Sōfuku-ji (Gifu)
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Sōfuku-ji is a Buddhist temple located in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The temple has strong ties to both Saitō Dōsan and Oda Nobunaga. Gifu's Sōfuku-ji is famed throughout Japan for both the number
Entrance to Sōfuku-ji
The inner path up to the temple
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Toki Shigeyori
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Toki Shigeyori was a leading military commander during the Muromachi period in Mino Province, Japan. The characters for his name can also be read as Toki Nariyori. He became the eighth head of the Tok
Sōfuku-ji (Gifu)
…moved and rebuilt the temple in 1511. In 1517, he gave it its current name. According to other stories, though, it was originally built in 1469, by Toki Shigeyori and Saitō Nagahiro, and it was officially opened in 1493. When Oda Nobunaga moved to Gifu in 1567, he made Sōfuku-ji the family temple of the Oda clan…
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