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The blood ceilings remain a fascinating, but grisly, reminder about taking a stand against terrible odds.
If you do happen to visit any of the temples that welcome guests, please remember that these are places of worship and should be treated with peace and respect🙇
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Historians continue to argue about the authenticity of the ceilings.
The forensic scientist Furuhata Tanemoto (古畑種基 1871-1975) examined Shōden-ji's boards and concluded they were definitely bloodstains, but others have pointed out errors in his work that muddy his findings.
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Ieyasu ordered the remains of Momoyama Castle dismantled. Many of the buildings were moved to new homes and reconstructed.
Ishin Sūden (以心崇伝 1569–1633/金地院庭園), abbot of Nanzen-ji (南禅寺) and close advisor to Ieyasu, was put in charge of the bloody floorboards.
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The 8 temples:
🩸Yōgen-in 南叡山養源院
🩸Hōsen-in 魚山寶泉院
🩸Shōden-ji 吉祥山正伝寺（吉祥山正傳護國禪寺)
🩸Genkō-an 鷹峰山寶樹林源光庵
🩸Kōshō-ji 佛德山興聖寺
🩸Tenkyū-in 天球院（Myōshin-ji sub-temple 妙心禪寺の塔頭)
🩸Shinnō-ji 絲杉山神應寺 (Yawata 八幡)
🩸Eishun-ji 指心庵栄春寺（泰澄山榮春寺 - Fushimi 伏見) -
Genkō-an is 1 of 8 temples that claim to have received bloody floorboards from Fushimi Momoyama Castle (伏見城/桃山城).
These were incorporated as ceilings into the temple worship halls, in order to pray for the souls sacrificed during the Siege of Fushimi (伏見城の戦い) in 1600 (in some cases many decades after the event).
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👣KYŌTO'S BLOOD CEILINGS🩸
The rear portion of the ceiling in Genkō-an's (源光庵) main hall is stained with what at first glance looks like water damage...but soon a footprint appears on the rust-coloured wood, the shape of a doll, shadowy fingertips, the fold of a kimono!
Genkō-an is 1 of 8 temples that claim to have received bloody floorboards from Momoyama Castle (伏見城/aka 桃山城), some time after the Siege of Fushimi in 1600.