A sub-temple of Shokokuji founded during the Oei era (1394–1428) by order of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, known as the model for Minakami Tsutomu's autobiographical novel "Gan no Tera" (Temple of the Wild Geese), making it a literary pilgrimage site. The garden is a simple, Zen-typical dry landscape radiating quiet, well-suited for the zazen practice of training monks. Located in the northeast of the Shok…

Zuishunin is a sub-temple (tatchu) of Shokokuji, established around 1400 during the Oei era (1394–1428) by order of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. Shokokuji itself was founded in 1382 (Eitoku 2) by Yoshimitsu as a major Rinzai Zen temple, and Zuishunin developed as one of its affiliated sub-temples. Throughou…