This Rinzai sect temple of the Daitokuji school was founded in 1557 (Koji 3) by Miyoshi Nagayoshi, who ruled Sakai as the magistrate of Izumi and Kawachi, to commemorate the soul of his father, Motonaga, south of Shukuin. It was burned down during the Summer Siege of Osaka, but was rebuilt in 1617 (Genna 3) by the head priest, Takuan, at its current location in Minami-Hatago-cho, where it remains to this day. The Butsuden (Buddha Hall), built in 1653 (Shoo 2), the Sanmon (Kanromon) gate, built in 1647 (Shoho 4), and the Karamon gate, built in the early Edo period, are designated as Important Cultural Properties of Japan. The temple enshrines Shakyamuni Buddha as its principal image. It is said that Sen no Rikyu and Takeno Jo'o, masters of the tea ceremony, trained here, and in July 1960, the Jissoan teahouse, a two-tatami-mat teahouse favored by Rikyu, was rebuilt. The site also boasts a beautiful dry landscape garden, thought to have been created in the early Edo period (a nationally designated place of scenic beauty).