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plum blossoms/ weeping Japanese apricot
location : Jonan-gu , Kyoto city ,Kyoto Prefecture,Japan
京都 城南宮
The stones in the back are regarded as main subjects which represent a crane and a turtle. And a snow capped stone in the foreground represents a ship in the middle-ocean.
I can not describe it well but ,I think,this place has a kind mystic /grand beauty .. Especially in winter ,standing in this desolate wintry garden,I feel delicacy and dynamism , - which has complete opposite concepts /meaning of the word "delicacy" though...
Thank you for your interest and viewing my photo :)
Have a great weekend ...***
- Masko Ishida ( maco-nonch★R)
location : Rakuhoku Renge-ji temple Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 洛北 蓮華寺
Rakuhoku Renge-ji temple :
www.flickr.com/photos/100016856@N08/albums/72157686910633716
This temple belongs to the Tendai sect of Buddhism cowned with the mountain name of Kinyozan.
Shigenao imaeda( 今枝重直),a retainer of the Maeda Clan in Kaga,present Ishikawa pref.,entered the priesthood around period from 1661 to 1673. He built a residence here and spent his later years associating with such people as Jozan Ishikawa 石川丈山and Tanyu Kano狩野探幽.His groundson Chikayoshi今枝民部近義,who admire the virtuous Shigenao, transfered a temple from Hachijo-Shiokoji(元西八条塩小路附近)to this place in order to pray for the repose of his grandfather. He made it as a sub-temple of the Enryakuji Jitsuzobo Temple延暦寺実蔵坊.
The principal statue enshrined in main hall is of Shakamuni Tothagata.Unique Rengeji temple-style tone lanterns with hexagonal shades and a monument commemorating Shigenao inscribed Tehsho-style calligraphy written by Jozan Ishikawa on top and passage composed by Jun-an Kinoshita are found on the grounds beautifully covered with moss.
The garden woth crane stone and turtle islands in the lake,an excellent example from Edo period(1603-1867) -Kyoto city
Canon EOS M5 / EF-M18-150mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM
ƒ/16.0 18.0 mm 1/13sec ISO100
manual exposure/focus
This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited.
The Sorihashi Bridge and Japanese apricot Korin's ume /下鴨神社 輪橋と光琳の梅 / UNESCO World Heritage Site Shimogamo-jinjya shirine
location : Shimogamo - jinja shrine (Kamomioya - jinja shrine),UNESCO World Heritage Site ,Kyoto city , Kyoto Prefecture,Japan
This Japanese apricot tree (ume tree) is standing by a little bridge “Sori-Hashi”輪橋 across a stream “Mitarashi gawa” 御手洗川in precincts of Shimogamo Shrine. And the scenery of this area was depicted in Korin OGATA painting - "Kohakubai-zu byobu紅白梅図屏風" (The Folding Screen of Red and White Plum Blossoms),which is one of the best-known/ best-loved paintings in Japan, now a national treasure. Thus this tree came to be called Korin no ume" or "Korin's ume".光琳の梅
The truth is I've tried shooting here many times so far,However, a big signboard or a wood frame had been standing just behind the Korin's ume tree,and it almost always got in the way of making my proper composition ...orz...
Currently it has already been removed and it get easier to shoot from here...phew..~
Thank you for your interest and seeing my photo. :)
Masako Ishida ( maco-nonch★R)
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Kōrin Ogata
Kōrin was born in Kyoto, to a wealthy merchant who had a taste for the arts and is said to have given his son some elementary instruction therein. Kōrin also studied under Soken Yamamoto, the Kanō school, Tsunenobu and Gukei Sumiyoshi, and was greatly influenced by his predecessors Hon'ami Kōetsu and Tawaraya Sōtatsu.
Kōrin broke away from all tradition and developed a very original and distinctive style of his own, both in painting and in the decoration of lacquer. The characteristic of this is a bold impressionism, which is expressed in few and simple highly idealized forms, with an absolute disregard for naturalism and the usual conventions. In lacquer, Kōrin's use of white metals and of mother-of-pearl is notable; but here he followed Hon'ami Kōetsu.
An artist of the Rinpa school, he is particularly known for his byōbu folding screens. A screen in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston depicting Matsushima is a particularly famous work, and his Red and White Plum Blossoms in the MOA Museum of Art and Irises in the Nezu Museum are National Treasures of Japan.
Korin died at the age of 59. His chief pupils were Kagei Tatebayashi and Shiko Watanabe, but the present knowledge and appreciation of his work are largely due to the efforts of Sakai Hōitsu, who brought about a revival of Kōrin's style.
- wikipedia
Canon EOS M5/EF-M18-150mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM/ƒ/8.0 76.0 mm 1/30sec ISO100/ manual exposure/manual white balance/one-shot AF/handheld/no-editing
location : Kyoto Pontcho area and Kamo River
京都 先斗町 鴨川納涼床（川床）
In summer the cafes and restraunts in Ponto cho area extend their trraces to Kamo river for summer time dining ,and that is called Kawa-yuka or Noryo-yuka. And it is one of the popular summer features in Kyoto.
view from Kyoto Shijo Ohashi Bridge
Canon EOS M5 / Mount Adapter K ＆Ｆ Concept M42- EOS M ( M42 screw mount)＋old lens ( 1960's )old lens Asahi Super-Takumar 1.4/50 / f11 50mm 1/60sec ISO 100
location : Kyoto Daitokuji Koto-in Temple Zen garden ,Kyoto city,Kyoto Prefecture,Japan
Koto-in South garden facing hojo
Edo period ; Karesansui ( dry landscape) garden
京都 紫野 大徳寺塔頭 高桐院 方丈南庭
Kotoin Zen Temple
Koto-in was established in 1601 at the behest of the famed military leader Hosokawa Tadaoki(1563-1645).It is a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji located within the precincts of the main temple. Hosokawa was one of the greater warriors of his time. And one of the few to survive the bloody wars which culminated in the establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate (1603-1868) in the beginning of the seventeenth century.in addition to martial skills ,he was a man of great intellectual attainment and taste. Although his wife,Gratia(1563-1600) was a devout believer in outlawed Catholic faith and the daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582) ,notorious as the leader of an unsuccessful revolt, it is a tribute to Hosokawa’s brilliane that he was unaffected by his wife’s associations. He fought under the banner of Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-1598) in Koriea and was aleading figure in the ward which led to the establishment of the Tokugawa house.
Rewarded with vast domain, in his later life he devoted himself to the study of Zen under the famouse Daitoku-ji abbot,Seigan(1588-1661)and was noted also as one of the most distinguished disciples of the eminent tea master ,SenRikyu(1521-1594).
The famous tea house known as Shoko-ken which stands at this temple was built by Hosokawa. Equally admired is the tea-house ,known as Horai,Next to it stands a famous wash-basin,hollowed from a stone brought to Japan from the Imperial Palace in Koria.In the prencincts of this temple are the remains of Lord Hosokawa and his wife,Lady Gratia. The grave is a stone lantern which Hosakawa loved before his death.
Koto-in has in its possession numerous rare paintings and art objects, both Chinese and Japanese. Many of these are classed as National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties, and are of prime importance in the cultural and artistic history of Japan. The garden of this temple is a masterpiece of elegant simplicity, and is famed for the beauty of its maples .
- Koto-in Temple
location : Higashi Chaya District ,Kanazawa city, Ishikawa prefecture,Japan
金沢 東茶屋街
I Don't allow to copy this image.
location : Sanzen-in (三千院)temple - Shuheki en garden聚碧園 , Kyoto city ,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
Sanzen-in (三千院) is a Tendai school monzeki temple in Ōhara, Kyoto, Japan. The Heian period triad of Amida Nyorai flanked by attendants is a National Treasure.
location : Sanzen-in (三千院)temple - Shuheki en garden聚碧園 , Kyoto city ,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
Sanzen-in (三千院) is a Tendai school monzeki temple in Ōhara, Kyoto, Japan. The Heian period triad of Amida Nyorai flanked by attendants is a National Treasure.
Sanzenin Temple is the main attraction of the rural town of Ohara(大原）, which is located about an hour north of central Kyoto（京都）. The approach from Ohara bus stop to Sanzenin is lined with shops and restaurants catering to temple visitors, and there are a number of smaller temples in the vicinity. Sanzenin Temple itself has large temple grounds and a variety of buildings, gardens and walking paths.
Sanzenin is a temple of the Tendai sect of Japanese Buddhism and was founded by nobody less than the revered monk Saicho who introduced Tendai Buddhism to Japan in 804. Sanzenin is a monzeki temple( 門跡）, one of only a few temples whose head priests used to be members of the imperial family.
After entering the temple through the front gate, visitors to Sanzenin pass through a series of connected temple buildings. The first major building is the Kyakuden (guest hall), which displays works of Japanese calligraphy and paintings on sliding doors (fusuma襖). The building opens up onto the Shuhekien Garden, a traditional Japanese garden that has a small pond and hill.
Connected to the Kyakuden by a corridor, the Shinden (main hall) displays statues of three Buddhist deities, the central figure of Amida Buddha being flanked by the attendants Kannon and Fudo Myoo. From the Shinden visitors can enjoy the most famous view of Sanzenin Temple: the Ojo Gokuraku-in Hall seen through maple and cedar trees across a moss garden.
After admiring the view from the Shinden, visitors walk through the moss garden. A tranquil atmosphere permeates the garden, and there are a number of amusing stone statues that peek out from the moss.
Located in the middle of the moss garden, the Ojo Gokuraku-in Hall（往生極楽院） is the oldest temple building at Sanzenin. The hall was first built in 985 and most recently rebuilt in 1143. It holds a statue of Amida Buddha, Sanzenin's most valued treasure. The statue of Amida is accompanied by two attendant deities, Kannon on one side and Seishi on the other.
- Wikipedia
Canon EOS M5 EF-M18-150mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM
ƒ/8.0 18.0 mm 1/100sec ISO200 / all manual
location : Joshokouji temple ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 常照皇寺 書院庭園
This garden facing the study hall(Sho-in) incorporates the slope of the mountain as it is,and it brings a kind wildness or dynamism to the garden.
location: Joshoko-ji temple ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture
( neighboring Miyama village,Nantan city,Kyoto prefecture)
Joshoko-ji Temple is very famous for not only autumn leaves but also its beauty of cherry blossoms in spring.
This is my Joshoko-ji photo album.If you are intereste,please do have a look.
www.flickr.com/photos/100016856@N08/albums/72157689205611284
Joshoko-ji was founded in about 1362 by retired Emperor Kogen,the first emperor of the Northern dynasty during a turbulent period when political power was divided between dynasties of north and south.
In the middle of the warring period Kogen chose to build his secluded hermitage in this location far from the centre of power, and upon his return to Kyoto he converted himself into a priest of Zen-sect and altered a nearby temple called Jojyuji and opened this.
Emperor Gohanazono later dedicated the forested mountains behind the temple of and other offerings to the spirits of retired Emperor Kogen. The Imperial family and the parishioners worked together to support this temple.
The temple was completely destroyed by fire in 1579 during the Warring States period. With restoration of imperial power following the downfall of the shogunate. the temple was restored and expanded again.
This zen temple is currently affiliated with the Kyoto Saga Tenryuji branch of the Rinzai sect of Buddhism.
referring source : Kyoto city / Jyoshoko-ji
Thank you for your interest and seeing my photo.
Masako Ishida (maco-nonch★R)
Canon EOS M5 /EF-M11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM
ƒ/7.1 13.0 mm 1/80sec ISO160 /manual exposure/auto white balance / manual focus
This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited .
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
location : Ine cho ,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 伊根
When dropping on a small restaurant in this village, the chief cook told us an interesting story about Fisheries Cooperative Association of this area. According to him ,recently they decided to introduce the complete five-day week system,so here landing never take place during the weekend,even if the weather is good for fishing.
This decision , an unique decision in many ways -I think , is due to the fact that the fishing village now faces the aging and the shortage of its successors.
I hope it helps to prevent depopulation ,- he said ..and I really thought so ,too.
