Winter Silence -The Garden of Ten Bulls
京都 圓光寺 十牛の庭
Zen Garden ”Jugyu no niwa"- The Garden of Ten Bulls"
This garden is named "The Garden of Ten Bulls" (Jugyu-no-niwa in Japanese) ,which cames from the set of ten pictures /poems "The Ten Bulls" which depicts the ten path leading to the enlightenment of Zen medition.
In the pictures the bulls are depicted as a true self. : the bull runs away from a ranch once ,but the shepherd takes it back in the end. and in this case the shepher is shown as so-call "thyself" also.In other words the shepler pursues himself,seeks for the true aspect of himself.
This is a really interesting story ..and when shooting this place I always wonder if the stones reflects "myself"..? so I've tried to focuse on the biggest snow-capped Bull (stone) in the middle this time also,...perhapes that would be "myself"..
Thank you for your interest and seeing my photo :)
Masako Ishida (maco-nonch★Ｒ)
location : Enkouji temple ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
Canon EOS M5/ EF-M11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM
ƒ/14.0 15.0 mm 1/100sec ISO100
manual exposure /manual focus
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In 1601,the Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa 徳川家康 built Enkouji Temple in Fushimi,Kyoto as an educational institution.He invited Zen Priest Genkitsu( Kanshitsu) Snayo,the 9th Headmaster of the Ashikaga School of Shimotsuke( a region near Tokyo) ,to be its first Headmaster.Entokuji Temple School was opend to the general public and not exclusively to Buddhist monks.The temple published numerous books including "The School Sayings of Confucious" and "Essentials of the Zhenguan Period Government". These books are known as the Fushimi editions 伏見版 or the Enkouji editions圓光寺版.
The 50,000 original wooden printing blocks used for publishing these are preserved at the temple today and are known as the oldest such blocks in Japan.
The temple was moved to Shokuji temple 相国寺 and then to its present location in 1667.
Legend has it that the famous sculptor ,Unkei 運慶 produced the principal image of the temple,"The Kannon",a Bodhisattva with a thousand arms本尊 千手観世音菩薩坐像.The Enkouji collection also boasts two important cultural propeties,a statue of its founder,Genkitsu and a pair of six-fold screen paintings of bamboo forests by the master painter ,Oukyo Maruyama.
Beyond the temple gate,there is a Honryu tei 奔龍庭,a Karesansui garden. ( I'm going to upload some the Honryu-tei pictures as soon as I sort them out)
Past the garden lies the inner gate leading to the Jyugyu-noniwa ( This is it ),a garden known for its beautiful cutumn colours.Seiryu-chi,the oldest pond in northern Kyoto,is paired with the delicate natural sounds of a Shikin-kutsu, a Japanese garden ornament,to create the subline stillness of these temple grounds,
- Enkouji Temple
Winter Silence -The Garden of Ten Bulls
京都 圓光寺 十牛の庭
Zen Garden ”Jugyu no niwa"- The Garden of Ten Bulls"
This garden is named "The Garden of Ten Bulls" (Jugyu-no-niwa in Japanese) ,which cames from the set of ten pictures /poems "The Ten Bulls" which depicts the ten path leading to the enlightenment of Zen medition.
In the pictures the bulls are depicted as a true self. : the bull runs away from a ranch once ,but the shepherd takes it back in the end. and in this case the shepher is shown as so-call "thyself" also.In other words the shepler pursues himself,seeks for the true aspect of himself.
This is a really interesting story ..and when shooting this place I always wonder if the stones reflects "myself"..? so I've tried to focuse on the biggest snow-capped Bull (stone) in the middle this time also,...perhapes that would be "myself"..
Thank you for your interest and seeing my photo :)
Masako Ishida (maco-nonch★Ｒ)
location : Enkouji temple ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
Canon EOS M5/ EF-M11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM
ƒ/14.0 15.0 mm 1/100sec ISO100
manual exposure /manual focus
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In 1601,the Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa 徳川家康 built Enkouji Temple in Fushimi,Kyoto as an educational institution.He invited Zen Priest Genkitsu( Kanshitsu) Snayo,the 9th Headmaster of the Ashikaga School of Shimotsuke( a region near Tokyo) ,to be its first Headmaster.Entokuji Temple School was opend to the general public and not exclusively to Buddhist monks.The temple published numerous books including "The School Sayings of Confucious" and "Essentials of the Zhenguan Period Government". These books are known as the Fushimi editions 伏見版 or the Enkouji editions圓光寺版.
The 50,000 original wooden printing blocks used for publishing these are preserved at the temple today and are known as the oldest such blocks in Japan.
The temple was moved to Shokuji temple 相国寺 and then to its present location in 1667.
Legend has it that the famous sculptor ,Unkei 運慶 produced the principal image of the temple,"The Kannon",a Bodhisattva with a thousand arms本尊 千手観世音菩薩坐像.The Enkouji collection also boasts two important cultural propeties,a statue of its founder,Genkitsu and a pair of six-fold screen paintings of bamboo forests by the master painter ,Oukyo Maruyama.
Beyond the temple gate,there is a Honryu tei 奔龍庭,a Karesansui garden. ( I'm going to upload some the Honryu-tei pictures as soon as I sort them out)
Past the garden lies the inner gate leading to the Jyugyu-noniwa ( This is it ),a garden known for its beautiful cutumn colours.Seiryu-chi,the oldest pond in northern Kyoto,is paired with the delicate natural sounds of a Shikin-kutsu, a Japanese garden ornament,to create the subline stillness of these temple grounds,
- Enkouji Temple