The oasis in the big city
ⓒRebecca Bugge, All Rights Reserved
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Standing just outside the great hall at the Buddhist temple Zōjō-ji, in Tokyo, looking towards the gate Sanmon, and the modern buildings of Shiba beyond that (the tall brown thing to the right is Worldtrade center). Here you also get a snapshot of the different groups of people you generally come across on a Tokyo outing: housewives (the women closest to the camera), schoolchildren in their uniforms (a group of them are walking down the stairs to the left), salarymen (the black-and-white dressed men standing in front of the gate, probably taking photos with their phones of the temple) and a couple of tourists (to the upper right - the only ones not dressed in black and white).
The gate Sanmon is really called a Sangedatsu Mon (三解脱門) and anyone passing through here can rid oneself of the three passions of greed, hatred and foolishness. The gate dates to 1622 and is the only building in the temple compound that survived the second world war. Zōjō-ji was founded by Yūyo Shōsō in the 14th century - at another place but it was moved here in 1590 and during the Edo period it was one of the two family temples of the Tokugawa family (the other being Kan'ei-ji).The temple is the main temple of the Chinzei branch of Jōdo-shū Buddhism.
The oasis in the big city
ⓒRebecca Bugge, All Rights Reserved
Do not use without permission.
Standing just outside the great hall at the Buddhist temple Zōjō-ji, in Tokyo, looking towards the gate Sanmon, and the modern buildings of Shiba beyond that (the tall brown thing to the right is Worldtrade center). Here you also get a snapshot of the different groups of people you generally come across on a Tokyo outing: housewives (the women closest to the camera), schoolchildren in their uniforms (a group of them are walking down the stairs to the left), salarymen (the black-and-white dressed men standing in front of the gate, probably taking photos with their phones of the temple) and a couple of tourists (to the upper right - the only ones not dressed in black and white).
The gate Sanmon is really called a Sangedatsu Mon (三解脱門) and anyone passing through here can rid oneself of the three passions of greed, hatred and foolishness. The gate dates to 1622 and is the only building in the temple compound that survived the second world war. Zōjō-ji was founded by Yūyo Shōsō in the 14th century - at another place but it was moved here in 1590 and during the Edo period it was one of the two family temples of the Tokugawa family (the other being Kan'ei-ji).The temple is the main temple of the Chinzei branch of Jōdo-shū Buddhism.