Mossy Rocks / Kyorinbo rock garden
Kyorinbo rock garden 小堀遠州の庭 近江八幡 教林坊
location : Kyorinbou ,Omihachiman city,Shiga prefecture,Japan
Kyorinbou 石の寺 教林坊 小堀遠州 作庭 名勝庭園
This temple is a Buddhist temple which is said to have been founded by Prince Shotoku in 605.
The name of the temple 'Kyo-rin'教林 comes from the historical fact that the prince used to preach in the woods. (Kyo 教means "preaching/teaching", RIn林means "forest" )
In the precinct,there are a large rock called 'Taishi-no seppou iwa' 太子の説法岩( The preacing Rock of Prince Shotoku) and a stone cave where Honzon sculpted/designed by Prince Shotoku 聖徳太子 is enshrined.( the stone is right in the middle of this image) Hence this temple is also known as the Temple of Stones石の寺 .
One of foremost essayists Masako Shirasu 白洲正子( not me:) ) often visited here and described the beauty of this place ,especially moss covered stone garden which is said to have been made by Ensyu Kobori 小堀遠州 In her essay " Kakure-zato" かくれ里石の寺.
This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited.
ƒ/8.0 11.0 mm 1/100sec ISO640 / all manual
-Thank you for your interest and seeing my photo.
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Prince Shotoku/ 聖徳太子 Shōtoku Taishi
Prince Shōtoku (聖徳太子 Shōtoku Taishi, February 7, 574 – April 8, 622]), also known as Prince Umayado (厩戸皇子 Umayado no ōji) or Prince Kamitsumiya (上宮皇子 Kamitsumiya no ōji), was a semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko. He was the son of Emperor Yōmei and his consort, Princess Anahobe no Hashihito, who was also Yōmei's younger half-sister. His parents were relatives of the ruling Soga clan and he was involved in the defeat of the rival Mononobe clan. The primary source of the life and accomplishments of Prince Shōtoku comes from the Nihon Shoki.
Over successive generations, a devotional cult arose around the figure of Prince Shōtoku for the protection of Japan, the Imperial Family, and for Buddhism. Key religious figures such as Saichō, Shinran and others claimed inspiration or visions attributed to Prince Shōtoku. -wikipedia
白洲正子 かくれ里石の寺 より
「ここで私の興味をひいたのは、慶長時代の石庭で、いきなり山へ続く急勾配に作ってあり、...
日本の庭園のおいたちを見せられたような気がする...」
Mossy Rocks / Kyorinbo rock garden
Kyorinbo rock garden 小堀遠州の庭 近江八幡 教林坊
location : Kyorinbou ,Omihachiman city,Shiga prefecture,Japan
Kyorinbou 石の寺 教林坊 小堀遠州 作庭 名勝庭園
This temple is a Buddhist temple which is said to have been founded by Prince Shotoku in 605.
The name of the temple 'Kyo-rin'教林 comes from the historical fact that the prince used to preach in the woods. (Kyo 教means "preaching/teaching", RIn林means "forest" )
In the precinct,there are a large rock called 'Taishi-no seppou iwa' 太子の説法岩( The preacing Rock of Prince Shotoku) and a stone cave where Honzon sculpted/designed by Prince Shotoku 聖徳太子 is enshrined.( the stone is right in the middle of this image) Hence this temple is also known as the Temple of Stones石の寺 .
One of foremost essayists Masako Shirasu 白洲正子( not me:) ) often visited here and described the beauty of this place ,especially moss covered stone garden which is said to have been made by Ensyu Kobori 小堀遠州 In her essay " Kakure-zato" かくれ里石の寺.
This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited.
ƒ/8.0 11.0 mm 1/100sec ISO640 / all manual
-Thank you for your interest and seeing my photo.
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Prince Shotoku/ 聖徳太子 Shōtoku Taishi
Prince Shōtoku (聖徳太子 Shōtoku Taishi, February 7, 574 – April 8, 622]), also known as Prince Umayado (厩戸皇子 Umayado no ōji) or Prince Kamitsumiya (上宮皇子 Kamitsumiya no ōji), was a semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko. He was the son of Emperor Yōmei and his consort, Princess Anahobe no Hashihito, who was also Yōmei's younger half-sister. His parents were relatives of the ruling Soga clan and he was involved in the defeat of the rival Mononobe clan. The primary source of the life and accomplishments of Prince Shōtoku comes from the Nihon Shoki.
Over successive generations, a devotional cult arose around the figure of Prince Shōtoku for the protection of Japan, the Imperial Family, and for Buddhism. Key religious figures such as Saichō, Shinran and others claimed inspiration or visions attributed to Prince Shōtoku. -wikipedia
白洲正子 かくれ里石の寺 より
「ここで私の興味をひいたのは、慶長時代の石庭で、いきなり山へ続く急勾配に作ってあり、...
日本の庭園のおいたちを見せられたような気がする...」