Actually at present ,when fishing they operate the motorized and large sized fishing boats like this （永勢丸Eiseimaru in Japanese),which need for experienced handling skills and heavy physical works. The fact that the large sized took place of the small wooden boats means that young workforce are more required.,and at the same time the large-sized boats can no longer be anchored in small spaces,the first floor of these houses.
Until some years ago ,in fact the villager used the small wooden boat for fishing .They could be located on the first floor of their unique houses called Funaya which face out toward the quiet emerald green sea.
It's said that the Funaya houses have existed since the 1700s and the first houses were thatched roof wooden houses without living space on the second floor , that were functioned as storage houses of the boats for hanging up fishing nets. After changing/repairing of the times,the first floor was a combined boat garage and work space. And the second floor was used as a guest room ,or sometime used as a living quarters for young generation family.
Currently 230 Funaya houses are in existence and span along 5km of the south-facing Ine Bay. Almost houses are still functioning as boat garages/workplaces/storage in person, however the progress of fishing vessels will give different roles to them in the near future and in fact some of houses are now renovated and reopened as new shops/restaurants/ B＆Bs that offer the closest lifestyle to the sea.
Thank you for your interest and seeing my photo :)
Masako Ishida (maco-nonch★R)
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Ine (伊根町 Ine-chō) is a town located in Yosa District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is famous for wooden fishing houses called "Funaya", selected as Groups of Traditional Buildings.
The Tango Peninsula was a trade route from Eurasian Continent to Kyoto. Fishing and sightseeing are main industries now.
-wikipedia
Canon EOS M5/ EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM /ƒ/8.0 55.0 mm 1/15sec ISO100 / /manual exposure /manual white balance / One-shot AF
"The garden of a crane and a turtle "/Kyoto Hosenin
location : Kyoto Hosen-in temple 京都大原 宝泉院 鶴亀庭園
This garden known as "a crane and a turtle"is 300 years old.( constructed during Edo period)
There are two small ponds which is said to represent a shape of the wings of crane. The three stones in the middle represent the body of the crane. The small artificial hill ,Tsukiyama -in Japanese is said to represent a turtle.
Actually this garden is small ,but a really joyful one because I think these main feature ,the combination of crane and turtle island is a kind of symbols that is one of the most enconterde concept :)
Thank you for your interest and seeing my photo.
Masako Ishida (maco-nonch★R)
location : Sanzen-in (三千院)temple - the Ojo Gokuraku-in Hall (往生極楽院) Kyoto city ,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
Yusei-en garden(有清園) and Ojogokuraku-in hall（往生極楽院） looked from Shinden Building.
Sanzen-in (三千院) is a Tendai school monzeki temple in Ōhara, Kyoto, Japan. The Heian period triad of Amida Nyorai flanked by attendants is a National Treasure.
Sanzenin Temple is the main attraction of the rural town of Ohara(大原）, which is located about an hour north of central Kyoto（京都）. The approach from Ohara bus stop to Sanzenin is lined with shops and restaurants catering to temple visitors, and there are a number of smaller temples in the vicinity. Sanzenin Temple itself has large temple grounds and a variety of buildings, gardens and walking paths.
Sanzenin is a temple of the Tendai sect of Japanese Buddhism and was founded by nobody less than the revered monk Saicho who introduced Tendai Buddhism to Japan in 804. Sanzenin is a monzeki temple( 門跡）, one of only a few temples whose head priests used to be members of the imperial family.
After entering the temple through the front gate, visitors to Sanzenin pass through a series of connected temple buildings. The first major building is the Kyakuden (guest hall), which displays works of Japanese calligraphy and paintings on sliding doors (fusuma襖). The building opens up onto the Shuhekien Garden, a traditional Japanese garden that has a small pond and hill.
Connected to the Kyakuden by a corridor, the Shinden (main hall) displays statues of three Buddhist deities, the central figure of Amida Buddha being flanked by the attendants Kannon and Fudo Myoo. From the Shinden visitors can enjoy the most famous view of Sanzenin Temple: the Ojo Gokuraku-in Hall seen through maple and cedar trees across a moss garden.
After admiring the view from the Shinden, visitors walk through the moss garden. A tranquil atmosphere permeates the garden, and there are a number of amusing stone statues that peek out from the moss.
Located in the middle of the moss garden, the Ojo Gokuraku-in Hall（往生極楽院） is the oldest temple building at Sanzenin. The hall was first built in 985 and most recently rebuilt in 1143. It holds a statue of Amida Buddha, Sanzenin's most valued treasure. The statue of Amida is accompanied by two attendant deities, Kannon on one side and Seishi on the other.
- Wikipedia
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大原の地は千有余年前より魚山と呼ばれ仏教音楽（声名）の発祥の地であり、念仏聖による浄土信仰の聖地として今日に至ります。創建は傳教大師最澄上人（７６７～８２２）が比叡山延暦寺建立の際草庵を結ばれたのに始まります。別名 梶井門跡・梨本門跡とも呼ばれる天台宗五箇室門跡の一つで、皇子皇族が住職を勤めた宮門跡です。現在の名称は明治４年法親王還俗にともない、梶井御殿内の持仏堂に掲げられていた霊元天皇宸筆の勅額により、三千院と公称されるようになりました。
往生極楽院
寺伝では寛和二年（９８６）に「往生要集」の著者で天台浄土教の大成者である恵心僧都源信が父母の菩提のため姉の安養尼と共に建立したと伝えられています。お堂に比べて大きい「阿弥陀三尊像」(国宝）を収める工夫として天井を船底型に折りあげています。現在は肉眼ではわかり難いものの、その天井には極楽浄土に舞う天女や諸菩薩の姿が極彩色で描かれています。
有清園
本堂の寝殿より極楽院を眺める有清園は、中国の六朝時代を代表する詩人、謝霊運の「山水清音有」より命名された池泉回遊式庭園です。
一隅を照らす これ則ち国宝なり。国宝とは何ぞ 宝とは道心なり
- 最澄
Canon EOS M5 / EF-M11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM
ƒ/9.0 18.0 mm 1/100sec ISO320/ all manual
common reed
location : Lake Biwa
Reed colonies on the shore form give Lake Biwa its characteristic scenery. The reeds play an important role in purifying water as well as providing habitat for birds and fish. At one time there were large areas of reeds along the shores of Lake Biwa, which local government surveys recently found to have halved in size due to encroaching development. This Shiga Ordinance for the Conservation of Reed Vegetation Zones to protect, grow, and utilize the reed beds has been in force since 1992. - wikipedia
Canon EOS M5 / Mount Adapter K＆ＦConcept M42- EOS M ( M42 screw mount)/ ( old lens 1960's ) Asahi Super-Takumar 1.4/50 /f1.8 50mm 1/640sec ISO 100/ all manual
for a visitor who comes all the way here
location : Yokoku-ji temple( Yanagidani Kannon) ,Nagaoka-kyo city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
柳谷観音 揚谷寺（京都府長岡京市）
Canon EOS M5 / Mount Adapter K ＆Ｆ Concept M42- EOS M ( M42 screw mount)＋old lens ( 1960's )SMC Super Takumar 3.5 /135/
ƒ/3.5 135 mm 1/640sec ISO100
(the flickr EXIF (f/0 0.0mm) doesn't show my correcting exit / In custom function menu: C fn7 shutter release without lens : on ) / all manual /no editing
This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited.
location : Kounchi-in temple (Nanzen-ji
subtenple) Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 南禅寺 塔頭 金地院 鶴亀庭園
This is one of my favourite gardens🍀
Konchi-in is one of the sub-temples of the Nanzen-ji temple complex南禅寺,which was found around in the early 15th century by Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimochi (足利義持).
In 1605, it was relocated by Ishin Suden (1569-1633)from northern Kyoto Kitayama to its present location inside the Nanzen-ji temple complex. The priest's chamber(main hall) was moved here from the Fushimi-momoyama Castle.
The crane and Turtle Garden ( Celebrated Site)
This garden ,a quite well-known garden called the Crane and Turtle was designed in 1632 by Kobori Enshu 小堀遠州(179-1647) who was a feudal load of the early Edo period and regarded as one of the most influential multi-talented artist in Japan,especially known as a great Calligrapher, a founder of ceremonial tea and a master of landscape garden of the time.
my photo album "Kobori Ensyu"小堀遠州
www.flickr.com/photos/100016856@N08/albums/72157687805155963
According to legend ,he attributed lots of gardens around Kyoto and other places, however there is no other garden with clear record that Kobori designed it than here. That's why it makes this a very important landscape garden in many ways in Japan.
The garden can only be viewed from the veranda of the Main Hall(Ho-jo).
As for the component of the garden spectacle ,the area in front of the Main Hall (Ho-jo) is covered with sand,which represents the ocean. In the foreground you can find a set of three stones placed on small mounds ,which represents "Horai蓬莱” ,the island of the immortals. In front of the hills the turtle island places in the east and the crane inland in the west ,representing longevity and prosperity. The flat large stone between two islands is called "Youhai-seki"遥拝石 in Japanese ,which means the stone to pray at a shrine from a distance.
In this case it shows the shrine " the Tosho-gu"東照宮 in my previous photo below and the placement indicates the garden symbolizes an alter to the Ieyasu's shrine from the main hall,making this one of interesting gardens in Japan.
Thank you for your interest and seeing my photo :)
- Masako Ishida (maco-nonch★R)
Canon EOS M5/ EF-M11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM
ƒ/11.0 11.0 mm 1/15sec ISO100 /all manual
This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited.
location : Reikan-ji Temple ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
椿の寺 京都 鹿ヶ谷 霊鑑寺
The temple of Camellias - Reikanji temple
Please take a look at
*** My albumn Reikanji temple
www.flickr.com/photos/masakoishida_macononch/albums/72157..
*** My albumn Philosopher's Walk( Philosophy Walk) 哲学の道
www.flickr.com/photos/masakoishida_macononch/albums/72157...
***My albumn Kyoto seasonal flowers
maco-nonch.smugmug.com/Kyoto-Seasonal-Flowers/
Reikan-ji is a small temple just above the Philosophy Path and only open for brief periods in the year,but very well-known for its beauty of camellias and called "The Temple of Camellias"..So when opening many people visit this temple's garden dedicated to camellias
The temple was founded ,formaly named in 1654 by Imperial princess 多利宮Tarinomiya( 浄法身院宮宗澄尼Johossinin-no-miya-syochuni1639-1678)who was a daughter of the Emperor Gomizuo 御水尾天皇,and her childfood name was Tani-no-miya谷宮 so the the temple has been also called Tani-no-Gosho.(Gosho means Inperial Palace )
The temple still retain the atmosphere and elegant appearance in those days,especially the father Emperor Gomizuo loved camellias ,so this temple has been filled with various types of camellias.
These camellias on the bamboo vases are placed at the entrance and entertaining visitors.
Canon EOS M5/ EF-M22mm f/2 STM/ ƒ/8.0 22.0 mm 1/125sec
ISO200 / manual exposure,manual white balance/ one-shot AF
Thank you for your interest and seeing my photo :)
Masako Ishida (maco-nonch★R)
location : Jizo-in Temple ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
Birthplace of Ikkyu-zenzi Kyoto Bamboo Temple Jizo-in
京都 一休禅師 生誕の地 竹の寺 地蔵院
Jizo-in was originally founded in the 14th century by Rev.Muso-Kokushi(1275-1351)It is of the Zen sect and sacred the guardian deity of children.
The temple, located in western Kyoto city, was financed and built in 1367A.D. by Yoriyuki Hosokawa(1329-1392),head of the then ruler family. As a place of the Emperor’s worship for three Imperial generations, the temple flourished. Subsequent war damages, however, have eliminated much of its former grandeur.
The front garden of the chief priest’s quarter is said to be a work of Rev.Sokyo-Aenji(1291-1374).The discipline of 16 disciples of Buddha is symbolically shown there, each stone signifying each different diciples.
The premise is abundant with bamboo trees- J and the tmeple is known as the “Bamboo Temple” -Jizo-in Temple
Canon EOS M5/EF-M11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM
ƒ/9.0 15.0 mm 1/15 200/manual exposure/manual focus/auto white balance/manual exposure
This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited .
