boronji

Updated: January 20, 2026

Now when Gompachi was dead, Chôbei's old affection for the young man returned, and, being a kind and pious man, he went and claimed his body and head, and buried him at Meguro, in the grounds of the Temple called Boronji.

Baron Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale - Tales of Old Japan