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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.

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.

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, and most or all of its structures today date back to that time.

Honpô-ji burned down almost completely in the [[Great Tenmei Fire]] which ravaged the city in [[1788]], the storehouses alone surviving, but the temple was rebuilt, and most or all of its structures today date back to that time.

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