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At its height, Honnôji boasted 30 residences within a large temple complex. It was destroyed in a fire in the [[1536]] [[Tenbun Hokke Incident]], but was rebuilt in [[1547]]-[[1548]].

At its height, Honnôji boasted 30 residences within a large temple complex. It was destroyed in a fire in the [[1536]] [[Tenbun Hokke Incident]], but was rebuilt in [[1547]]-[[1548]].

Oda Nobunaga made the extensive temple complex his temporary residence, but was attacked there on [[1582]]/6/2 by the forces of his turncoat retainer [[Akechi Mitsuhide]]. Mitsuhide betrayed his lord and surrounded the temple, forcing Nobunaga to commit suicide, and then burning the temple to the ground. [[Oda Nobutaka]] rebuilt the temple on the same site afterwards, but [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] then moved the temple in [[1589]] to a new location, at Teramachi-Oike.  

Oda Nobunaga made the extensive temple complex his temporary residence, but was attacked there on [[1582]]/6/2 by the forces of his turncoat retainer [[Akechi Mitsuhide]], who surrounded the temple with 13,000 men.<ref>Morgan Pitelka. "Art, Agency, and Networks in the Career of Tokugawa Ieyasu." in ''A Companion to Asian Art and Architecture''. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, 453.</ref> Mitsuhide betrayed his lord, forcing Nobunaga to commit suicide, and then burning the temple to the ground. [[Oda Nobutaka]] rebuilt the temple on the same site afterwards, but [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] then moved the temple in [[1589]] to a new location, at Teramachi-Oike.  

During the [[Edo period]], Honnôji served on at least one occasion to house [[Korean embassies to Edo]]. In [[1719]], the 9th Edo period Korean mission, consisting of 475 people, came to Japan on the occasion of the accession of the 8th [[shogun]], [[Tokugawa Yoshimune]]. While 129 of them stayed in Osaka, the remaining 346, along with the Lord of [[Tsushima han]] and others acting as a protective escort, passed through Toba Jisô-ji from [[Yodo]] and entered the capital (Kyoto) on 9/12, staying for one night at Honnôji. The lead ambassador and others stayed in the main hall (''hondô''), while the translators stayed in the Kichijô-in, and various higher officers stayed at Renshô-in, a sub-temple. Honnôji records indicate that the abbot and other monks of Honnôji left for other temples during this time. That night, the [[Kyoto shoshidai]], [[Matsudaira Tadachika]], and others came to offer greetings, and a banquet was prepared on the orders of the shogun. The ''seijutsukan'' (製述官) Shin Yu-han, in his diary ''Kaiyûroku'' (海遊録), wrote of Honnôji that "nothing can compare in splendor/magnificence". On the return to Kyoto from Edo, the embassy stayed at Honnôji again, from the first until the third of the first month. Members of the Tsushima han [[So clan|Sô clan]] escort and other samurai escorts stayed at other nearby temples and private homes.

During the [[Edo period]], Honnôji served on at least one occasion to house [[Korean embassies to Edo]]. In [[1719]], the 9th Edo period Korean mission, consisting of 475 people, came to Japan on the occasion of the accession of the 8th [[shogun]], [[Tokugawa Yoshimune]]. While 129 of them stayed in Osaka, the remaining 346, along with the Lord of [[Tsushima han]] and others acting as a protective escort, passed through Toba Jisô-ji from [[Yodo]] and entered the capital (Kyoto) on 9/12, staying for one night at Honnôji. The lead ambassador and others stayed in the main hall (''hondô''), while the translators stayed in the Kichijô-in, and various higher officers stayed at Renshô-in, a sub-temple. Honnôji records indicate that the abbot and other monks of Honnôji left for other temples during this time. That night, the [[Kyoto shoshidai]], [[Matsudaira Tadachika]], and others came to offer greetings, and a banquet was prepared on the orders of the shogun. The ''seijutsukan'' (製述官) Shin Yu-han, in his diary ''Kaiyûroku'' (海遊録), wrote of Honnôji that "nothing can compare in splendor/magnificence". On the return to Kyoto from Edo, the embassy stayed at Honnôji again, from the first until the third of the first month. Members of the Tsushima han [[So clan|Sô clan]] escort and other samurai escorts stayed at other nearby temples and private homes.

==References==

==References==

*Plaques on-site at current, and former, sites of the Honnôji.

*Plaques on-site at current, and former, sites of the Honnôji.

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