The Biwako Canal - the Canal No1
The Lake Biwa Canal is a waterway in Japan,constructed during Meiji Era(construction work for the canal began in1885, finished in 1912) to transport water,freight and passengers from Lake Biwa to Kyoto. The canal continues as an aquadact that passes through the ground of Nanzen-ji temple.琵琶湖疏水（第一疏水）第一隧道入口付近の桜並木
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location : Nanzenji Temple
京都 南禅寺 方丈庭園 （小堀遠州 作庭）
Nanzenji Temple (Zuiryuzan taiheikokoku nanzen zenji)
Nanzenji is the head temple of Rinzaisyu-Nanzenji school,one of zen sects.
In 1264,Emperor Kameyama built the villa Zenrinjiden at his favorite place of natural beauty. Later becoming a monk-emperor embracing the faith of chief priest Daiminkokushi,he donated his villa as a en temple in 1291..At Nanzenji we respect Daimomkokushi as a first chief priest ,monk-emperor Kameyama as the founder and Nan-inkokushi the 2th who completed the buildings of Nanzenji.
Historically speaking,since its establishment,Nanzenji was tanked above the "Five Great Zen Temple" in Kyoto.For generations the greatest Zen priests of the period became the chief priests here,while at the same time,Nanzenji enjoyed cultural prosperity as the centre of "Gozan(five great temples) Literature".
The original buildings were completely destroyed by fire three times during the Muromachi period in;1394,1448 and 1467. The current buildings were rebuilt during the Momoyama period 81570-1600).
Hojo Garden- Designated as a place of scenic beauty
Upon leaving the typical Zen Study (Shoin),through the wide and dimly lit corridor,one comes upon the porch of Hojo(Seiryoden Hall). the famous Aen garden,karesansui(dry Japanese garden) ,is in front of the porch. The combination of the Hojo,garden and the shakkei( borrowed scenery) of the adjoining mountains ,including Mt.Yokakuryo Dainichi-santo,harmonize to produce a garden of simplicity,refinement and dignity.The garden was named "Toranoko -watashi"虎の子渡し（young tigers crossing the water) after the shape of the big rocks. the garden consists of stones and trees grouped together at one end of a large open space,which is characteristic of many famous gardens made after the early Edo period(1600s).This garden is said to have been designed by the renowned landscape architect Kobori Enshu 小堀遠州 in about 1600. - Nanzenji temple
ƒ/8.0 15.0 mm 1/100sec ISO250 manual exposure/focus
This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited.
location : Myosin-ji Torin-in temple , Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 花園 妙心寺塔頭 東林院
This Japanese confectionery named "Sal flowers" 沙羅の花 having elegant taste is created by Kogetsu 鼓月 ,a Japanese confectionery store in Kyoto, founded in 1945.
The main sweets called Omogashi 主菓子 is beautifully shaped in the form of Sal flowers,And it is so-called Nerikiri. a kind of dough. Nerikiri dough is made from white kidney bean paste and soft Mochi.
The side green confectionery is shaped in the form of a Sal leaf. It is a dry confection called Ohigashi お干菓子,which is made by mixing flour,suger, some other additives..e.g.
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京都 花園 妙心寺塔頭 東林院
This temple is colloquially known as the Sal Tree Temple (沙羅双樹の寺 sarasōju-no-tera). A festival is held every June to celebrate the sal tree and its flowers.The temple was founded in 1531 in Kamigyō-ku as a family temple for the Hosokawa clan, and named Sanyū-in (三友院). In 1556, it passed to the Yamana clan, whose family temple it remains to this day, and was moved to its current location within Myōshin-ji and renamed to Tōrin-in. - wikipedia
ƒ/2.0 22.0 mm 1/100sec ISO800
豊臣秀吉の妻 ねね終焉の地
京都 東山 圓徳院 北庭
location : Kyoto Entoku-in temple
Entoku-in is a sub-temple of Kodaiji Temple 高台寺 built by Nene,who was well known as Kitano Mandokoro (wife of Toyotomi Hideyosni) to mourn for her husband's death in 1605. Then her Kesho-goten Palace (the dressing palace ) and the front garden of the palace was relocated to the temple from Fushimi Castle ,and served as the residence.
She spent her last year and passed away here...
The garden ( the North Garden) is said to be created by Kentei賢庭who was called "the best rock work expert in Japan" in 400 years ago ,and then many Samurais contributed big stones for making her garden. Later was amended by Kobori Ensyu 小堀遠州.
Espscially the North Gardenis known as a representative Momoyama period Karesansui garden ( dry landscape garden) **which is retaining the original form of Momoyama Style constructed with strong stone foundation , and has been designated a national scenic spot.
( ** properly speaking, a kind of mixed style garden with dry landscape style枯山水 and Chisen-kaiyu style 池泉回遊式(stroll style ) garden )
This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited.
Thank you for your interest and seeing my photo. :)
Masako Ishida (maco-nonch★R)
Canon EOS M5/ EF-M18-150mm f/3-6.3 IS STM/ƒ/7.1 24.0 mm 1/15sec ISO400 manual exposure/manual focus/ auto white balance/ hand held
This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited.
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）
方丈南庭 (江戸時代/枯山水）
The southern dry landscape garden of Hojo
This garden is so-called Hojo Front Garden ,which is placed in front of the Hojo (abbot's quarters )
Generally the design is very simple,because it's said that the predecessor was a kind of open spaces for Buddhist ceremonies . The patterns/lines of white sands represent the ocean,... or floating water by covering in white sands with rake lines.
The building at left-back of the garden is Gobyosho 御廟所 the mausoleum for Sojun Ikkyu Zenji 一休宗純禅師 who spend his final years here,and actually was built by himself at age of 82.
Ikkyu Zenji is one of the princes of Emperor Gokomatsu ,( 1377-1433)the 100th Emperor ,and the mausoleum is under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Household Agency.
At the right-back is a tea ceremony house,Kokyu-an Hermitage 虎丘庵 in which he lived his final year with his lover Shinjyo 森女. :)
Thank you for your interest and seeing my photo :)
Masko 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/ all manual /no editing
The barrel of the sniper was gleaming in the sun. Nice and clean. She sighed and stared at the thick forest canopy. Leaves were blowing in the wind, reflecting all shades of yellow, green and brown. Winter is coming… (...)
view from the top of Mt.Washu
location: Mt.Washu,Kurashiki city,Okayam Prefecture,Japan
The Great Seto Bridge (瀬戸大橋 Seto Ōhashi) is a series of double deck bridges connecting Okayama and Kagawa prefectures in Japan across a series of five small islands in the Seto Inland Sea. Built over the period 1978–88, it is one of the three routes of the Honshū–Shikoku Bridge Project connecting Honshū and Shikoku islands, and the only one with railroad connections included. At 13.1 kilometers (8.1 mi), it ranks as the world's longest two-tiered bridge system.
Crossing the bridge takes about 20 minutes by car or train. The ferry crossing before the bridge was built took about an hour.
The bridges carry two lanes of highway traffic in each direction (Seto-Chūō Expressway) on the upper deck and one railway track in each direction (Seto-Ōhashi Line) on the lower deck. The lower deck was designed to accommodate an additional Shinkansen rail line in each direction.
The bridge idea lay dormant for about sixty years. In 1955, after 171 lives were lost when a ferry wrecked in dense fog off the coast of Takamatsu, a safer crossing was deemed necessary. By 1959, meetings were held to promote building the bridge. Scientists began investigations shortly after, and in 1970, the Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Construction Authority was inaugurated. However, work was postponed for five years by the "oil shock" of 1973; once the Environment Assessment Report was published in 1978, construction got underway.
The project took ten years to complete at a cost of US$7 billion; 3.646 million cubic meters (128.8 million cubic feet) of concrete and 705,000 tons of steel were used in construction.[citation needed] Although nets, ropes and other safety measures were employed, the lives of 13 workers were lost during the 10 years of construction.[citation needed] The bridge opened to road and rail traffic on April 10, 1988.
-wikipedia
Date and Time (Original) - 2016:06:25 19:48
location : Myoshin-ji temple Daiho-in , Kyoto city Kyoto Prefecture,Japan
妙心寺 大法院 露地庭園（茶庭）
中門（左手奥茂みの中）中門は内露地に入るための門で,大法院のものは組んだ竹枠の中に割竹を両面から菱目に編み蕨縄で結っている「枝折戸（しおりど）」が用いられています。
右手奥に腰掛待合。茶事の際亭主の迎えがくるまで待機する待合が見えます。
Generally in Japan,the types of traditional style gardens can be roughly classified into three types : ① Chisen Kaiyu style garden (a style of Japanese Garden with paths around a central pond,streams and springs) ②Karesansui Garden ( Dry Landscape Garden) ③Roji Garden ( Tea cult Garden, - the garden for the traditional Japanese tea ceremony)
And this garden corresponds to ③
Daiho-in :
Daiho-in is one of the thirty eight sub-temples of Myosinji temple,which is within the large Myosinji complex( Rinzai Sect) in north eastern Kyoto..This temple was founded in 1662 as the family temple of Sanada clan (the load of Matsushiro Provience)by Nobuyuki Sanada’s 真田信之granddaughter Osahime長姫. She received his will and difined Tandou Souren 淡道宗廉 as the first chief priest of this temple.
The main feature of this temple is a Roji garden( tea garden or teacult garden) .It’s consisted of three parts‐the inner path garden 内露地,the outer path garden外露地 ,and central path garden中露地, and borrowed Narabigaoka landscape and it’s said that it represents Pure Load of Buddhism.
At the left side is the bamboo gate (Chumon Gate) leading to the inner garden.
In the middle is the sitting room ,Koshi-kake Machi-ai 腰掛待合 in Japanese. with some seats where the guests wait for the host for a white, and meanwhile they enjoy the beautiful scenery spread out before their eyes.
This temple regularly open to public ,and then we can enjoy the scene lying before us like this and have a cup of green tea and a piece of sweet. :)
Nobuyuki Sanada is featured in the 2016 NHK Histrical Drama 'Sanadamaru 真田丸’
www.nhk.or.jp/sanadamaru/en/cast/index16.html
Thank you for your interest and seeing my photo :)
Masako Ishida ( maco-nonch ★R )
Canon EOS M5/ EF-M11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM/ƒ/6.3
17.0 mm 1/80sec ISO200 / all manual / no editing
Location :The Former Foreign Settlement of Kobe and Higashi-Yuenchi Park,Kobe -city,Hyogo prefecture, Japan
I really wanted to take these pictures...whatever the consequences...
The annual illumination festival 'Kobe Luminarie,', originally held as a requiem for the victims of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake as well as a symbol of dreams and hopes for the ongoing restoration and reconstruction , takes place in Kobe every December. It was first started eleven months after the earthquake in 1995, and becomes the 20th anniversary in this year.
Every year the theme and installation change, which is produced by Italian designer Valerio Festi and Japanese artwork producer Hirokazu Imaoka.(Therefore, “Luminarie”- This Italian-sounding name for the event comes from the plural of the Italian “luminaria” which actually refers to small paper lanterns-is used for the event)
They create beautiful layouts and they’re different every year,and that has people from all over the world coming back year after year to see the new light structures.
