Daikoku-ji Temple (Kyoto)
大黒寺
Daikoku-ji Temple, a historic prayer place for the Satsuma domain, preserves artifacts from the Teradaya Incident.
What it is
- A Shingon sect Toji-ha temple, originally Chofuku-ji.
- Renamed Daikoku-ji in 1615 by Shimazu Yoshihiro.
- Became a prayer place for the Satsuma domain.
- Main deity is Daikokuten, god of wealth.
What to see
- Roof tiles feature the Shimazu family crest.
- Graves of nine loyalists from the Teradaya Incident.
- Meeting room of Saigo Takamori and Okubo Toshimichi.
- Treasures related to the Teradaya Incident.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
京都市伏見区鷹匠町4 Open in Google Maps
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