Entoku-in

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  • Established: 1633
  • Japanese: 圓徳院 (Entoku-in)

Entoku-in is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto founded on the former grounds of a residence of Kitamandokoro Nene. Nene and her husband Toyotomi Hideyoshi are buried at the nearby Kôdai-ji, founded by her in his memory on the occasion of his death.

Nene lived on the grounds for some nineteen years prior to her death, entertaining many elite guests in a lavish mansion which included dressing rooms and gardens moved there from Fushimi castle in 1605. In 1633, nine years after her death in 1624, her nephew Kinoshita Toshifusa had the site transformed into the Kinoshita family temple, under the name Entoku-in.