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Camellia Tea Ceremony on Nostr: Taikenmon'in rebuilt the temple (the name Hōkongō-in dates to this time) as an ...

Taikenmon'in rebuilt the temple (the name Hōkongō-in dates to this time) as an enclave of nearby Ninna-ji.
Like Ninna-ji, the position of abbot was held by a member of the imperial family. At the same time she employed a Ninna-ji monk, Rinken (林賢), to re-landscape the garden.