GOKUKU-JI TEMPLE
Gokuku-ji Temple (護国寺, Gokuku-ji) is a
Buddhist temple in Tokyo's
Bunkyo-ku. It was established by the mother of the Shogun Tokugawa
Tsunayoshi.
In 1873, Emperor Meiji declared Gokoku-ji the Imperial mausoleum, and
several of his children are buried there, as well as Emperor Meiji
himself. It remains the Imperial mausoleum today.
Gokoku-ji is also famous as the central temple that oversees the
practice of Japanese
tea ceremony in all the country's temples.
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