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During the [[Edo period]], Honnôji served on at least one occasion to house [[Korean embassies to Edo]]. In [[1719]], the 9th Edo period Korean mission, consisting of 475 people, came to Japan on the occasion of the accession of the 8th [[shogun]], [[Tokugawa Yoshimune]]. While 129 of them stayed in Osaka, the remaining 346, along with the Lord of [[Tsushima han]] and others acting as a protective escort, passed through Toba Jisô-ji from [[Yodo]] and entered the capital (Kyoto) on 9/12, staying for one night at Honnôji. The lead ambassador and others stayed in the main hall (''hondô''), while the translators stayed in the Kichijô-in, and various higher officers stayed at Renshô-in, a sub-temple. Honnôji records indicate that the abbot and other monks of Honnôji left for other temples during this time. That night, the [[Kyoto shoshidai]], [[Matsudaira Tadachika]], and others came to offer greetings, and a banquet was prepared on the orders of the shogun. The ''chesulgwan'' (製述官, chief composer of documents for the mission) [[Shin Yu-han]], in his diary ''[[Haeyurok]]'' (海遊録), wrote of Honnôji that "nothing can compare in splendor/magnificence". On the return to Kyoto from Edo, the embassy stayed at Honnôji again, from the first until the third of the first month. Members of the Tsushima han [[So clan|Sô clan]] escort and other samurai escorts stayed at other nearby temples and private homes.

During the [[Edo period]], Honnôji served on at least one occasion to house [[Korean embassies to Edo]]. In [[1719]], the 9th Edo period Korean mission, consisting of 475 people, came to Japan on the occasion of the accession of the 8th [[shogun]], [[Tokugawa Yoshimune]]. While 129 of them stayed in Osaka, the remaining 346, along with the Lord of [[Tsushima han]] and others acting as a protective escort, passed through Toba Jisô-ji from [[Yodo]] and entered the capital (Kyoto) on 9/12, staying for one night at Honnôji. The lead ambassador and others stayed in the main hall (''hondô''), while the translators stayed in the Kichijô-in, and various higher officers stayed at Renshô-in, a sub-temple. Honnôji records indicate that the abbot and other monks of Honnôji left for other temples during this time. That night, the [[Kyoto shoshidai]], [[Matsudaira Tadachika]], and others came to offer greetings, and a banquet was prepared on the orders of the shogun. The ''chesulgwan'' (製述官, chief composer of documents for the mission) [[Shin Yu-han]], in his diary ''[[Haeyurok]]'' (海遊録), wrote of Honnôji that "nothing can compare in splendor/magnificence". On the return to Kyoto from Edo, the embassy stayed at Honnôji again, from the first until the third of the first month. Members of the Tsushima han [[So clan|Sô clan]] escort and other samurai escorts stayed at other nearby temples and private homes.

In the 1850s, lord of [[Hikone han]] [[Ii Naosuke]] stationed a number of his troops at Honnô-ji for a brief time, as part of his contribution to efforts to guard the city against potential foreign incursions.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 652.</ref>

In the 1850s, lord of [[Hikone han]] [[Ii Naosuke]] stationed a number of his troops at Honnô-ji for a brief time, as part of his contribution to efforts to guard the city against potential foreign incursions.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 652.</ref> A number of prominent figures, including ''[[Roju|Rôjû]]'' [[Hotta Masayoshi]] in [[1858]], and lord of [[Ogaki han|Ôgaki han]] [[Toda Ujiakira]] and heir to the lord of [[Hiroshima han]] [[Asano Nagakoto]] in [[1863]], also stayed there.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol. 2, 501.; vol 4, 382.; vol 5, 72.</ref>

Honnôji was destroyed by fire once again, in the mid-19th century, and was rebuilt in 1928.

Honnôji was destroyed by fire once again, in the mid-19th century, and was rebuilt in 1928.