Sōken-in (総見院) is a sub-temple ofDaitoku-ji,Kyoto,Japan. It was founded byToyotomi Hideyoshi in 1582 as the mortuary temple ofOda Nobunaga. Hideyoshi granted the temple three hundredkoku and staged his celebrated Daitoku-ji tea gathering on its grounds in 1585. During the early years of theMeiji period its precinct was demolished and its treasures relocated; Sōken-in was revived in 1926.[1] The seated wooden statue of Oda Nobunaga of 1583,lacquered, with inlaid eyes and an inscription on the base, anImportant Cultural Property, was returned in 1961.[1][2] Nobunaga's funeral and Hideyoshi's foundation of the sub-temple 'with the very best wood available, a remarkable thing to see' was recounted by the Portuguese missionaryLuís Fróis in his contemporaryHistória de Japam.[3]
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