 Last additions - Lord Gamo Ujisato Gravesite 蒲生氏郷公之墓所 |
Dec 05, 2007
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Portrait of Lord Gamo UjisatoDec 05, 2007
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Kotokuji templeDec 05, 2007
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Explanation of the kanji characters on the tombstone. From top to bottom, the characters are for "Sky, wind, fire, water, and earth."Dec 05, 2007
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The tombstone has five segments each with a kanji character. 五輪塔Dec 05, 2007
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Lord Gamo Ujisato's grave. This is a secondary grave, where his hair is buried. His main grave is at a temple in Kyoto where he died at age 40.Dec 05, 2007
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Lord Gamo Ujisato's grave.Dec 05, 2007
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Poem monument reads 限りあれば吹かねど花は散るものを心短き春の山風Dec 05, 2007
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Path to Lord Gamo Ujisato's gravesiteDec 05, 2007
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Grounds of Lord Gamo Ujisato's gravesite within Kotokuji temple. Since Ujisato was a Christian lord, it is ironic that he be buried in a Buddhist temple in Kyoto and Aizu-Wakamatsu.Dec 05, 2007
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Entrance doors to Lord Gamo Ujisato's gravesite within Kotokuji temple which is a Zen temple of the Rinzai Sect.Dec 05, 2007
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Family crest on door. (Not the Gamo crest.)Dec 05, 2007
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Ujisato was married to Oda Nobunaga's second daughter Fuyuhime. He died at age 40. One theory says that he was poisoned by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Entrance to Lord Gamo Ujisato's gravesite within Kotokuji temple in Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima..Dec 05, 2007
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Marker and side road to Lord Gamo (Gamoh) Ujisato's gravesite. Near Aizu-Wakamatsu City Hall. Gamo Ujisato (1556-1595) was a feudal lord from Hino, Shiga Pref. He built Tsurugajo Castle and named the town Wakamatsu, after a place in his hometown.Dec 05, 2007
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