In 1818, Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa, a member of the Japanese imperial family, became the abbot of Kan'ei-ji, a significant temple in Edo, now Tokyo. Kan'ei-ji served as the bodaiji (family temple) of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period.

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