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location : Zuisin-in temple ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
小野小町のお寺 京都 随心院
-A temple remembered in connection with Ono no Komachi-
Komachi was a waka poet whose many famous pieces are still read today.
She was considerd as one of the three most beautiful woman in the world and the only woman among the Rokkasen,the Six best Waka poets of the Heian period.
Even though over a thousand years have passed,her works still captivate us.But in fact,her life was shrouded in mystery.
This temple was founded by high priest Ningai,a disciple of Kobo from the eighth generation.After earning Emperor Ichijo’s approval ,he received this land and built the Zuishin-in in 991.
- Zuishin-in temple
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ono_no_Komachi
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Akamatsu - Pine tree
location : Kyoto Ditoku-ji , Kyoto city ,Kyoto prefecture , Japan
Daitoku-ji (大徳寺), the ‘temple of Great Virtue’) is a Buddhist temple, one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. It is located in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The "mountain name" (sangō) by which it is known is Ryūhōzan (龍宝山). The Daitoku-ji temple complex today covers more than 23 hectares (57 acres).
Daitoku-ji originated as a small monastery founded in 1315 or 1319 by the monk Shūhō Myōchō (宗峰妙超), also pronounced Sōhō Myōchō; 1282–1337), who is known by the title Daitō Kokushi ("National Teacher of the Great Lamp") given by Emperor Go-Daigo. In 1325, the monastery was converted into a supplication hall for the imperial court at the request of the retired Emperor Hanazono. The dedication ceremony for the imperial supplication hall, with its newly added dharma hall and abbot's living quarters, was held in 1326, and this is generally recognized as the true founding of the temple.
Like many other temples in Kyoto during that time, the temple's buildings were destroyed by fire. In 1474, which was when Kyoto was the scene of the Onin War, Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado designated Ikkyū Sōjun as the head priest. With the help of merchants of the city of Sakai, Ikkyū contributed significantly to the temple's rehabilitation.
From its earliest days, the temple experienced alternating periods of fortune and decline. This can be attributed to the rivalries and conflicts between Daitoku-ji and other well-known Zen temples, as well as between Daitoku-ji and the political authorities.
Daitoku-ji became particularly important from the sixteenth century, when it was predominantly supported by members of the military establishment, who sponsored the building of subsidiary temples as prayers for their ancestors or in preparation for their own demise.[5] In 1582, Toyotomi Hideyoshi buried his predecessor, Oda Nobunaga, at Daitoku-ji. He also contributed land and built the Sōken-in.
Around this period in history, Daitoku-ji became closely linked to the master of the Japanese tea ceremony, Sen no Rikyū, and consequently to the realm of the Japanese tea ceremony. After the era of Sen no Rikyū, another famous figure in the history of the Japanese tea ceremony who left his mark at this temple was Kobori Enshū. - wikipedia
location : Sennyu-ji temple Gozasyo-Teien Garden, Kyoto city,K yoto prefecture,Japan
京都 御寺 泉涌寺 御座所庭園
Sennyū-ji (泉涌寺 Sennyū-ji)is a Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku in Kyoto, Japan. For centuries, Sennyū-ji was a mortuary temple for aristocrats and the imperial house. Located here are the official tombs of Emperor Shijō and many of the emperors who came after him.
Sennyū-ji was founded in the early Heian period. The origin of this temple, which is commonly called Mitera or Mi-dera, can be traced back to the Tenchō era (824-834) when the priest Kūkai established a small temple in this location. That modest structure and community were initially known as Hōrin-ji. The major buildings in Sennyū-ji was very much reconstructed and enlarged in the early 13th century.
Emperor Go-Horikawa and Emperor Shijō were the first to be enshrined in an Imperial mausoleum at Sennyū-ji. It was called Tsukinowa no misasagi.
Go-Momozono is also enshrined in Tsukinowa no misasagi along with his immediate Imperial predecessors since Emperor Go-Mizunoo -- Meishō, Go-Kōmyō, Go-Sai, Reigen, Higashiyama, Nakamikado, Sakuramachi, Momozono and Go-Sakuramachi.
Nochi no Tsukinowa no Higashiyama no misasagi
Kokaku, Ninko, and Komei are also enshrined at Nochi no Tsukinowa no Higashiyama no misasagi (後月輪東山陵). - wikipedia
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This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited here.
Kokoen 好古園
location : Himeji city , Hyogo prefecture, Japan
This garden, Himeji "Koko-en", was constructed in 1992 to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the establishment of Himeji municipality.
Himeji "Koko-en" is composed of nine separate gardens, making use of the exact former site of where "Nishi-Oyashiki" (the lord's west residence) and other samurai houses once existed. The original location was confirmed through seven archeological excavations.
Professor Makoto Nakamura of Kyoto University supervised the planning and designing of this garden.
The name "Koko-en" is derived from "Koko-do" the name of Japan's sixth provincial school founded in 1692 in Himeji by the last Lord of Himeji, Sakai family.
All of the nine separate gardens show the essence of the Edo period. The following are some of the many splendors which can be found here. Among attractions, "Oyasiki-no-niwa", the garden of the lord's house, comes first.
Second , "Cha-no-niwa", the garden of tea, has an elaborate tea house, where you can enjoy an authentic tea ceremony. Next, several mud walls with roof tiles on were built as replicas of original walls located here.
