Old Rigaku-in Temple

During the Meiji era, financial pressures forced many temples to merge or close. Rigaku-in eventually fell into disuse and had gone without a resident chief priest for years when the Imperial Household Agency ordered its dismantling along with nearby Fugen-in. Jikko-in assumed control of the land in 1919 and created Chisen-en Garden where the temple had stood, with a teahouse named Rigaku-an in its memory. The site now also holds the graves of two emperors who died in exile after being defeated in conflict: Go-Toba, who reigned in the 12th century, and his son Juntoku. The garden is quiet and less visited than Kyoto's major sites.