The first edition Kobe Luminarie was entitled “Of Dreams and the Light/ Dei sogni e della Luce"and it was a message of hope that two and a half million people came to see, on the first day.- Twenty years has passed since that- The main theme for this year, 2014 is the same as 1995’s- "Kobe, City of Dreams and the Light/Kobe, citta dei Sogni e della Luce"
Now ‘Kobe Luminarie’ became a yearly event that celebrates Kobe’s remarkable recovery from disaster., and attracts millions of people from all over the world….***
*Kobe Luminarie has nothing to do with Christmas **
*This year, the festival of light take place between December 4-15(today! )The lights are turned on for a few hours each evening. Major streets in the vicinity are closed to auto traffic during these hours to allow pedestrians to fill the streets and enjoy the lights.***
★作者からのメッセージ
光を失ったとき、闇との闘いがはじまった
尽きることのない悲しみとともに、
私たちは歩みを進めた。
はじめての光。
かつて見たことのない輝きが
まちと人々を優しく包んだとき、そこには、
夢と希望、そして悲しみが混在していた。
光を浴びて、何よりも美しかった人々の笑顔。
決して忘れることのできない光景だ。
あの日以来、私たちを見守ってくれた神戸の光。
いつかもっと素晴らしいまちの輝きが
灯ることを願って、今年も点灯する。
(この先 ガレリアエリア内での立ち止まっての写真撮影及び三脚を使用しての撮影は原則禁止されています）
location : Kyoto Daitokuji Koto-in Temple Zen garden ,Kyoto city,Kyoto Prefecture,Japan
Koto-in South garden facing hojo
Edo period ; Karesansui ( dry landscape) garden
京都 紫野 大徳寺塔頭 高桐院
Kotoin Zen Temple
Koto-in was established in 1601 at the behest of the famed military leader Hosokawa Tadaoki(1563-1645).It is a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji located within the precincts of the main temple. Hosokawa was one of the greater warriors of his time. And one of the few to survive the bloody wars which culminated in the establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate (1603-1868) in the beginning of the seventeenth century.in addition to martial skills ,he was a man of great intellectual attainment and taste. Although his wife,Gratia(1563-1600) was a devout believer in outlawed Catholic faith and the daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582) ,notorious as the leader of an unsuccessful revolt, it is a tribute to Hosokawa’s brilliane that he was unaffected by his wife’s associations. He fought under the banner of Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-1598) in Koriea and was aleading figure in the ward which led to the establishment of the Tokugawa house.
Rewarded with vast domain, in his later life he devoted himself to the study of Zen under the famouse Daitoku-ji abbot,Seigan(1588-1661)and was noted also as one of the most distinguished disciples of the eminent tea master ,SenRikyu(1521-1594).
The famous tea house known as Shoko-ken which stands at this temple was built by Hosokawa. Equally admired is the tea-house ,known as Horai,Next to it stands a famous wash-basin,hollowed from a stone brought to Japan from the Imperial Palace in Koria.In the prencincts of this temple are the remains of Lord Hosokawa and his wife,Lady Gratia. The grave is a stone lantern which Hosakawa loved before his death.
Koto-in has in its possession numerous rare paintings and art objects, both Chinese and Japanese. Many of these are classed as National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties, and are of prime importance in the cultural and artistic history of Japan. The garden of this temple is a masterpiece of elegant simplicity, and is famed for the beauty of its maples .
- Koto-in Temple
location : Zen garden of Shishiku, Lion's Roar ,Tenryu-ji Hougon-in temple ,Arashiyama ,Kyoto
京都 嵐山 天龍寺塔頭 宝厳院 獅子吼の庭
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Daikisan Hougonin is a sub-temple (a semi-autonomous entity) of,an dlocated within the Tenryuji Temple complex,a major religious ,cultural and historic site in the Arashiyama district of Kyoto.Tenryuji is part of Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism.The sub-temple was built in1461 by Hosokawa Yoriyuki,a hibh ranking official in the government of the Muromachi shogun,for temple founder Seichueikou Zenshi,third grand disciple of Muso Kokushi,founder of Tenryuji. -Hougon-in
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= Savor ' Buddha's spirit' kept secret for 140 years =
The Arashiyama area in western Kyoto along the banks of the Katsura River is famous for its cherry blossoms in spring and its glorious autumn foliage. Until this month, a less popular attraction had been the gardens of Hogonin Temple, a sub-temple of Tenryuji Zen Temple — largely because they had been closed to the general public for 140 years.
The gardens, known as Shishiku-no-niwa, are believed to be at least 600 years old and were created during the Muromachi Period (1338-1573) by Sakugen Shuryo, a Zen priest and garden designer who was a disciple of another, more famous Zen priest, called Musou Kokushi (aka Soseki). During the Edo Period (1603-1867) the gardens were well known and are mentioned in “Miyako-rinsen Meisho Zukan (Guidebook to the Gardens of Miyako [the former name of Kyoto])” by Ogawa Tazaemon, published in 1799. As part of a long and careful process of restoration, just now a teahouse near the entrance is being repaired by carpenters, and in time the entrance gatehouse will also be repaired.
The 8,000 sq.-meter gardens — whose name roughly translates as Spirit of Buddha Garden — showcase nature in a natural setting, and the atmosphere of this wooded area designed for strolling is profoundly tranquil. Iroha-momiji (Japanese maple; Acer palmatum) grow here in large numbers and Tawara Gisen, the head priest, said that many of them are self-sown seedlings. And indeed, the ground is littered with maple seedlings, which Tawara said he will soon put in small pots and give to visitors free of charge.
Another attractive feature of Shishiku-no-niwa are the colossal rocks that dot the garden. These rocks were not positioned by the garden’s designers; instead the garden was made around them. Long ago, when the river’s waters were higher, the softer stone was gradually eroded so that, when the water level fell, these impressive rocks were high and dry.
Elsewhere, the woodland floor is covered with various species of moss, the most common being oosugikoke (hair moss; Selaginella remotifolia). In the middle of the garden there is an akamatsu (Japanese red pine; Pinus densiflora) growing out of a rock which, over the centuries, has been split by its roots.
Growing on this rock is a hitotsuba (tongue fern; Pyrrosia lingua). Also known as Japanese felt fern, this is a creeping, evergreen epiphytic variety that spreads by rhizomes. The simple strap-shaped upright fronds have a leathery texture and are around 30 cm long and 5 cm across, with rust-colored spores growing on the underside. There are numerous cultivars of this variety, which is native to China, Taiwan and Japan, and some have cristate or contorted fronds.
Throughout the garden, considerable effort has been made to erect traditional-style bamboo fences. One of these styles, known as takeho-gaki (bamboo-branch fence), is made from branches of bamboo packed tightly together. Further examples can be seen in the Sagano area of Kyoto behind Tenryuji Temple.
There is also a hanging bamboo gate. Known in Japanese as shiorido (bent-branch door) or agesudo, this uses strips of bamboo woven into a diamond pattern. The gate is suspended from stout oak branches. Though not very common, this style of gate is used in tea-ceremony gardens. The niwashi (gardeners) who are presently restoring the gardens also constructed an unusual bamboo fence they call a Hougan-gaki in honor of a priest adept at bamboo-work.
Both the Hogonin and Tenryuji temples were burned to the ground in 1877 by die-hard Satsuma soldiers from southern Kyushu who were opposed to the new government in Tokyo. Hence the hondo (main building) of Hogonin Temple dates back to early in the Taisho Era (1912-26). Visitors can enter this building and sip Japanese tea while admiring the trees in the garden. At this time of the year the vivid green color of the new leaves is known as shinryoku.
The gardens will remain open until May 31 and will then reopen from October until early December. Aside from the autumn leaf colors, visitors in fall will also be able to see fine shows of susuki (eulalia; Miscanthus sinensis) and hagi (bush clover; Lespedeza thunbergii). Next year the gardens will again also open in spring and autumn.
As an added incentive to visit, by pre-arrangement small parties can be held in the teahouse in the garden, with food delivered from nearby restaurants.
- The Japan Times 2002/4/25
Winter Cherry Flower 京都 妙蓮寺御会式桜
Generally, in Japan the cherry blossom season takes place in early April ,but this cherry flower 'Oeshiki zakura' 御会式桜begins flowering in the latter part of October and continues flowering through the latter part of April.
This cherry flower is very small (ø10-15mm)and has transparent petals like this..
(Oeshiki means a Buddhism ritual,especially in this case it means an Buddhist memorial service in Nichiren sect which is held on 13 October.)
location : Myoren-ji Temple,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 妙蓮寺 境内Ｐ
Canon EOS M5/ EF-M28mm f/3.5 MACRO IS STM
f/4.0 28.0mm 1/500 ISO400/ all manual
When shooting ,the wind were blowing (very cold wind ..brrr...)so to avoid motion blur I needed to choice a fast shutter 1/500 at first.
location: Nara Park Nara city,Nara Prefecture,Japan
Nara Park (奈良公園, Nara Kōen) is a large park in central Nara. Established in 1880, it is the location of many of Nara's main attractions including Todaiji, Kasuga Taisha, Kofukuji and the Nara National Museum.
The park is home to hundreds of freely roaming deer. Considered in Shinto to be messengers of the gods, Nara's nearly 1200 deer have become a symbol of the city and have even been designated as a natural treasure. Nara's deer are surprisingly tame, although they can be aggressive if they think you will feed them. Deer crackers are for sale around the park, and some deer have learned to bow to visitors to ask to be fed.
japan-guide.com
a decorative waterbasin placed at a small garden "The garden of a crane and a turtle,
location : Kyoto Ohara Hosen-in ,Kyoto city ,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
Hosen - in Temple is located next to of the Shorin - in Temple, where the priest Honen Sho-nin had the famous religeous debate with Kenshin, chief magistrate of Ohara Temple. The library, rebuilt in 1502, is famous for its "chitenjo" (bloody ceiling) in the passageway, taken from Fushimi Castle. The famous garden contains a pine tree, more than 700 years old, in the shape of Mt. Oumifuji.
This beautiful framed garden invites the visitor into a world of comfort. Also, be sure to enjoy some powdered green tea while listening to the sound of the Suikinkutsu (Japanese water hollow harp garden feature). - Kyoto Prefecture
Location :The Former Foreign Settlement of Kobe and Higashi-Yuenchi Park,Kobe -city,Hyogo prefecture, Japan
The annual illumination festival 'Kobe Luminarie,', originally held as a requiem for the victims of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake as well as a symbol of dreams and hopes for the ongoing restoration and reconstruction , takes place in Kobe every December. It was first started eleven months after the earthquake in 1995, and becomes the 20th anniversary in this year.
Every year the theme and installation change, which is produced by Italian designer Valerio Festi and Japanese artwork producer Hirokazu Imaoka.(Therefore, “Luminarie”- This Italian-sounding name for the event comes from the plural of the Italian “luminaria” which actually refers to small paper lanterns-is used for the event)
They create beautiful layouts and they’re different every year,and that has people from all over the world coming back year after year to see the new light structures.
The first edition Kobe Luminarie was entitled “Of Dreams and the Light/ Dei sogni e della Luce"and it was a message of hope that two and a half million people came to see, on the first day.- Twenty years has passed since that- The main theme for this year, 2014 is the same as 1995’s- "Kobe, City of Dreams and the Light/Kobe, citta dei Sogni e della Luce"
Now ‘Kobe Luminarie’ became a yearly event that celebrates Kobe’s remarkable recovery from disaster., and attracts millions of people from all over the world….***
*Kobe Luminarie has nothing to do with Christmas **
*This year, the festival of light take place between December 4-15(today! )The lights are turned on for a few hours each evening. Major streets in the vicinity are closed to auto traffic during these hours to allow pedestrians to fill the streets and enjoy the lights.***
シンビジウム フォレスト・フェアリー ‘花あかり'
(Cym.) Cymbidium Forest Fairy ‘Hana-Akari’
Made by Ishida Orchid Nursery; Mr. Takahiro Ishida
石田蘭園・石田隆博氏, 20/12/2019
小型テーブル・シンビ「森の精シリーズ」
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from RHS Sander's List.
Cymbidium Forest Fairy {T.Ishida (Ka.Kojima), 20/12/2019}
Genus : Cymbidium
Epithet : Forest Fairy
Synonym Flag : This is not a synonym
Registrant Name : T.Ishida
Originator Name : Ka.Kojima
Date of registration : 20/12/2019
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Seed parent : Cym. Pearl Rain {T.Ishida (Ka.Kojima), 20/12/2019}
Pollen parent : Cym. Sweetheart (Arno H.Bowers,1955.)
