The temple came to serve as the graveyard of successive members of the three Sen families (Omote Sen-ke, Ura Sen-ke, Mushanokoji Sen-ke) after SEN no Rikyu came to the temple to practice Zen with founding priest Shorei. |
千利休が開祖・笑嶺和尚に参禅したことから利休の墓をはじめ,三千家(表千家・裏千家・武者小路千家)歴代の墓所となっている。 |