Temple where Taigen Sessai, strategist of Imagawa Yoshimoto, served as abbot. The place where Tokugawa Ieyasu received his childhood education.
The origins of Rinzaiji are said to predate the Sengoku period, but the temple as it stands today was substantially re-established in 1536 (Tenbun 5) by the Zen monk Taigen Sessai, a prominent strategist serving Imagawa Yoshimoto. Sessai, a high-ranking priest of the Rinzai Myoshinji school, develop…
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