An ancient Rinzai Zen temple founded by Gyoki in 733, and the hereditary family temple of the Ii clan, associated with the female castle lord Ii Naotora of the Sengoku period. The garden designed by Kobori Enshu, the renowned Edo-period landscape master, is designated a National Place of Scenic Beauty. The temple gained nationwide fame as the main setting of the 2017 NHK taiga drama Onna Jochu Nao…

The temple is traditionally said to have been founded in 733 by the eminent Buddhist monk Gyoki during the Nara period. It is believed to have originally belonged to a different Buddhist sect before converting to Rinzai Zen in the medieval period, after which it became closely associated with the Ii…