Kyot Ohara Jikko-in
You shouldn't slide on the Tatami floor :)
location : Kyoto Ogara Jikko-in ,Kyoto city ,Kyoto Prefecture , Japan
京都 大原魚山大原寺 実光院 旧理覚院 池泉回遊式庭園
Jikko-in is a monastery of Shorin-in which used to be the main hall of a subsidiary temple of Gyozan Taigenji.
In 1013, Shorin-in was erected by the monk, Jakugen, the ninth-generatinon disciple of the Tendai monk Ennin (794-864, posthmously named Jikaku Daishi who visited China and introduced shomyo,Buddhist hymns into japan) to desseminate the Tendai sect shomyo. Later cakked Sho-o Daishi) and Ohara came to be looked on as the center og Tendai shomyo with Shorin-in and Raigo-in being the main halls of Gyozan Taigenji. Since Gyozan means Mt. Yu in Ahandong in China where shomyo originated, Ohara is also called Gyozan.
The all successive resident priests of these temples have devoted themselves to the study of shomyo. Jikko-in, originally locatad in the neighboring Ohara Mausoleum (the tombs of Emperors Gotoba and Juntoku), was mobed to the oresent site in 1919.
Keishin-en Garden 契心園
The Keishin-en in the south of the Guest Hall was designed in the late Edo period. It is chisen (pond and fountain) kansho (viewing) -style garden. The small natural waterfall from the Ritsu river goes down to shinji-ike (ike means pond) that is laid out in the shape of the Chinese letter, kokoro (heart).
Near the waterfall, acombination of rocks called Horai Ishigumi (Horai is mountain in ancient China where holy men are said to have lived) is arranged. A pine tree on the tsukiyama (artificial hill) depicts a tsuru (crane), the island in the pond, a kame (tortoise). There two animals represent longevity and happinessin Japan. On the tsukiyama, there is also a five-storied stone pagoda.
Kyu - Rikakuin Chisen Go-round Style Gardn 旧理覚院 池泉回遊式庭園
To the west of the Guest Hall lies chisen go-round style garden. It is landscaped with a gourd-shaped pond in the center and most of the rocks arranged were transferred from the mountains of Jikko-in. Shince the borrowed landscape of Mounts Konpira and Koshio adds the spaciousness to this garden, a fine view from the Guest Hall greets the visitor’s eye.
The teahouse, called Rikaku-an on the west-north corner of the garden features hinoki, a Japanese cypress pillar that is artificially crimpled. The garden is especially noted for fudan^zakura, a rare cherry blossom which is in bloom from the end of September to the spring.
- JIkko-in
EOS M5 / EF-M18-150mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM
ƒ/8.0 18.0 mm 1/100sec ISO400/ manual exposure/focus AF＋MF auto white balance
Kyot Ohara Jikko-in
You shouldn't slide on the Tatami floor :)
location : Kyoto Ogara Jikko-in ,Kyoto city ,Kyoto Prefecture , Japan
京都 大原魚山大原寺 実光院 旧理覚院 池泉回遊式庭園
Jikko-in is a monastery of Shorin-in which used to be the main hall of a subsidiary temple of Gyozan Taigenji.
In 1013, Shorin-in was erected by the monk, Jakugen, the ninth-generatinon disciple of the Tendai monk Ennin (794-864, posthmously named Jikaku Daishi who visited China and introduced shomyo,Buddhist hymns into japan) to desseminate the Tendai sect shomyo. Later cakked Sho-o Daishi) and Ohara came to be looked on as the center og Tendai shomyo with Shorin-in and Raigo-in being the main halls of Gyozan Taigenji. Since Gyozan means Mt. Yu in Ahandong in China where shomyo originated, Ohara is also called Gyozan.
The all successive resident priests of these temples have devoted themselves to the study of shomyo. Jikko-in, originally locatad in the neighboring Ohara Mausoleum (the tombs of Emperors Gotoba and Juntoku), was mobed to the oresent site in 1919.
Keishin-en Garden 契心園
The Keishin-en in the south of the Guest Hall was designed in the late Edo period. It is chisen (pond and fountain) kansho (viewing) -style garden. The small natural waterfall from the Ritsu river goes down to shinji-ike (ike means pond) that is laid out in the shape of the Chinese letter, kokoro (heart).
Near the waterfall, acombination of rocks called Horai Ishigumi (Horai is mountain in ancient China where holy men are said to have lived) is arranged. A pine tree on the tsukiyama (artificial hill) depicts a tsuru (crane), the island in the pond, a kame (tortoise). There two animals represent longevity and happinessin Japan. On the tsukiyama, there is also a five-storied stone pagoda.
Kyu - Rikakuin Chisen Go-round Style Gardn 旧理覚院 池泉回遊式庭園
To the west of the Guest Hall lies chisen go-round style garden. It is landscaped with a gourd-shaped pond in the center and most of the rocks arranged were transferred from the mountains of Jikko-in. Shince the borrowed landscape of Mounts Konpira and Koshio adds the spaciousness to this garden, a fine view from the Guest Hall greets the visitor’s eye.
The teahouse, called Rikaku-an on the west-north corner of the garden features hinoki, a Japanese cypress pillar that is artificially crimpled. The garden is especially noted for fudan^zakura, a rare cherry blossom which is in bloom from the end of September to the spring.
- JIkko-in
EOS M5 / EF-M18-150mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM
ƒ/8.0 18.0 mm 1/100sec ISO400/ manual exposure/focus AF＋MF auto white balance