A sub-temple of Daitokuji founded in 1606 by Kuroda Nagamasa to pray for his father Kuroda Kanbei (Josui). Known for housing the National Treasure yohen tenmoku tea bowl, which is so rarely lent out or exhibited that it is called the "phantom tea bowl." The Mittan tea room arranged by Kobori Enshu is also a National Treasure. As an ancestral temple of the Kuroda clan it is held in high esteem, and…
Ryukoji was founded in 1606 as a sub-temple (tatchū) of Daitokuji by Kuroda Nagamasa, lord of the Chikuzen Fukuoka domain, to pray for the repose of his father Kuroda Kanbei (Josui). Throughout the Edo period the Kuroda clan venerated the temple as their ancestral mortuary temple, establishing its h…
Averting disaster, directional protection, warding off epidemics. Central at Fudo, Kannon, and Gion-related sites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "釈迦如来"
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