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A temple built in 1594 by Yodo-dono in memory of her father, keeping a blood-stained ceiling made from the remains of Fushimi Castle.
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Yogen-in is a temple of the Jodo Shinshu Kengoin school in Sanjusangendo Mawaricho, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto. Its mountain name is Nan'eizan. The principal image is Amida Nyorai. It stands directly east across from Sanjusangendo. The temple name Yogen-in was taken from the in-name of Azai Nagamasa. It was originally of the Tendai sect. It is known by the popular names 'Blood Ceiling' (Chi-tenjo) and 'Sotatsu Temple.' In Bunroku 3 (1594), Yodo-dono, concubine of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, asked Hideyoshi to found it for the memorial services on the 21st anniversary of the deaths of her father Azai Nagamasa, grandfather Azai Hisamasa and others. Yogen-in is the in-name of Azai Nagamasa, and it is the family temple of the Azai clan.
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