Yoshitsugu MIYOSHI, the adopted son of Nagayoshi MIYOSHI who was in the service of Yoshiharu ASHIKAGA, 12th Shogun of the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), founded Juko-in Temple in 1566 in order to pray for the soul of his adopted father and named Shorei Sokin as kaisan (first chief priest). |
室町幕府12代将軍・足利義晴に仕えた三好長慶(みよしながよし)の養子・三好義継が永禄9年(1566年)に養父の菩提を弔うために笑嶺宗?(しょうれいそうきん)を開山として建立。 |