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In [[1587]], Honpô-ji was one of many temples which were relocated as part of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]'s reconstruction and reorganization of the city. It was re-established at its current location at that time. The temple's tenth abbot, [[Nittsu shonin|Nittsû shônin]], was given 1000 ''[[koku]]'' of [[jiryo|temple lands]], and Hon'ami Kôji <!--本阿弥光二-->, swordsmith and father of artist [[Honami Koetsu|Hon'ami Kôetsu]] (1558-1637), donated funds for the reconstruction of the temple's halls and grounds.

In [[1587]], Honpô-ji was one of many temples which were relocated as part of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]'s reconstruction and reorganization of the city. It was re-established at its current location at that time. The temple's tenth abbot, [[Nittsu shonin|Nittsû shônin]], was given 1000 ''[[koku]]'' of [[jiryo|temple lands]], and Hon'ami Kôji <!--本阿弥光二-->, swordsmith and father of artist [[Honami Koetsu|Hon'ami Kôetsu]] (1558-1637), donated funds for the reconstruction of the temple's halls and grounds.

Honpô-ji thus became the family temple of the Hon'ami family, though Kôetsu himself is buried elsewhere, at [[Koetsu-ji|Kôetsu-ji]], a temple he founded in 1615. The abbot's quarters (''[[hojo|hôjô]]'') at Honpô-ji boasts a garden said to have been designed by Kôetsu, and the temple owns many paintings by Kôetsu and [[Hasegawa Tohaku|Hasegawa Tôhaku]], among others.

Honpô-ji thus became the family temple of the Hon'ami family, though Kôetsu himself is buried elsewhere, at [[Koetsu-ji|Kôetsu-ji]], a temple he founded in 1615. The abbot's quarters (''[[hojo|hôjô]]'') at Honpô-ji boasts a garden said to have been designed by Kôetsu, and the temple owns many paintings by Kôetsu and [[Hasegawa Tohaku|Hasegawa Tôhaku]], among others. The garden, roughly 600 square meters in size, sits to the east of the ''shoin'' (study), extending around to the south, and is said to combine the feeling of a Muromachi ''[[karesansui]]'' (rock garden) garden with that of the later Azuchi-Momoyama period garden which evokes a sense of "breath." Nationally designated as a site of scenic beauty (国指定名勝), the garden includes a lotus pond, and an arrangement of rocks meant to resemble a waterfall.

It burned down almost completely in a great fire which ravaged the city in [[1788]], the storehouses alone surviving, but the temple was rebuilt, most or all of its structures today dating back to that time.

Honpô-ji burned down almost completely in a great fire which ravaged the city in [[1788]], the storehouses alone surviving, but the temple was rebuilt, most or all of its structures today dating back to that time.

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