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Daitoku-ji

Zuiho-in, another temple. The daimyo who was the first patron of this temple converted to Christianity late in his life. Because Christianity was illegal at that time, the monks buried a statue of the Virgin Mary under the dry landscape garden to honor his memory.

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Uploaded on April 22, 2012
Taken on March 26, 2012