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[[Image:Kotoin.JPG|right|thumb|300px|The tree and bamboo-lined entrance path to Kôtô-in.]]
[[Image:HosokawaGraves.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The graves of the heads of the [[Hosokawa clan]], beginning with [[Hosokawa Fujitaka]], father of [[Hosokawa Tadaoki]], down to [[Hosokawa Narimori]] (1804-1860).]]
*''Founded: [[1601]], [[Hosokawa Tadaoki]]''
*''Japanese'': 高桐院 ''(Koutou-in)''
Kôtô-in is a sub-temple (''[[tatchu|tatchû]]'') of [[Daitoku-ji]], founded in [[1601]] by [[Hosokawa Tadaoki]] (Sansai) to serve as a family temple of the [[Hosokawa clan]]. The younger brother of Sansai's father [[Hosokawa Yusai|Yûsai]], [[Gyokuho Joso|Gyokuho Jôsô]], was the first abbot.
The temple is known for its beautiful stone entrance path, lined with trees and bamboo. It is particularly famous for its [[momiji|Japanese maples]].
Hosokawa Sansai, the founder of Kôtô-in, was one of seven of [[Sen no Rikyu|Sen no Rikyû's]] most famous students, and it is said that the <i>[[shoin]]</i> (the study) at Kôtô-in, known as ''Ihokuken'' 意北軒 may have been Rikyû's home, moved here in [[1602]] by abbot [[Gyokuura Osho|Gyokuura Ôshô]]. It features ''[[fusuma]]'' (sliding door/wall) paintings by [[Kano Yasunobu|Kanô Yasunobu]].
The tea room connected to the study, is called ''Shôkô-ken'' 松向軒 and was built by Hosokawa Sansai in [[1628]]. It is two [[tatami]] in size as per his tastes, and is connected to a three-tatami water room.
The garden near the study was arranged in the early [[Edo period]], and the garden in front of the main hall is famous for its maples.
The temple's treasures include works by [[Southern Song Dynasty|Southern Song]] painter [[Li Tang]].
The graves of Tadaoki and his wife [[Hosokawa Gracia]], along with those of other members of the Hosokawa family can be found on the grounds. [[Izumo no Okuni]] and [[Nagoya Sanzaemon]], who are said to have founded [[kabuki]], are also buried here, but their graves, unlike those of the Hosokawa, are not open to the public. A stone lantern erected near the Hosokawa graves is said to have been a donation or gift from Sen no Rikyû, against the wishes of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]. In the possession of the Hosokawa for many years, it was designated in [[1642]] to become Tadaoki's grave marker, and was moved here to Kôtô-in for that purpose upon Tadaoki's death two years later.
==References==
*Plaques on-site at Kôtô-in.
==External Links==
*[http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=12806983871009751222&q=%E9%AB%98%E6%A1%90%E9%99%A2&hl=en&ved=0CBMQ-gswAA&sa=X&ei=NwMdT77TG4bAyQXXq6XCBg&sig2=GNsxHMJ6eS88LsuA0KuEYg Kôtô-in on Google Maps].
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Image:HosokawaGraves.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The graves of the heads of the [[Hosokawa clan]], beginning with [[Hosokawa Fujitaka]], father of [[Hosokawa Tadaoki]], down to [[Hosokawa Narimori]] (1804-1860).]]
*''Founded: [[1601]], [[Hosokawa Tadaoki]]''
*''Japanese'': 高桐院 ''(Koutou-in)''
Kôtô-in is a sub-temple (''[[tatchu|tatchû]]'') of [[Daitoku-ji]], founded in [[1601]] by [[Hosokawa Tadaoki]] (Sansai) to serve as a family temple of the [[Hosokawa clan]]. The younger brother of Sansai's father [[Hosokawa Yusai|Yûsai]], [[Gyokuho Joso|Gyokuho Jôsô]], was the first abbot.
The temple is known for its beautiful stone entrance path, lined with trees and bamboo. It is particularly famous for its [[momiji|Japanese maples]].
Hosokawa Sansai, the founder of Kôtô-in, was one of seven of [[Sen no Rikyu|Sen no Rikyû's]] most famous students, and it is said that the <i>[[shoin]]</i> (the study) at Kôtô-in, known as ''Ihokuken'' 意北軒 may have been Rikyû's home, moved here in [[1602]] by abbot [[Gyokuura Osho|Gyokuura Ôshô]]. It features ''[[fusuma]]'' (sliding door/wall) paintings by [[Kano Yasunobu|Kanô Yasunobu]].
The tea room connected to the study, is called ''Shôkô-ken'' 松向軒 and was built by Hosokawa Sansai in [[1628]]. It is two [[tatami]] in size as per his tastes, and is connected to a three-tatami water room.
The garden near the study was arranged in the early [[Edo period]], and the garden in front of the main hall is famous for its maples.
The temple's treasures include works by [[Southern Song Dynasty|Southern Song]] painter [[Li Tang]].
The graves of Tadaoki and his wife [[Hosokawa Gracia]], along with those of other members of the Hosokawa family can be found on the grounds. [[Izumo no Okuni]] and [[Nagoya Sanzaemon]], who are said to have founded [[kabuki]], are also buried here, but their graves, unlike those of the Hosokawa, are not open to the public. A stone lantern erected near the Hosokawa graves is said to have been a donation or gift from Sen no Rikyû, against the wishes of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]. In the possession of the Hosokawa for many years, it was designated in [[1642]] to become Tadaoki's grave marker, and was moved here to Kôtô-in for that purpose upon Tadaoki's death two years later.
==References==
*Plaques on-site at Kôtô-in.
==External Links==
*[http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=12806983871009751222&q=%E9%AB%98%E6%A1%90%E9%99%A2&hl=en&ved=0CBMQ-gswAA&sa=X&ei=NwMdT77TG4bAyQXXq6XCBg&sig2=GNsxHMJ6eS88LsuA0KuEYg Kôtô-in on Google Maps].
[[Category:Temples]]