Temple to Hantei

The Temple to Hantei was a small temple in the Forbidden City devoted to Hantei, the first Emperor. It was erected by Hantei Genji after the Battle of Four Winds as a place his father could pass on in peace.

Imperial Privacy
The Emperors used it as a private home to retire on occassion to escape the insanity of the Imperial Palace. No one entered without a personal invitation of the Hantei, and only if the Emperor himself was present.

Leading Bridge
A long bridge led to the temple supported over the shoulders of the finely crafted statues of all the Emperors. Which each new pairs of statues, the lifetime of two Emperors, the bridge was redesigned to accommodate them.