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Cym. Pearl Rain = Cym. Eikoh Rain {T.Ishida (Ka.Kojima), 20/12/2019}
× Cym. Sweetheart
Cym. Eikoh Rain = Cym. Eikoh (Seisaku Takagi, 01/01/1985)
× Cym. erythrostylum Rolfe, 1905
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DNA =
40.63% : Cym. floribundum Lindl., 1833
22.54% : Cym. insigne Rolfe., 1904
12.50% : Cym. erythrostylum Rolfe, 1905
11.44% : Cym. lowianum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f., 1879
10.61% : Cym. eburneum Lindl., 1847
01.08% : Cym. lowianum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. var. kalawense (Colyear) Govaerts, 1999
00.83% : Cym. tracyanum L.Castle, 1890
00.30% : Cym. schroederi Rolfe, 1905
00.05% : Cym. hookerianum Rchb.f., 1866
00.05% : Cym. sanderae (Rolfe) P.J.Cribb et Du Puy, 1988
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赤に近い濃い桃色、丸弁抱え咲き、弁の周囲に白い覆輪有り。
PENTAX K-S1
Ernst Leitz Wetzlar Elmar f=9cm 1:4 (Product Year : 1938 )
location : Nanzenji Temple Tenjyuan ,Kyoto city ,Kyoto Prefecture,Japan
京都 南禅寺 天授庵
Canon EOS M5/ Mount Adapter K ＆Ｆ Concept M42- EOS M ( M42 screw mount)＋old lens ( 1960's ) Super-Takumar 1.4/50 / f1.4 50mm 1/500 ISO 100/ all manual
This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited.
location: Joshoko-ji temple ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture
( neighboring Miyama village,Nantan city,Kyoto prefecture)
Main hall balcony and Mikurumagaeshi-no-sakura
京都 常照皇寺 御車返しの桜
Joshoko-ji Temple is very famous for not only autumn leaves but also its beauty of cherry blossoms in spring.
This is my Joshoko-ji photo album.If you are intereste,please do have a look.
www.flickr.com/photos/100016856@N08/albums/72157689205611284
location : my home :)
I made these with my daughter.
Thank you for your interest. :)
Osechi
Osechi-ryōri (御節料理 or お節料理) are traditional Japanese New Year foods. The tradition started in the Heian Period from(794-1185). Osechi are easily recognizable by their special boxes called jūbako (重箱), which resemble bentō boxes. Like bentō boxes, jūbako are often kept stacked before and after use.
The dishes that make up osechi each have a special meaning celebrating the New Year.
Some examples are:
Datemaki (伊達巻 or 伊達巻き), sweet rolled omelette mixed with fish paste or mashed shrimp. They symbolize a wish for many auspicious days. On auspicious days (晴れの日, hare-no-hi), Japanese people traditionally wear fine clothing as a part of enjoying themselves. One of the meanings associated with the second kanji includes "fashionability," derived from the illustrious dress of the samurai from Date Han.
Kamaboko (蒲鉾), broiled fish cake. Traditionally, slices of red and white kamaboko are alternated in rows or arranged in a pattern. The color and shape are reminiscent of Japan rising sun, and have a celebratory, festive meaning.
Kazunoko (数の子), herring roe. Kazu means "number" and ko means "child." It symbolizes a wish to be gifted with numerous children in the New Year.
Konbu (昆布), a kind of seaweed. It is associated with the word yorokobu, meaning "joy."
Kuro-mame (黒豆), black soybeans. Mame also means "health," symbolizing a wish for health in the New Year.
Kohaku-namasu (紅白なます), literally "red-white vegetable kuai," is made of daikon and carrot cut into thin strips and pickled in sweetened vinegar with yuzu flavor.
Tazukuri (田作り), dried sardines cooked in soy sauce. The literal meaning of the kanji in tazukuri is "rice paddy maker," as the fish were used historically to fertilize rice fields. The symbolism is of an abundant harvest.
Ebi (海老), skewered prawns cooked with sake and soy sauce. It symbolizes a wish for a long-life, suggesting long beard and bent waist.
Nishiki tamago (錦卵/二色玉子), egg roulade; the egg is separated before cooking, yellow symbolizing gold, and white symbolizing silver, both of these together symbolising wealth and good fortune.
History
The term osechi originally referred to o-sechi, a season or significant period. New Year's Day was one of the five seasonal festivals in the Imperial Court in Kyoto. This custom of celebrating particular days was introduced from China into Japan.
Originally, during the first three days of the New Year, it was a taboo to use a hearth and cook meals, except when cooking zōni. Osechi was made by the close of the previous year, as women did not cook in the New Year.
In the earliest days, osechi consisted only of nimono, boiled vegetables with soy sauce and sugar or mirin. Over the generations, the variety of food included in osechi has increased. Today it may refer to anything prepared specially for the New Year, and some foreign dishes have been adopted as "Westernized osechi" (西洋お節 seiyō-osechi) or as "Chinese-style osechi" (中華風お節 chūkafū osechi).
-wikipedia
location : Ryoan-ji Rock Garden (Historical Site/ Special Place of Scenic Beauty) . Ryoanji temple , Kyoto city , Kyoto Prefecture ,Japan
ƒ/8.0 18.0 mm 1/80sec ISO100
This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited here.
京都 圓光寺 十牛の庭
Zen Garden ”Jugyu no niwa"- The Garden of Ten Bulls"
location : Enkouji temple ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
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)
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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
Canon EOS M5/ EF-M22mm f/2 STM
ƒ/13.0 22.0 mm 1/80sec ISO100/all manual
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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ABBOUD, Jumana Emil .ABDESSEMED, Adel .ABONNENC, Mathieu Kleyebe
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BASELITZ, Georg BASUALDO, Eduardo BAUER, Petra
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IM, Heung Soon INVISIBLE BORDERS: Trans-African Photographers ISHIDA, Tetsuya
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ALBANIA
Albanian Trilogy: A Series of Devious Stratagems
Armando Lulaj
Commissioner: Ministry of Culture. Curator: Marco Scotini. Deputy Curator: Andris Brinkmanis. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale
ANDORRA
Inner Landscapes
Roqué, Joan Xandri
Commissioner: Henry Périer. Deputy Commissioner: Joana Baygual, Sebastià Petit, Francesc Rodríguez
Curator: Paolo de Grandis, Josep M. Ubach. Venue: Spiazzi, Castello 3865
ANGOLA
On Ways of Travelling
António Ole, Binelde Hyrcan, Délio Jasse, Francisco Vidal, Nelo Teixeira
Commissioner: Ministry of Culture, Rita Guedes Tavares. Curator: António Ole. Deputy Curator: Antonia Gaeta. Venue: Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello - Palazzo Pisani, San Marco 2810
ARGENTINA
The Uprising of Form
Juan Carlos Diste´fano
Commissioner: Magdalena Faillace. Curator: Mari´a Teresa Constantin. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale – Sale d’Armi
ARMENIA, Republic of
Armenity / Haiyutioun
Haig Aivazian, Lebanon; Nigol Bezjian, Syria/USA; Anna Boghiguian Egypt/Canada; Hera Büyüktasçiyan, Turkey; Silvina Der-Meguerditchian, Argentina/Germany; Rene Gabri & Ayreen Anastas, Iran/Palestine/USA; Mekhitar Garabedian, Belgium; Aikaterini Gegisian, Greece; Yervant Gianikian & Angela Ricci Lucchi, Italy; Aram Jibilian, USA; Nina Katchadourian, USA/Finland; Melik Ohanian, France; Mikayel Ohanjanyan, Armenia/Italy; Rosana Palazyan, Brazil; Sarkis, Turkey/France; Hrair Sarkissian, Syria/UK
Commissioner: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia. Deputy Commissioner: Art for the World, Mekhitarist Congregation of San Lazzaro Island, Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Italy, Vartan Karapetian. Curator: Adelina Cüberyan von Fürstenberg. Venue: Monastery and Island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni
AUSTRALIA
Fiona Hall: Wrong Way Time
Fiona Hall
Commissioner: Simon Mordant AM. Deputy Commissioner: Charles Green. Curator: Linda Michael. Scientific Committee: Simon Mordant AM, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Max Delany, Rachel Kent, Danie Mellor, Suhanya Raffel, Leigh Robb. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
AUSTRIA
Heimo Zobernig
Commissioner: Yilmaz Dziewior. Curator: Yilmaz Dziewior. Scientific Committee: Friends of the Venice Biennale. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
AZERBAIJAN, Republic of
Beyond the Line
Ashraf Murad, Javad Mirjavadov, Tofik Javadov, Rasim Babayev, Fazil Najafov, Huseyn Hagverdi, Shamil Najafzada
Commissioner: Heydar Aliyev Foundation. Curators: de Pury de Pury, Emin Mammadov. Venue: Palazzo Lezze, Campo S.Stefano, San Marco 2949
Vita Vitale
Edward Burtynsky, Mircea Cantor, Loris Cecchini, Gordon Cheung, Khalil Chishtee, Tony Cragg, Laura Ford, Noemie Goudal, Siobhán Hapaska, Paul Huxley, IDEA laboratory and Leyla Aliyeva, Chris Jordan with Rebecca Clark and Helena S.Eitel, Tania Kovats, Aida Mahmudova, Sayyora Muin, Jacco Olivier, Julian Opie, Julian Perry, Mike Perry, Bas Princen, Stephanie Quayle, Ugo Rondinone, Graham Stevens, Diana Thater, Andy Warhol, Bill Woodrow, Erwin Wurm, Rose Wylie
Commissioner: Heydar Aliyev Foundation. Curators: Artwise: Susie Allen, Laura Culpan, Dea Vanagan. Venue: Ca’ Garzoni, San Marco 3416
BELARUS, Republic of
War Witness Archive
Konstantin Selikhanov
Commissioner: Natallia Sharanhovich. Deputy Commissioners: Alena Vasileuskaya, Kamilia Yanushkevich. Curators: Aleksei Shinkarenko, Olga Rybchinskaya. Scientific Committee: Dmitry Korol, Daria Amelkovich, Julia Kondratyuk, Sergei Jeihala, Sheena Macfarlane, Yuliya Heisik, Hanna Samarskaya, Taras Kaliahin, Aliaksandr Stasevich. Venue: Riva San Biagio, Castello 2145
BELGIUM
Personnes et les autres
Vincent Meessen and Guests, Mathieu K. Abonnenc, Sammy Baloji, James Beckett, Elisabetta Benassi, Patrick Bernier & Olive Martin, Tamar Guimara~es & Kasper Akhøj, Maryam Jafri, Adam Pendleton
Commissioner: Wallonia-Brussels Federation and Wallonia-Brussels International. Curator: Katerina Gregos. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
COSTA RICA
"Costa Rica, Paese di pace, invita a un linguaggio universale d'intesa tra i popoli".
