Jukō-in

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title: "Jukō-in" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["buddhist-temples-in-kyoto", "daitoku-ji-temples", "daitoku-ji", "places-of-scenic-beauty", "important-cultural-properties-of-japan"] description: "Buddhist sub-temple in Kyoto, Japan" topic_path: "society/religion" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jukō-in" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Buddhist sub-temple in Kyoto, Japan ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Jyukou-in.JPG" caption="Entrance to Jukō-in, a sub-temple of [[Daitoku-ji"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/三好長慶.jpg" caption="Important Cultural Property"] ::

Jukō-in is a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, Japan. It was founded in 1566 as the mortuary temple of Miyoshi Nagayoshi. In 1589 Sen no Rikyū designated it as the mortuary temple for his family. The Hondō (1583) and chashitsu (1739) are Important Cultural Properties and the gardens have been designated a Place of Scenic Beauty. A painting of Miyoshi Nagayoshi (1566) has also been designated an Important Cultural Property. The temple also contains a great number of fusuma paintings done by Kanō Eitoku.

References

References

1. Levine, Gregory P.A.. (2005). "Daitokuji: The Visual Cultures of a Zen Monastery". [[University of Washington Press]].
2. "Database of Registered National Cultural Properties". [[Agency for Cultural Affairs]].
3. "Database of Registered National Cultural Properties". [[Agency for Cultural Affairs]].
4. "Database of Registered National Cultural Properties". [[Agency for Cultural Affairs]].
5. "Database of Registered National Cultural Properties". [[Agency for Cultural Affairs]].

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