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There is also controversy over whether the garden was built by monks, or by professional gardeners, called kawaramono, or a combination of the two. Some sources say the garden was built in the first half of the 16th century, others reckon later, during the Edo period, between 16. Some say that the garden was built by the famous landscape painter and monk, Sōami (died 1525), but this is disputed by other authors. Other sources say it was built by his son, Hosokawa Masamoto, in or around 1488. According to some sources, it was built by Hosokawa Katsumoto, the creator of the first temple of Ryōan-ji, between 14. Most sources date it to the second half of the 15th century. There is controversy over who built the garden and when.

These tombs reached their present state as a result of the 19th century restoration of imperial sepulchers ( misasagi) which were ordered by Emperor Meiji.

The burial places of these emperors- Uda, Kazan, Ichijō, Go-Suzaku, Go-Reizei, Go-Sanjō, and Horikawa-would have been comparatively humble in the period after their deaths. Their tombs are grouped together in what are today known as the "Seven Imperial Tombs" at Ryōan-ji. The temple served as a mausoleum for several emperors. Hosokawa Katsumoto died in 1473, and in 1488 his son, Hosokawa Masamoto, rebuilt the temple. During the Ōnin War between the clans, the temple was destroyed. He built his residence there, and founded a Zen temple, Ryōan-ji. In 1450, Hosokawa Katsumoto, another powerful warlord, acquired the land where the temple stood. The first temple, the Daiju-in, and the still existing large pond were built in that century by Fujiwara Saneyoshi. The site of the temple was an estate of the Fujiwara clan in the 11th century.