Andrea Prandi, Beatrice Gallori, Beth Parin, Biagio Schembari, Carla Castaldo, Celestina Avanzini, Cesare Berlingeri, Erminio Tansini, Fabio Capitanio, Fausto Beretti, Giovan Battista Pedrazzini, Giovanni Lamberti, Giovanni Tenga, Iana Zanoskar, Jim Prescott, Leonardo Beccegato, Liliana Scocco, Lucia Bolzano, Marcela Vicuna, Marco Bellagamba, Marco Lodola, Maria Gioia dell’Aglio, Mario Bernardinello, Massimo Meucci, Nacha Piattini, Omar Ronda, Renzo Eusebi, Tita Patti, Romina Power, Rubens Fogacci, Silvio di Pietro, Stefano Sichel, Tino Stefanoni, Ufemia Ritz, Ugo Borlenghi, Umberto Mariani, Venere Chillemi, Jacqueline Gallicot Madar, Massimo Onnis, Fedora Spinelli
Commissioner: Ileana Ordonez Chacon. Curator: Gregorio Rossi. Venue: Palazzo Bollani
CROATIA
Studies on Shivering: The Third Degree
Damir Ocko
Commissioner: Ministry of Culture. Curator: Marc Bembekoff. Venue: Palazzo Pisani, S. Marina
CUBA
El artista entre la individualidad y el contexto
Lida Abdul, Celia-Yunior, Grethell Rasúa, Giuseppe Stampone, LinYilin, Luis Edgardo Gómez Armenteros, Olga Chernysheva, Susana Pilar Delahante Matienzo
Commissioner: Miria Vicini. Curators: Jorge Fernández Torres, Giacomo Zaza. Venue: San Servolo Island
CYPRUS, Republic of
Two Days After Forever
Christodoulos Panayiotou
Commissioner: Louli Michaelidou. Deputy Commissioner: Angela Skordi. Curator: Omar Kholeif. Deputy Curator: Daniella Rose King. Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, Sestiere San Marco 3079
CZECH Republic and SLOVAK Republic
Apotheosis
Jirí David
Commissioner: Adam Budak. Deputy Commissioner: Barbara Holomkova. Curator: Katarina Rusnakova. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
ECUADOR
Gold Water: Apocalyptic Black Mirrors
Maria Veronica Leon Veintemilla in collaboration with Lucia Vallarino Peet
Commissioner: Andrea Gonzàlez Sanchez. Deputy Commissioner: PDG Arte Communications. Curator: Ileana Cornea. Deputy Curator: Maria Veronica Leon Veintemilla. Venue: Istituto Santa Maria della Pietà, Castello 3701
ESTONIA
NSFW. From the Abyss of History
Jaanus Samma
Commissioner: Maria Arusoo. Curator: Eugenio Viola. Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, campo San Samuele, San Marco 3199
EGYPT
CAN YOU SEE
Ahmed Abdel Fatah, Gamal Elkheshen, Maher Dawoud
Commissioner: Hany Al Ashkar. Curator: Ministry of Culture. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
FINLAND (Pavilion Alvar Aalto)
Hours, Years, Aeons
IC-98
Commissioner: Frame Visual Art Finland, Raija Koli. Curator: Taru Elfving. Deputy Curator: Anna Virtanen. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
FRANCE
revolutions
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot
Commissioner: Institut français, with Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. Curator: Emma Lavigne. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
GEORGIA
Crawling Border
Rusudan Gobejishvili Khizanishvili, Irakli Bluishvili, Dimitri Chikvaidze, Joseph Sabia
Commissioner: Ana Riaboshenko. Curator: Nia Mgaloblishvili. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale – Sale d’Armi
GERMANY
Fabrik
Jasmina Metwaly / Philip Rizk, Olaf Nicolai, Hito Steyerl, Tobias Zielony
Commissioner: ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office. Deputy Commissioner: Elke aus dem Moore, Nina Hülsmeier. Curator: Florian Ebner. Deputy Curator: Tanja Milewsky, Ilina Koralova. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
GREAT BRITAIN
Sarah Lucas
Commissioner: Emma Dexter. Curator: Richard Riley. Deputy Curator: Katrina Schwarz. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
GRENADA *
Present Nearness
Oliver Benoit, Maria McClafferty, Asher Mains, Francesco Bosso and Carmine Ciccarini, Guiseppe Linardi
Commissioner: Ministry of Culture. Deputy Commissioner: Susan Mains. Curator: Susan Mains. Deputy Curator: Francesco Elisei. Venue: Opera don Orione Artigianelli, Sala Tiziano, Fondamenta delle Zattere ai Gesuati, Dorsoduro 919
GREECE
Why Look at Animals? AGRIMIKÁ.
Maria Papadimitriou
Commissioner: Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs. Curator: Gabi Scardi. Deputy Curator: Alexios Papazacharias. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
BRAZIL
So much that it doesn't fit here
Antonio Manuel, André Komatsu, Berna Reale
Commissioner: Luis Terepins. Curator: Luiz Camillo Osorio. Deputy Curator: Cauê Alves. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
CANADA
Canadassimo
BGL
Commissioner: National Gallery of Canada, Marc Mayer. Deputy Commissioner: National Gallery of Canada, Yves Théoret. Curator: Marie Fraser. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
CHILE
Poéticas de la disidencia | Poetics of dissent: Paz Errázuriz - Lotty Rosenfeld
Paz Errázuriz, Lotty Rosenfeld
Commissioner: Antonio Arèvalo. Deputy Commissioner: Juan Pablo Vergara Undurraga. Curator: Nelly Richard. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale - Artiglierie
CHINA, People’s Republic of
Other Future
LIU Jiakun, LU Yang, TAN Dun, WEN Hui/Living Dance Studio, WU Wenguang/Caochangdi Work Station
Commissioner: China Arts and Entertainment Group, CAEG. Deputy Commissioners: Zhang Yu, Yan Dong. Curator: Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation. Scientific Committee: Fan Di’an, Zhang Zikang, Zhu Di, Gao Shiming, Zhu Qingsheng, Pu Tong, Shang Hui. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale – Giardino delle Vergini
GUATEMALA
Sweet Death
Emma Anticoli Borza, Sabrina Bertolelli, Mariadolores Castellanos, Max Leiva, Pier Domenico Magri, Adriana Montalto, Elmar Rojas (Elmar René Rojas Azurdia), Paolo Schmidlin, Mónica Serra, Elsie Wunderlich, Collettivo La Grande Bouffe
Commissioner: Daniele Radini Tedeschi. Curators: Stefania Pieralice, Carlo Marraffa, Elsie Wunderlich. Deputy Curators: Luciano Carini, Simone Pieralice. Venue: Officina delle Zattere, Dorsoduro 947, Fondamenta Nani
HOLY SEE
Commissioner: Em.mo Card. Gianfranco Ravasi, Presidente del Pontificio Consiglio della Cultura. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale – Sale d’Armi
HUNGARY
Sustainable Identities
Szilárd Cseke
Commissioner: Monika Balatoni. Deputy Commissioner: István Puskás, Sándor Fodor, Anna Karády. Curator: Kinga German. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
ICELAND
Christoph Büchel
Commissioner: Björg Stefánsdóttir. Curator: Nína Magnúsdóttir. Venue: to be confirmed
INDONESIA, Republic of
Komodo Voyage
Heri Dono
Commissioner: Sapta Nirwandar. Deputy Commissioner: Soedarmadji JH Damais. Curator: Carla Bianpoen, Restu Imansari Kusumaningrum. Scientific Committee: Franco Laera, Asmudjo Jono Irianto, Watie Moerany, Elisabetta di Mambro. Venue: Venue: Arsenale
IRAN
Iranian Highlights
Samira Alikhanzaradeh, Mahmoud Bakhshi Moakhar, Jamshid Bayrami, Mohammed Ehsai
The Great Game
Lida Abdul, Bani Abidi, Adel Abidin, Amin Agheai, Ghodratollah Agheli, Shahriar Ahmadi, Parastou Ahovan, Farhad Ahrarnia, Rashad Alakbarov, Nazgol Ansarinia, Reza Aramesh, Alireza Astaneh, Sonia Balassanian, Mahmoud Bakhshi, Moakhar Wafaa Bilal, Mehdi Farhadian, Monir Farmanfarmaian, Shadi Ghadirian, Babak Golkar, Shilpa Gupta, Ghasem Hajizadeh, Shamsia Hassani, Sahand Hesamiyan, Sitara Ibrahimova, Pouran Jinchi, Amar Kanwar, Babak Kazemi, Ryas Komu, Ahmad Morshedloo, Farhad Moshiri, Mehrdad Mohebali, Huma Mulji, Azad Nanakeli, Jamal Penjweny, Imran Qureshi, Sara Rahbar, Rashid Rana, T.V. Santhosh, Walid Siti, Mohsen Taasha Wahidi, Mitra Tabrizian, Parviz Tanavoli, Newsha Tavakolian, Sadegh Tirafkan, Hema Upadhyay, Saira Wasim
Commissioner: Majid Mollanooruzi. Deputy Commissioners: Marco Meneguzzo, Mazdak Faiznia. Curators: Marco Meneguzzo, Mazdak Faiznia. Venue: Calle San Giovanni 1074/B, Cannaregio
IRAQ
Commissioner: Ruya Foundation for Contemporary Culture in Iraq (RUYA). Deputy Commissioner: Nuova Icona - Associazione Culturale per le Arti. Curator: Philippe Van Cauteren. Venue: Ca' Dandolo, San Polo 2879
IRELAND
Adventure: Capital
Sean Lynch
Commissioner: Mike Fitzpatrick. Curator: Woodrow Kernohan. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale - Artiglierie
ISRAEL
Tsibi Geva | Archeology of the Present
Tsibi Geva
Commissioner: Arad Turgem, Michael Gov. Curator: Hadas Maor. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
ITALY
Ministero dei Beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo - Direzione Generale Arte e Architettura Contemporanee e Periferie Urbane. Commissioner: Federica Galloni. Curator: Vincenzo Trione. Venue: Padiglione Italia, Tese delle Vergini at Arsenale
JAPAN
The Key in the Hand
Chiharu Shiota
Commissioner: The Japan Foundation. Deputy Commissioner: Yukihiro Ohira, Manako Kawata and Haruka Nakajima. Curator: Hitoshi Nakano. Venue : Pavilion at Giardini
KENYA
Creating Identities
Yvonne Apiyo Braendle-Amolo, Qin Feng, Shi Jinsong, Armando Tanzini, Li Zhanyang, Lan Zheng Hui, Li Gang, Double Fly Art Center
Commissioner: Paola Poponi. Curator: Sandro Orlandi Stagl. Deputy Curator: Ding Xuefeng. Venue: San Servolo Island
KOREA, Republic of
The Ways of Folding Space & Flying
MOON Kyungwon & JEON Joonho
Commissioner: Sook-Kyung Lee. Curator: Sook-Kyung Lee. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
KOSOVO, Republic of
Speculating on the blue
Flaka Haliti
Commissioner: Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports. Curator: Nicolaus Schafhausen. Deputy Curator: Katharina Schendl. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale - Artiglierie
LATVIA
Armpit
Katrina Neiburga, Andris Eglitis
Commissioner: Solvita Krese (Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art). Deputy Commissioner: Kitija Vasiljeva. Curator: Kaspars Vanags. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale
LITHUANIA
Museum
Dainius Liškevicius
Commissioner: Vytautas Michelkevicius. Deputy Commissioner: Rasa Antanaviciute. Curator: Vytautas Michelkevicius. Venue: Palazzo Zenobio, Fondamenta del Soccorso 2569, Dorsoduro
LUXEMBOURG, Grand Duchy of
Paradiso Lussemburgo
Filip Markiewicz
Commissioner: Ministry of Culture. Deputy Commissioner: MUDAM Luxembourg. Curator: Paul Ardenne. Venue: Cà Del Duca, Corte del Duca Sforza, San Marco 3052
MACEDONIA, Former Yugoslavian Republic of
We are all in this alone
Hristina Ivanoska and Yane Calovski
Commissioner: Maja Nedelkoska Brzanova, National Gallery of Macedonia. Deputy Commissioner: Olivija Stoilkova. Curator: Basak Senova. Deputy Curator: Maja Cankulovska Mihajlovska. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale - Sale d’Armi
MAURITIUS *
From One Citizen You Gather an Idea
Sultana Haukim, Nirmal Hurry, Alix Le Juge, Olga Jürgenson, Helge Leiberg, Krishna Luchoomun, Neermala Luckeenarain, Kavinash Thomoo, Bik Van Der Pol, Laure Prouvost, Vitaly Pushnitsky, Römer + Römer
Commissioner: pARTage. Curators: Alfredo Cramerotti, Olga Jürgenson. Venue: Palazzo Flangini - Canareggio 252
MEXICO
Possesing Nature
Tania Candiani, Luis Felipe Ortega
Commissioner: Tomaso Radaelli. Deputy Commissioner: Magdalena Zavala Bonachea. Curator: Karla Jasso. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale – Sale d’Armi
MONGOLIA *
Other Home
Enkhbold Togmidshiirev, Unen Enkh
Commissioner: Gantuya Badamgarav, MCASA. Curator: Uranchimeg Tsultemin. Scientific Committee: David A Ross, Boldbaatar Chultemin. Venue: European Cultural Centre - Palazzo Mora
MONTENEGRO
,,Ti ricordi Sjecaš li se You Remember "
Aleksandar Duravcevic
Commissioner/Curator: Anastazija Miranovic. Deputy Commissioner: Danica Bogojevic. Venue: Palazzo Malipiero (piano terra), San Marco 3078-3079/A, Ramo Malipiero
MOZAMBIQUE, Republic of *
Theme: Coexistence of Tradition and Modernity in Contemporary Mozambique
Mozambique Artists
Commissioner: Joel Matias Libombo. Deputy Commissioner: Gilberto Paulino Cossa. Curator: Comissariado-Geral para a Expo Milano 2015. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale
NETHERLANDS, The
herman de vries - to be all ways to be
herman de vries
Commissioner: Mondriaan Fund. Curators: Colin Huizing, Cees de Boer. Venue: Pavilion ar Giardini
NEW ZEALAND
Secret Power
Simon Denny
Commissioner: Heather Galbraith. Curator: Robert Leonard. Venue: Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Marco Polo Airport
NORDIC PAVILION (NORWAY)
Camille Norment
Commissioner: OCA, Office for Contemporary Art Norway. Curator: Katya García-Antón. Deputy Curator: Antonio Cataldo. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
PERU
Misplaced Ruins
Gilda Mantilla and Raimond Chaves
Commissioner: Armando Andrade de Lucio. Curator: Max Hernández-Calvo. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale – Sale d’Armi
