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[[File:Teradaya-martyrs-daikokuji.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The graves of nine ''resshi'' ("martyrs") from the [[Teradaya Incident]] at Daikoku-ji.]]
[[File:Teradaya-martyrs-daikokuji.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The graves of nine ''resshi'' ("martyrs") from the [[Teradaya Incident]] at Daikoku-ji.]]
*''Other Names'': 薩摩寺 ''(Satsuma-dera)'', 長福寺 ''(Choufuku-ji)''
*''Other Names'': 薩摩寺 ''(Satsuma-dera)'', 長福寺 ''(Choufuku-ji)'', 円通山 ''(Entsuu-zan)''
*''Japanese'': 大黒寺 ''(daikoku-ji)''
*''Japanese'': 大黒寺 ''(daikoku-ji)''
Daikoku-ji is a [[Shingon]] temple in [[Kyoto]] dedicated to the worship of [[Daikokuten]], and closely associated with [[Satsuma han]].
Daikoku-ji is a [[Shingon]] temple in [[Fushimi]] dedicated to the worship of [[Daikokuten]], and closely associated with [[Satsuma han]].
The temple was originally called Chôfuku-ji, but around [[1615]] its name was changed to Daikoku-ji, in reference to its association with Daikokuten, one of the [[Seven Lucky Gods]]. The Satsuma ''han'' mansion was, at that time, located nearby (though it would be moved closer to the center of the city later in the [[Edo period]]), and the domain adopted this temple, and its chief deity, as protectors of its daimyô. Due to this association, the temple has come to be known popularly as "Satsuma-dera" ("Satsuma temple").
The temple is said to have been founded by [[Kukai|Kûkai]]. Originally called Chôfuku-ji, it was patronized by a number of prominent samurai figures including [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] before becoming more exclusively associated with the [[Shimazu clan]].
Nine ''[[shishi]]'' (anti-shogunate rebels / pro-Imperial patriots) from Satsuma, killed in the [[Teradaya]] Incident, are buried at Daikoku-ji, along with [[Shimazu clan]] ''[[karo|karô]]'' [[Hirata Yukie]] and two members of the [[1832]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]]: the mission's ''[[gieisei]]'' (head of street musicians) [[Gima peechin]] (Sai Shû, [[1777]]-1832)<!--儀間親雲上 蔡修--> and ''[[sangikan]]'' (head of ceremonies) [[Takehara peechin]]<!--嵩原親雲上-->, who fell ill and died on the way to [[Edo]].
Around [[1615]] its name was changed to Daikoku-ji, in reference to its association with Daikokuten, one of the [[Seven Lucky Gods]]. The Satsuma ''han'' mansion was, at that time, located nearby (though it would be moved closer to the center of the city later in the [[Edo period]]), and the domain adopted this temple, and its chief deity, as protectors of its daimyô. Due to this association, the temple has come to be known popularly as "Satsuma-dera" ("Satsuma temple").
During the [[Bakumatsu period]], the temple was the site of notable conversations between [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] and [[Okubo Toshimichi|Ôkubo Toshimichi]].
Nine ''[[shishi]]'' (anti-shogunate rebels / pro-Imperial patriots) from Satsuma, killed in the [[Teradaya]] Incident, are buried at Daikoku-ji, along with [[Shimazu clan]] ''[[karo|karô]]'' [[Hirata Yukie]] and two members of the [[1832]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]]: the mission's ''[[gieisei]]'' (head of street musicians) [[Gima peechin]] (Sai Shû, [[1777]]-1832)<!--儀間親雲上 蔡修--> and ''[[sangikan]]'' (head of ceremonies) [[Takehara peechin]]<!--嵩原親雲上-->, who fell ill and died on the way to [[Edo]]. A monument to the nine ''shishi'' is said to have been commissioned originally by Saigô Takamori.
==References==
==References==
*Plaques on-site.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/45868130084/sizes/k/]
*Watanabe Miki. "[http://www.geocities.jp/ryukyu_history/Japan_Ryukyu/Main.html ''Nihon ni okeru Ryûkyû shiseki''] 日本における琉球史跡." (personal webpage).
*Watanabe Miki. "[http://www.geocities.jp/ryukyu_history/Japan_Ryukyu/Main.html ''Nihon ni okeru Ryûkyû shiseki''] 日本における琉球史跡." (personal webpage).
