Sōken-in
Sōken-in is a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, Japan. It was founded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1582 as the mortuary temple of Oda Nobunaga. Hideyoshi granted the temple three hundred koku and staged his celebrated Daitoku-ji tea gathering on its grounds in 1585.
- Buddhist temple
- …dates from 1583
- Description: a sub-temple (Tatchū) of Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, Japan
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Daisen-in
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130 metres east of Sōken-in
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kamigyō-ku and Kyoto-Gyoen.
Kamigyō-ku
Kamigyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
Kyoto-Gyoen
Kyoto Gyoen National Garden is a 65-hectare national…
3 km southeast of Sōken-in
Sakyō-ku
Sakyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
3 km east of Sōken-in
Sōken-in
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Latitude
35.04415° or 35° 2′ 39″ north
Longitude
135.74454° or 135° 44′ 40″ east
Open location code
8Q7Q2PVV+MR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity = place_of_worship
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Swedish—“Sōken-in” goes by many names.
ဆိုးခန်းအင်းBurmese
总见院Chinese
總見院Chinese
SókeninCzech
Sōken-inDutch
سوكن انEgyptian Arabic
Sōken-inGalician
Szóken-inHungarian
Sōken-inJapanese
そうけんいんJapanese
総見院Japanese
소우켄인Korean
Sōken-inSwedish
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