Rainy Zen Rock Garden- waterfalls and Mt.Hourai / Shuon-an Ikkyu-ji Temple 酬恩庵 一休寺

location : The Shuon'an Ikkyu-ji Temple ,Kyotanabe city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan

 

京田辺市　酬恩庵　一休寺（とんちで有名な一休さんのお寺）

 

方丈北庭 (江戸時代/枯山水）

The northern dry landscape garden of Hojo

 

This garden is so-called Takiishigumi garden,one of the dry landscape zen gardens,which represents the waterfall that descends mystical Mt.Hourai using a gigantic over two meters high boulder ,some stones and shrubs.

Thank you for your interest and seeing my photo :)

Masako Ishida (-maco-nonch★R)

 

 

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The Shoun'an Ikkyu Temple

This temple was inauguarated at its the present site as a Zen monastery and was given its name,Myoshoji Temple,by Daigo-kokushi(alias Nampo Jomyo, a high priest of the Zen sect,upon his return from T'ang (China)where he had studied the doctrines of the Zen as a disciple to Kidou-odho ,a celebrated bonze of the time.

The Myoshoji Temand remained in ruins until it was restored in the second year of Kosei(1451) by Ikkyu-zenji 一休禅師,the sixth Chief abbot to the Daitokuji branch of the Rinzai sect.ple was destroyed in the war during the year of Genko(1331),He named the temple the Shuuon'an and deicated it as a memorial to the founder.

Ikkyu-zenzi lived the rest of his life in this temple,and commuted to the Daitokuji Temple in Kyoto to which he was appointed Chief abbot at the age of 81.He passed away to November 21 in the thirteenth year of Bummei(1481) ,at 88 and was buried in the mausoleum annexed to this temple.

 

Rock Gardens :

 

Rock Gardens ,designated spot of scenic beauty.There are two rock gardens,the Kokyu Garden and the Hojo Garden,both designated as objects of scenic beauty.The Kokyu Gaden ,which surrounds the Kokyu-An (Hermitage) is a typical Zen-style rock garden attributed to Murata Juko(1442-1502)the founder of ceremonial tea art.The Hojo garden is another typical rock garden from early Edo period attributed to three distinguished designers of the time,Shokado,Sagawada Kiroku(Kodak) and Ishikswa Johan.The percuilar rocks standing I the garden are assumed to symbolize the sixteen disciples of Buddha distorting themselves,steep mountains with deep valleys,and a torrential water-fall descending in two steps to flow through a number of rock-works.The massive rocks and their exquisite layout should be considered a masterpiece of the rock gardens built in the early Edo period.

-the Shuon'an Ikkyuji Temple

This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited .

 

Canon EOS M5 / EF-M11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM/

ƒ/5.0 15.0 mm 1/160sec ISO160

 

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