, as well as that of Sansai and his wife Gracia. According to tradition, the stone lantern set up at the grave post of Sansai was donated by Senno-Rikyu.
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