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Another prominent object of worship at the temple is an image of the 33-bodied Buddha (''sanjûsanjin''), commissioned in [[1704]] by Keishôin upon her 77th birthday; each of the thirty-three statues contains a strand of Keishôin's hair, and one is believed to have been sculpted to represent Keishôin herself, as a spirit, deity, or Buddha helping to protect the shogun and his realm.
Another prominent object of worship at the temple is an image of the 33-bodied Buddha (''sanjûsanjin''), commissioned in [[1704]] by Keishôin upon her 77th birthday; each of the thirty-three statues contains a strand of Keishôin's hair, and one is believed to have been sculpted to represent Keishôin herself, as a spirit, deity, or Buddha helping to protect the shogun and his realm.
The temple is also home to a number of tearooms, including one associated with ''daimyô'' tea master [[Matsudaira Fumai]].
Adjacent to the Gokoku-ji is the [[Toshima-ga-oka Cemetery]], which contains exclusively Imperial graves.
Adjacent to the Gokoku-ji is the [[Toshima-ga-oka Cemetery]], which contains exclusively Imperial graves.
*[[Matsudaira Fumai]]
*[[Matsudaira Fumai]]
*[[Muto Nobuyoshi|Mutô Nobuyoshi]]<!--武藤信義-->
*[[Muto Nobuyoshi|Mutô Nobuyoshi]]<!--武藤信義-->
*[[Nanbu Toshihisa]] and his wife [[Tokugawa Akiko]] (Matsu-hime)
*[[Nanbu Toshinaga]]<!--南部利祥-->
*[[Nanbu Toshinaga]]<!--南部利祥-->
*[[Nanbu Toshiyuki]] and his wife
*[[Noma Seiji]]<!--野間清治-->
*[[Noma Seiji]]<!--野間清治-->
*[[Okuma Shigenobu|Ôkuma Shigenobu]]
*[[Okuma Shigenobu|Ôkuma Shigenobu]]
