Water Source Gesshoji Temple (map) Matsue, Japan Gesshoji is renowned for its tea-related (chanoyu) activities; its spring water is used for tea, and also branded and sold commercially.

Grave of Matsudaira Nobuzumi Gesshoji Temple (map) Matsue, Japan We walk now to the east part of the site, where the remaining lords are buried. Seen here is the grave of Nobuzumi, the fifth lord (ruled 1705-1731). The first two lords are buried at opposite ends of the cemetery. Otherwise the even-numbered lords are buried south, and the odd-numbered lords are buried north.

Grave of Naomasa's mother Gesshoji Temple (map) Matsue, Japan Next to Nobuzumi is the grave of Naomasa's mother Gessho (buried 1664, the earliest burial here), after whom the temple is named. Unlike the daimyo graves, Gessho's does not have a wooden gate, harmika, torii, or toro. Its grave marker is an inscribed 5-part gorinto, looking tall because it rests on a three-step lotus base and has a tall mast. You can see both types of gorinto (tall vs. short) on the various daimyo graves, for example Nobozumi's above is a short type.

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