Daitoku-ji

is a Rinzai school Zen Buddhist temple in the Murasakino neighborhood of Kita-ku in the city of Kyoto Japan. Its (sangō) is . The Daitoku-ji temple complex is one of the largest Zen temples in Kyoto, covering more than . In addition to the main temple complex including the Buddha Hall and the lecture hall, there are more than 20 sub-temples on the grounds. Daitokuji has produced many famous monks and has a deep connection with the tea ceremony culture, making it a temple that has had a great influence on Japanese culture. The main temple and sub-temples have many cultural assets, including bui

thumb|right|300px|Sōken-in, a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji

thumb|right|300px|Entrance to Jukō-in, a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji thumb|right|150px|Miyoshi Nagayoshi, painting on silk (1566); an Important Cultural Property

thumb|right|250px|Entrance to Kōtō-in, a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji

thumb|300px|Ōbai-in is an autonomous sub-temple of Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, Japan, the headquarters of the Daitoku-ji school of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism. The Hondō (1586) and Kuri (1589) have been designated Important Cultural Properties. Momoyama period monochrome fusuma paintings of Seven hermits in a bamboo grove (16 panels), Landscape with figures (14 panels), and Geese (14 panels), by Unkoku Tōgan (1588), have also been designated Important Cultural Properties. The severed head of the statue of Sen no Rikyū, its position fatally regarded as hubristic by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, was once kept