Ryukoin (Daitokuji)
京都府
Daitokuji sub-temple built by Kuroda Nagamasa for his father Kanbei, holding three National Treasures including the legendary yohen tenmoku bowl
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1606
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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…
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Origins
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…
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Divine Benefits
Warding Off Evil
Purification
Rebirth in Pure Land
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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Kuroda Nagamasa
First Lord of Chikuzen Fukuoka
Age 38 at founding
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A sub-temple of Daitokuji founded in 1606 by Kuroda Nagamasa to pray for his father Kuroda Kanbei (Josui). As an ancestral temple of the Kuroda clan it is held in high esteem, and the grounds are strictly closed to the public.
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Kuroda Kanbei
Hideyoshi's Strategist
Age 60 at founding (posthumous)
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Ryukoin is a sub-temple of Daitokuji built in 1606 by Kuroda Nagamasa to pray for the soul of his father, Kuroda Kanbei, and serves as the Kuroda clan's funerary temple.
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