PHILIPPINES
Tie a String Around the World
Manuel Conde, Carlos Francisco, Manny Montelibano, Jose Tence Ruiz
Commissioner: National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), Felipe M. de Leon Jr. Curator: Patrick D. Flores. Venue: European Cultural Centre - Palazzo Mora
POLAND
Halka/Haiti. 18°48’05”N 72°23’01”W
C.T. Jasper, Joanna Malinowska
Commissioner: Hanna Wróblewska. Deputy Commissioner: Joanna Wasko. Curator: Magdalena Moskalewicz. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
PORTUGAL
I Will Be Your Mirror / poems and problems
João Louro
Commissioner/Curator: María de Corral. Venue: Palazzo Loredan, campo S. Stefano
ROMANIA
Adrian Ghenie: Darwin’s Room
Adrian Ghenie
Commissioner: Monica Morariu. Deputy Commissioner: Alexandru Damian. Curator: Mihai Pop. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
Inventing the Truth. On Fiction and Reality
Michele Bressan, Carmen Dobre-Hametner, Alex Mirutziu, Lea Rasovszky, Stefan Sava, Larisa Sitar
Commissioner: Monica Morariu. Deputy Commissioner: Alexandru Damian. Curator: Diana Marincu. Deputy Curators: Ephemair Association (Suzana Dan and Silvia Rogozea). Venue: New Gallery of the Romanian Institute for Culture and Humanistic Research in Venice
RUSSIA
The Green Pavilion
Irina Nakhova
Commissioner: Stella Kesaeva. Curator: Margarita Tupitsyn. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
SERBIA
United Dead Nations
Ivan Grubanov
Commissioner: Lidija Merenik. Deputy Commissioner: Ana Bogdanovic. Curator: Lidija Merenik. Deputy Curator: Ana Bogdanovic. Scientific Committee: Jovan Despotovic. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
SAN MARINO
Repubblica di San Marino “ Friendship Project “ China
Xu De Qi, Liu Dawei, Liu Ruo Wang, Ma Yuan, Li Lei, Zhang Hong Mei, Eleonora Mazza, Giuliano Giulianelli, Giancarlo Frisoni, Tony Margiotta, Elisa Monaldi, Valentina Pazzini
Commissioner: Istituti Culturali della Repubblica di San Marino. Curator: Vincenzo Sanfo. Venue: TBC
SEYCHELLES, Republic of *
A Clockwork Sunset
George Camille, Léon Wilma Loïs Radegonde
Commissioner: Seychelles Art Projects Foundation. Curators: Sarah J. McDonald, Victor Schaub Wong. Venue: European Cultural Centre - Palazzo Mora
SINGAPORE
Sea State
Charles Lim Yi Yong
Commissioner: Paul Tan, National Arts Council, Singapore. Curator: Shabbir Hussain Mustafa. Scientific Committee: Eugene Tan, Kathy Lai, Ahmad Bin Mashadi, June Yap, Emi Eu, Susie Lingham, Charles Merewether, Randy Chan. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale – Sale d’Armi
SLOVENIA, Republic of
UTTER / The violent necessity for the embodied presence of hope
JAŠA
Commissioner: Simona Vidmar. Deputy Commissioner: Jure Kirbiš. Curators: Michele Drascek and Aurora Fonda. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale - Artiglierie
SPAIN
Los Sujetos (The Subjects)
Pepo Salazar, Cabello/Carceller, Francesc Ruiz, + Salvador Dalí
Commissioner: Ministerio Asuntos Exteriores. Gobierno de España. Curator: Marti Manen. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
Origini della civiltà
Narine Ali, Ehsan Alar, Felipe Cardeña, Fouad Dahdouh, Aldo Damioli, Svitlana Grebenyuk, Mauro Reggio, Liu Shuishi, Nass ouh Zaghlouleh, Andrea Zucchi, Helidon Xhixha
Commissioner: Christian Maretti. Curator: Duccio Trombadori. Venue: Redentore – Giudecca, San Servolo Island
SWEDEN
Excavation of the Image: Imprint, Shadow, Spectre, Thought
Lina Selander
Commissioner: Ann-Sofi Noring. Curator: Lena Essling. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale
SWITZERLAND
Our Product
Pamela Rosenkranz
Commissioner: Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, Sandi Paucic and Marianne Burki. Deputy-Commissioner: Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, Rachele Giudici Legittimo. Curator: Susanne Pfeffer. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
THAILAND
Earth, Air, Fire & Water
Kamol Tassananchalee
Commissioner: Chai Nakhonchai, Office of Contemporary Art and Culture (OCAC), Ministry of Culture. Curator: Richard David Garst. Deputy Curator: Pongdej Chaiyakut. Venue: Paradiso Gallerie, Giardini della Biennale, Castello 1260
TURKEY
Respiro
Sarkis
Commissioner: Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. Curator: Defne Ayas. Deputy Curator: Ozge Ersoy. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale – Sale d’Armi
TUVALU
Crossing the Tide
Vincent J.F. Huang
Commissioner: Taukelina Finikaso. Deputy Commissioner: Temate Melitiana. Curator: Thomas J. Berghuis. Scientific Committee: Andrea Bonifacio. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale
UKRAINE
Hope!
Yevgenia Belorusets, Nikita Kadan, Zhanna Kadyrova, Mykola Ridnyi & SerhiyZhadan, Anna Zvyagintseva, Open Group, Artem Volokitin
Commissioner: Ministry of Culture. Curator: Björn Geldhof. Venue: Riva dei Sette Martiri
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
1980 – Today: Exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates
Abdullah Al Saadi, Abdul Qader Al Rais, Abdulraheem Salim, Abdulrahman Zainal, Ahmed Al Ansari, Ahmed Sharif, Hassan Sharif, Mohamed Yousif, Mohammed Abdullah Bulhiah, Mohammed Al Qassab, Mohammed Kazem, Moosa Al Halyan, Najat Meky, Obaid Suroor, Salem Jawhar
Commissioner: Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation. Curator: Hoor Al Qasimi. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale – Sale d'Armi
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Joan Jonas: They Come to Us Without a Word
Joan Jonas
Commissioner: Paul C. Ha. Deputy Commissioner: MIT List Visual Arts Center. Curators: Ute Meta Bauer, Paul C. Ha. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
URUGUAY
Global Myopia II (Pencil & Paper)
Marco Maggi
Commissioner: Ricardo Pascale. Curator: Patricia Bentancour. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
VENEZUELA, Bolivarian Republic of
Te doy mi palabra (I give you my word)
Argelia Bravo, Félix Molina (Flix)
Commissioner: Oscar Sotillo Meneses. Deputy Commissioner: Reinaldo Landaeta Díaz. Curator: Oscar Sotillo Meneses. Deputy Curator: Morella Jurado. Scientific Committee: Carlos Pou Ruan. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
ZIMBABWE, Republic of
Pixels of Ubuntu/Unhu: - Exploring the social and cultural identities of the 21st century.
Chikonzero Chazunguza, Masimba Hwati, Gareth Nyandoro
Commissioner: Doreen Sibanda. Curator: Raphael Chikukwa. Deputy Curator: Tafadzwa Gwetai. Scientific Committee: Saki Mafundikwa, Biggie Samwanda, Fabian Kangai, Reverend Paul Damasane, Nontsikelelo Mutiti, Stephen Garan'anga, Dominic Benhura. Venue: Santa Maria della Pieta
ITALO-LATIN AMERICAN INSTITUTE
Voces Indígenas
Commissioner: Sylvia Irrazábal. Curator: Alfons Hug. Deputy Curator: Alberto Saraiva. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale
ARGENTINA
Sofia Medici and Laura Kalauz
PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA
Sonia Falcone and José Laura Yapita
BRAZIL
Adriana Barreto
Paulo Nazareth
CHILE
Rainer Krause
COLOMBIA
León David Cobo,
María Cristina Rincón and Claudia Rodríguez
COSTA RICA
Priscilla Monge
ECUADOR
Fabiano Kueva
EL SALVADOR
Mauricio Kabistan
GUATEMALA
Sandra Monterroso
HAITI
Barbara Prézeau Stephenson
HONDURAS
Leonardo González
PANAMA
Humberto Vélez
NICARAGUA
Raúl Quintanilla
PARAGUAY
Erika Meza
Javier López
PERU
José Huamán Turpo
URUGUAY
Gustavo Tabares
Ellen Slegers
001 Inverso Mundus. AES+F
Magazzino del Sale n. 5, Dorsoduro, 265 (Fondamenta delle Zattere ai Saloni); Palazzo Nani Mocenigo, Dorsoduro, 960
May 9th – October 31st
Organization: VITRARIA Glass + A Museum
Catalonia in Venice: Singularity
Cantieri Navali, Castello, 40 (Calle Quintavalle)
May 9th - November 22nd
Organization: Institut Ramon Llull
Conversion. Recycle Group
Chiesa di Sant’Antonin, Castello (Campo Sant’Antonin)
May 6th - October 31st
Organization: Moscow Museum of Modern Art
Dansaekhwa
Palazzo Contarini-Polignac, Dorsoduro, 874 (Accademia)
May 7th – August 15th
Organization: The Boghossian Foundation
Dispossession
Palazzo Donà Brusa, Campo San Polo, 2177
May 9th - November 22nd
Organization: European Capital of Culture Wroclaw 2016
EM15 presents Doug Fishbone’s Leisure Land Golf
Arsenale Docks, Castello, 40A, 40B, 41C
May 6th - July 26th
Organization: EM15
Eredità e Sperimentazione
Grand Hotel Hungaria & Ausonia, Viale Santa Maria Elisabetta, 28, Lido di Venezia
May 9th - November 22nd
Organization: Istituto Nazionale di BioArchitettura - Sezione di Padova
Frontiers Reimagined
Palazzo Grimani, Castello, 4858 (Ramo Grimani)
May 9th - November 22nd
Organization: Tagore Foundation International; Polo museale del Veneto
Glasstress 2015 Gotika
Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti, Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, San Marco, 2847 (Campo Santo Stefano); Chiesa di Santa Maria della Visitazione, Centro Culturale Don Orione Artigianelli, Dorsoduro, 919 (Zattere); Fondazione Berengo, Campiello della Pescheria, 15, Murano;
May 9th — November 22nd
Organization: The State Hermitage Museum
Graham Fagen: Scotland + Venice 2015
Palazzo Fontana, Cannaregio, 3829 (Strada Nova)
May 9th - November 22nd
Organization: Scotland + Venice
Grisha Bruskin. An Archaeologist’s Collection
Former Chiesa di Santa Caterina, Cannaregio, 4941-4942
May 6th – November 22nd
Organization: Centro Studi sulle Arti della Russia (CSAR), Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
Helen Sear, ... The Rest Is Smoke
Santa Maria Ausiliatrice, Castello, 450 (Fondamenta San Gioacchin)
May 9th - November 22nd
Organization: Cymru yn Fenis/Wales in Venice
Highway to Hell
Palazzo Michiel, Cannaregio, 4391/A (Strada Nova)
May 9th - November 22nd
Organization: Hubei Museum of Art
Humanistic Nature and Society (Shan-Shui) – An Insight into the Future
Palazzo Faccanon, San Marco, 5016 (Mercerie)
May 7th – August 4th
Organization: Shanghai Himalayas Museum
In the Eye of the Thunderstorm: Effervescent Practices from the Arab World & South Asia
Dorsoduro, 417 (Zattere)
May 6th - November 15th
Organization: ArsCulture
Italia Docet | Laboratorium- Artists, Participants, Testimonials and Activated Spectators
Palazzo Barbarigo Minotto, San Marco, 2504 (Fondamenta Duodo o Barbarigo)
May 9th – June 30th; September 11st – October 31st
Organization: Italian Art Motherboard Foundation (i-AM Foundation)
www.venicebiennale-italiadocet.org
Jaume Plensa: Together
Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore, Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore
May 6th – November 22nd
Organization: Abbazia di San Giorgio Maggiore Benedicti Claustra Onlus
Jenny Holzer "War Paintings"
Museo Correr, San Marco, 52 (Piazza San Marco)
May 6th – November 22nd
Organization: The Written Art Foundation; Museo Correr, Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia
correr.visitmuve.it
Jump into the Unknown
Palazzo Loredan dell’Ambasciatore, Dorsoduro, 1261-1262
May 9th – June 18th
Organization: Nine Dragon Heads
9dh-venice.com
Learn from Masters
Palazzo Bembo, San Marco, 4793 (Riva del Carbon)
May 9th – November 22nd
Organization: Pan Tianshou Foundation
pantianshou.caa.edu.cn/foundation_en
My East is Your West
Palazzo Benzon, San Marco, 3927
May 6th – October 31st
Organization: The Gujral Foundation
Ornamentalism. The Purvitis Prize
Arsenale Nord, Tesa 99
May 9th – November 22nd
Organization: The Secretariat of the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2015
www.purvisabalva.lv/en/ornamentalism
Path and Adventure
Arsenale, Castello, 2126/A (Campo della Tana)
May 9th – November 22nd
Organization: The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau; The Macao Museum of Art; The Cultural Affairs Bureau
Patricia Cronin: Shrine for Girls, Venice
Chiesa di San Gallo, San Marco, 1103 (Campo San Gallo)
May 9th – November 22nd
Organization: Brooklyn Rail Curatorial Projects
curatorialprojects.brooklynrail.org
Roberto Sebastian Matta. Sculture
Giardino di Palazzo Soranzo Cappello, Soprintendenza BAP per le Province di Venezia, Belluno, Padova e Treviso, Santa Croce, 770 (Fondamenta Rio Marin)
May 9th – November 22nd
Organization: Fondazione Echaurren Salaris
www.fondazioneechaurrensalaris.it
www.maggioregam.com/56Biennale_Matta
Salon Suisse: S.O.S. Dada - The World Is A Mess
Palazzo Trevisan degli Ulivi, Dorsoduro, 810 (Campo Sant'Agnese)
May 9th; June 4th - 6th; September 10th - 12th; October 15th - 17th; November 19th – 21st
Organization: Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia
Sean Scully: Land Sea
Palazzo Falier, San Marco, 2906
May 9th – November 22nd
Organization: Fondazione Volume!
