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[[Image:Ryogenin Gates.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The gates to Ryôgen-in, within the grounds of Daitokuji.]]
*''Founded: [[1502]]''
*''Japanese'': 龍源院 ''(Ryougenin)''
Ryôgen-in is a [[tatchu|sub-temple]] of [[Daitokuji]], founded in [[1502]] by [[Hatakeyama Yoshimoto]], lord of [[Noto province|Noto]], [[Otomo Yoshinaga|Ôtomo Yoshinaga]] of [[Bungo province|Bungo]], and a number of others. It is famous for its abbot's quarters (''[[hojo|hôjô]]''), the oldest building in Daitokuji; and for its possession of a [[Tanegashima]] gun inscribed with the year [[1583]], and a ''[[go]]'' board which it is said was used in a game between [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]].
The head temple of the Southern School of Daitokuji [[Zen]], the temple was formally founded by the 72nd abbot of Daitokuji, [[Tokei Soboku|Tôkei Sôboku]].
The original abbot's quarters, Omotemon gate, and ''genkan'' are still extant, and have been designated [[Important Cultural Property|Important Cultural Properties]]. The abbot's quarters is celebrated as a classic example of Zen architecture.
The grounds contain three gardens, including ones meant to resemble or recall the ocean in white sand, or [[Mt. Horai|Mt. Hôrai]] with cranes and turtles. One, called Tôtekiko, is said to be the smallest rock garden in Japan; the pattern of the stones there is meant to resemble the ripples in the ocean from a single drop of water.
The temple also contains one of the foundation stones from Hideyoshi's [[Jurakudai]] mansion.
==References==
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/5292595150/in/photostream/ Explanatory plaque onsite at Ryôgen-in]. Photo by [[User:LordAmeth]], 24 June 2010.
[[Category:Temples]]
*''Founded: [[1502]]''
*''Japanese'': 龍源院 ''(Ryougenin)''
Ryôgen-in is a [[tatchu|sub-temple]] of [[Daitokuji]], founded in [[1502]] by [[Hatakeyama Yoshimoto]], lord of [[Noto province|Noto]], [[Otomo Yoshinaga|Ôtomo Yoshinaga]] of [[Bungo province|Bungo]], and a number of others. It is famous for its abbot's quarters (''[[hojo|hôjô]]''), the oldest building in Daitokuji; and for its possession of a [[Tanegashima]] gun inscribed with the year [[1583]], and a ''[[go]]'' board which it is said was used in a game between [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]].
The head temple of the Southern School of Daitokuji [[Zen]], the temple was formally founded by the 72nd abbot of Daitokuji, [[Tokei Soboku|Tôkei Sôboku]].
The original abbot's quarters, Omotemon gate, and ''genkan'' are still extant, and have been designated [[Important Cultural Property|Important Cultural Properties]]. The abbot's quarters is celebrated as a classic example of Zen architecture.
The grounds contain three gardens, including ones meant to resemble or recall the ocean in white sand, or [[Mt. Horai|Mt. Hôrai]] with cranes and turtles. One, called Tôtekiko, is said to be the smallest rock garden in Japan; the pattern of the stones there is meant to resemble the ripples in the ocean from a single drop of water.
The temple also contains one of the foundation stones from Hideyoshi's [[Jurakudai]] mansion.
==References==
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/5292595150/in/photostream/ Explanatory plaque onsite at Ryôgen-in]. Photo by [[User:LordAmeth]], 24 June 2010.
[[Category:Temples]]
