Higashi Hongan-ji

I jokingly called this Tokugawa Ieyasu 's spite temple. Established in 1602, Ieyasu split the Jodo Shinsu sect to lessen their power. The sect had previously challenged strongman Nobunaga, and had been slapped down. The side that gave in was rewarded by Nobunaga's successor, my boy Hideyoshi, with the Nishi Hongan-ji. Ieyasu gave the other faction the land to build this one, after wiping out Hideyoshi 's son. So, spite temple, but not really. Czytaj więcej