daizen

Updated: May 23, 2025

All three were erected by the piety of one man, Sakuma Daizen no Suké, in the year A.D. 1631. Iyémitsu, the founder of the temple, was buried with his grandfather, Iyéyasu, at Nikkô; but both of these princes are honoured with shrines here.

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