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A Soto Zen temple in Hitachiota, a prestigious temple connected to the Mito Tokugawa family known as the mausoleum of Taihime, the official wife of Mitsukuni, the 2nd lord of the Mito Tokugawa domain. Taihime was a woman from the Kaga Maeda daimyo family, and the respectful treatment of her mausoleum tells of Mitsukuni's deep reverence. It symbolizes the temple culture of Hitachiota nurtured by th…

Zuiryuji is a Soto Zen temple located in Hitachiota, Ibaraki Prefecture. The precise date of its founding is unknown, though it is said to have become closely associated with the Mito Tokugawa clan during the early modern period. In the Edo period, when Taihime, the official wife of Tokugawa Mitsuku…