A Rinzai Zen temple in Kanra renowned as the family temple of the Obata domain Oda clan. A distinguished temple revered by generations of the Obata Oda clan, descendants of Oda Nobunaga's second son Nobukatsu. The grounds contain the tombs of successive Oda lords, a precious site conveying Nobunaga's bloodline. The main hall from the mid-Edo period features the calm presence characteristic of Zen …

Founded in the late Kamakura period when a Rinzai Zen monk established a training hall in Kanra. Developed as the central Zen temple of the region under Obata clan patronage in the Muromachi period. In 1615, when Oda Nobuyoshi (grandson of Nobunaga's son Nobukatsu) became Obata lord, it became the O…