A Nichiren-sect sub-temple of Honkokuji in Shimogyo-ku, founded in 1602 by the monk Nichiku. Mountain name: Daikouzan; principal image: the Jikkai Mandala. The temple was established as a memorial to Kobayakawa Hideaki (1582–1602), whose defection to the Eastern army at the Battle of Sekigahara (1600) proved decisive in Tokugawa Ieyasu's victory. The main hall houses an equal-height painted wooden…

Founded in 1602 when Gyokuyoin, an existing Honkokuji sub-temple, was renamed and re-dedicated by the monk Nichiku as a memorial to Kobayakawa Hideaki, who died that same year at age 21. Hideaki had fought at Sekigahara on the Western side but defected to the Eastern army under pressure from Tokugaw…