Built in 1894 as St. Agnes Cathedral, it was destroyed in an air raid. It was reborn as the Osaka Cathedral of St. Mary in 1963. As the site was the former residence of the Hosokawa daimyo family, stone statues of Hosokawa Gracia and the Christian daimyo Takayama Ukon stand in the square in front of the cathedral, and a painting by the late artist Domoto Insho, "Lady Gracia on Her Last Days," hangs on the wall. Hosokawa Gracia was the third daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide, married Hosokawa Tadaoki, and was baptized. During the Battle of Sekigahara, she was held hostage and committed suicide after refusing to enter Osaka Castle. Meanwhile, Takayama Ukon, the feudal lord of Takatsuki, was exiled to Manila for espousing Christianity, even though it was banned. The cathedral's approximately 100 stained-glass windows depict the lives of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary. The sound of the pipe organ, which has 2,400 pipes, is also wonderful.