Shunko-in Temple's original name was Shungen-in founded in 1590 by Yoshiharu HORIO, who was a vassal of Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI and later founder of Matsue City, in order to pray for the soul of his first son, Kanesuke HORIO, who was killed in the Battle of Odawara. 春光院のもとの寺号は俊厳院(しゅんげんいん)で、天正18年(1590年)に、豊臣秀吉の家来で、後、松江市開府の祖堀尾吉晴(ほりお よしはる)が、長子堀尾金助を小田原の戦いで失ったので、その菩提を弔うために建立した寺である。 |