@Sato Gyogan was a man of letters who played
an active role in the latter term of the
Edo period from Kansei through Bunka (1789~about1818)
but it is unknown when he was born and died
. He was born in Nishi-ku in Osaka and became
a merchant but was famous as a popular novelist
and an author of Joruri .There is a tomb
of the wife of Kamiya Jihei , Osan , in this
temple . Jihei is a main character of "Shinju
( a double suicide ) Tennoamijima "
.His wife Osan became a nun after his suicide
with his lover .
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