Sepphoris. Alessandro Valeri
Molino Stucky, interior atrium, Giudecca, 812
May 9th – November 22nd
Organization: Assessorato alla Cultura del Comune di Narni(TR); a Sidereal Space of Art; Satellite Berlin
Tesla Revisited
Palazzo Nani Mocenigo, Dorsoduro, 960
May 9th – October 18th
Organization: VITRARIA Glass + A Museum
The Bridges of Graffiti
Arterminal c/o Terminal San Basilio, Dorsoduro (Fondamenta Zattere al Ponte Lungo)
May 9th - November 22nd
Organization: Associazione Culturale Inossidabile
The Dialogue of Fire. Ceramic and Glass Masters from Barcelona to Venice
Palazzo Tiepolo Passi, San Polo, 2774
May 6th - November 22nd
Organization: Fundaciò Artigas; ArsCulture
The Question of Beings
Istituto Santa Maria della Pietà, Castello, 3701
May 9th - November 22nd
Organization: Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei (MoCA, Taipei)
The Revenge of the Common Place
Università Ca' Foscari, Ca' Bernardo, Dorsoduro, 3199 (Calle Bernardo)
May 9th – September 30th
Organization: Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University Brussels-VUB)
The Silver Lining. Contemporary Art from Liechtenstein and other Microstates
Palazzo Trevisan degli Ulivi, Dorsoduro, 810 (Campo Sant'Agnese)
October 24th – November 1st
Organization: Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
The Sound of Creation. Paintings + Music by Beezy Bailey and Brian Eno
Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello, Palazzo Pisani, San Marco, 2810 (Campo Santo Stefano)
May 7th - November 22nd
Organization: ArsCulture
The Union of Fire and Water
Palazzo Barbaro, San Marco, 2840
May 9th - November 22nd
Organization: YARAT Contemporary Art Organisation
Thirty Light Years - Theatre of Chinese Art
Palazzo Rossini, San Marco, 4013 (Campo Manin)
May 9th - November 22nd
Organization: GAC Global Art Center Foundation; The Guangdong Museum of Art
Tsang Kin-Wah: The Infinite Nothing, Hong Kong in Venice
Arsenale, Castello, 2126 (Campo della Tana)
May 9th - November 22nd
Organization: M+, West Kowloon Cultural District; Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Under the Surface, Newfoundland and Labrador at Venice
Galleria Ca' Rezzonico, Dorsoduro, 2793
May 9th - November 22nd
Organization: Terra Nova Art Foundation
Ursula von Rydingsvard
Giardino della Marinaressa, Castello (Riva dei Sette Martiri)
May 6th - November 22nd
Organization:Yorkshire Sculpture Park
We Must Risk Delight: Twenty Artists from Los Angeles
Magazzino del Sale n. 3, Dorsoduro, 264 (Zattere)
May 7th - November 22nd
Organization: bardoLA
Wu Tien-Chang: Never Say Goodbye
Palazzo delle Prigioni, Castello, 4209 (San Marco)
May 9th - November 22nd
Organization: Taipei Fine Arts Museum of Taiwan
Xanadu
Istituto Santa Maria della Pietà, Castello, 3701
May 9th - November 22nd
Organization: Dream Amsterdam Foundation
Universities and Associations that have joined the project
Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London / St Lucas University College of Art & Design, Antwerp / University of Washington - College of Arts & Sciences, Seattle / Iowa State University - College of Design, Ames / Universität für angewandte Kunst, Vienna
Venice International University / Università Ca’ Foscari, Venezia / Università Ca’ Foscari, Venezia - Dipartimento di Filosofia e Beni Culturali / Università IUAV di Venezia / Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano - Dipartimento di Marketing / Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milano - Ufficio Relazioni Internazionali. Erasmus Office / Politecnico di Milano - Scuola del Design. Laurea in Design degli Interni / Università di Roma Sapienza - Facoltà di Architettura / Associazione Cinemavvenire, Roma / Università per Stranieri di Perugia / Università per Stranieri di Siena
Central Pavilion at the Giardini (3,000 sq.m.) to the Arsenale
Bice Curiger Massimiliano Gioni
A Parliament for a Biennale
Paolo Baratta, President of la Biennale di Venezia
Okwui Enwezor the ARENA Karl Marx’s Das Kapital
Theaster Gates Chris Rehberger Joseph Haydn Cesare Paveset David Adjaye Olaf Nicolai Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige Marsilio Editori. emergency cinema.” Abounaddara
Mathieu KleyebeCharles Gaines’Jeremy Deller Jason Moran , venedig biennale biennial
other Biennale :(Biennials ) :
Venice Biennial , Documenta Havana Biennial,Istanbul Biennial ( Istanbuli),Biennale de Lyon ,Dak'Art Berlin Biennial,Mercosul Visual Arts Biennial ,Bienal do Mercosul Porto Alegre.,Berlin Biennial ,Echigo-Tsumari Triennial .Yokohama Triennial Aichi Triennale,manifesta ,Copenhagen Biennale,Aichi Triennale
Yokohama Triennial,Echigo-Tsumari Triennial.Sharjah Biennial ,Biennale of Sydney, Liverpool , São Paulo Biennial ; Athens Biennale , Bienal do Mercosul ,Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art
location : Jakkou-in temple ,kyoto city,Kyoto prefectrue,Japan
京都 大原 寂光院
This old lantern is a low three-legged lantern which is called "Yukimi-dourou" 雪見灯籠 in Japanese. The lantern is made of Namban Iron 南部鉄器 and placed on the right side of the main hall in the garden.. It has some "Gosan no kri mon "( the paulownia patterns, the Toyotomi Family Crest) on the Hibukuro 火袋 that is a place where fire is lit.
Thus it is believed to have been donated by Hideyoshi Toyotomi 豊臣秀吉(1537-1598) and transferred from Momoyama Castle.
( This garden is associated with the Tale of the Heike :
The garden on which the lantern stands has maintained since the time of the Tale of the Heike平家物語 (13th century) It features Migiwa Pond with a 1000-years old pine tree named Himekomatsu, the moss covered rocks and some cherry trees. )
- Masako Ishida ( maco-nonch★R）
This temple,a convent of Tendai sect,was established in 594 by Prince Shotoku to pray for the soul of his father,Emperor Yomei.
The principal image here is Rokumantai-Jizoson,which is believed to have been created by the prince.
The third nyoin ( the Empress Dowager) who lived here was Kenreimon-in Tokuko ( a daughter of Taira-no Kiyomori, one of the wives of Emperor Takakura and the mother of Emperor Antoku).
She started to live here in September 1185, to pray for the soul of her son( Emperor Antoku),as well as member of the Taira clan, who were lost in the Genpei War and destroyed in the Battle of Dan-no-ura.
She continued to live here for the rest of her life.
- Jakko-in temple
Emperor Antoku
Emperor Antoku (安徳天皇 Antoku-tennō) (December 22, 1178 – April 25, 1185) was the 81st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1180 through 1185.[1] During this time, the imperial family was involved in a bitter struggle between warring clans. Yoritomo, with his cousin Yoshinaka, led a force from the Minamoto clan against the Taira, who controlled the emperor. During the sea battle of Dan-no-ura in April 1185, a member of the royal household took Antoku and plunged with him into the water in the Shimonoseki Straits, drowning the child emperor rather than allowing him to be captured by the opposing forces. The conflict between the clans led to numerous legends and tales. Antoku's tomb is said to be located in a number of places around western Japan, including the island of Iwo Jima, a result of the spreading of legends about the emperor and the battle. - wikipedia
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This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited.
Eigenji-Temple, Shiga prefecture , Japan
This is ' Cha-sen zuka'（茶筅塚 ), which is a stone for the Buddhist rites(a memorial service) for used or broken tea whisks.
The tea whisks 'Cha-sen' is made from Bamboo and is an integral part of the Japanese tea ceremony. It is used to make the powdered green tea called Matcha (抹茶）in a bowl.
Why the Cha-sen zuka is here...? From what I gather,Eigen-ji （永源寺）is one of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen（臨済宗） as fellows. ( wikipedia)
The Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism was brought by
Eisai( 栄西1141-1215）from China,and it is popularly accept that he is also credited with the beginning of the tea tradition in Japan,and also brought back with him from China in 1191 several kinds of tea along with the manners on how to drink them.He bought it as a medicine,but accordingly spread along with Zen during the Kamakura period and increased the concept of spiritual training.
Therefore a tea ceremony is held in May of each year and a memorial service for the 'Cha-sen' is also held here at the same time.... i think :)
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Eigenji-temple - wikipedia
Eigen-ji (永源寺) is one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen, founded in 1361 by the lord of Ōmi province—Sasaki Ujiyori. The temple is located in modern day Higashiōmi, Shiga prefecture of Japan, and its first Abbot was the famous poet and roshi Jakushitsu Genko. It was a popular destination for members of the Five Mountain Schools of Zen during the Onin War of the 15th century. After a series of fires that burned the place down during the late 15th and first half of the 16th century, a newly installed Abbot named Isshi Bunshu restored the temple and is commonly referred to as its second founder. Today it is the head temple of the Eigen-ji branch of Rinzai Zen, and governs more than 120 temples and one monastery.