There is also a "Nagaya-Gate" which bestows upon viewers the historical feeling of the Edo period. In addition, from Nagare-no-hiraniwa you can enjoy excellent views of the main keep and the West Bailey of Himeji Castle. Finally strolling through the gardens, you can appreciate beautiful trees and flowers of four seasons, the rapids and waterfalls, and covered walkways built of Japanese cypress.
You can feel history and see natural beauty in this garden. It is an impressive and scenic spot located just west of Himeji Castle.
- Himeji City Goverment Office
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Omihachiman city,shiga prefecture,Japan
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location : Kyoto Jingo-ji temple ,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
Jingo-ji (神護寺) is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto. It stands on Mount Takao to the northwest of the center of the city. The temple adheres to Shingon Buddhism. Its honzon is a statue of Yakushi Nyorai, the Buddha of Healing or "Medicine Buddha".
The temple was established in the year 824, as a merger of two private temples founded earlier by Wake no Kiyomaro. They were the Jingan-ji (神願寺) in Kiyomaro's home province and the Takaosan-ji (高雄山寺).
Jingo-ji holds sixteen National Treasures of Japan.[1] They include the honzon and other statues. Another treasure is a list written by Kūkai in 812 called the "Name List of Abhiseka [Initiates]" (灌頂歴名 kanjōrekimyō?) and displays some of Kukai's talent for calligraphy. This list contains people and deities in 812 who underwent the Abhiseka ritual at Takaosan-ji, presided by Kukai.
The Buddhist Sutra “Bimashōkyō”, translated by Guṇabhadra, was handed down at the temple. It is "one of the a volume from the Issaikyō (a Buddhist corpus), commonly known as Jingo-ji kyō ... The corpus originally consisted of more than 5,400 volumes in total, but only 2,317 still remain as the rest were scattered outside the temple."
The temple is located above the Kiyotaki River (清滝川 kiyotakigawa), and has a special ceremonial well (閼伽井 akai) built on the grounds. Visitors can purchase tiny plates made of clay to throw out from the famous cliffs, the kin'unkei (錦雲渓), overlooking Kiyotaki River, with the hopes of one's plate hitting the river far below.
Buses from the center of the city arrive at a stop alongside the road. A long set of stairs leads down to the river, and a short bridge leads across it. A similar set of stairs leads up to the gate of the temple.
-wikipedia
location : Tofukuji Temple,Kyoto city,Japan
京都 東福寺 開山堂前 普門院庭園
This temple is the head temple of the Tofukuji School of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism. It was built in 1236 on the instructions of Kujo Michiie, the great statesman of the Kamakura period, who desired to build in Kyoto a temple complexes in Nara. Even its name, Tofukuji, is a combination of one chalacter from the names of each of these Nara temples.
Its original buildings were burned but were rebuilt in the 15th century according to the original plans. About this time it flourished as one of the Five Great Temples of Kyoto. Its many compounds and sub-temples survived the ravages of war and fire until the late Meiji period when the Butsuden (Buddha hall) were burned. However, it even now retains the magnificent scale characteristic of a medieval Zen.
temple.http://www.tofukuji.jp/english/index.html
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From Onaruto-kyo bridge
Naruto Strait ( Naruto-kaikyo) is a strait between Awaji Island and Shikoku in Japan. It connects Harima Nada, the eastern part of the Inland Sea and the Kii Channel. A famous feature of the strait is the Naruto whirlpools. Ōnaruto Bridge, the southern part of the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway, crosses over it. -wikipedia
by Bean Goose :)
location :Lake Biwa ( Biwako) ,Shiga Prefecture,Japan
Lake Biwa is Japan's largest lake, which has a total area of approximately 670 ㎢ and a circumference of approximately 235 km. Its average depth is approximately 41 meters and deepest point approximately 104 meters. It supports an abundance of life and industry around the area widely.
It is also regarded as the third oldest ancient lake in the world, after Lake Baikal and LakeTanganyika,and which is calculated at over four million years old. It was designated as a UNESCO Ramsar Wetland(1993) in accordance with the Ramsar Convention.
- Wikipedia
Oohishikui ( Bean Goose=Anser Fabalis Middendorffii ) has been designated a natural monument in Japan..***
location : Daigoji temple Sanbonin garden ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 醍醐寺 三宝院庭園
Daigo-ji (醍醐寺 Daigo-ji) is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Its main devotion (honzon) is Yakushi. Daigo, literally "ghee", is used figuratively to mean "crème de la crème" and is a metaphor of the most profound part of Buddhist thoughts.
Daigo-ji was founded in the early Heian period. In 874, Rigen-daishi (Shōbō) founded the temple.
After having fallen ill and abdicated in 930, Emperor Daigo entered Buddhist priesthood at this temple. As a monk, he took the Buddhist name Hō-kongō; and shortly thereafter, died at the age of 46. He was buried in the temple, which is why his posthumous name was Daigo.
Several structures, including the kondō and the five-story pagoda, are National Treasures of Japan. The temple possesses 18 specifically designated national treasures, including the buildings and other works as well; and the temple holds several dozen important cultural assets. Wall paintings at the temple were the subject of academic research which earned the Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy in 1960.
As part of the "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto", it is designated as a World Heritage Site.
The five-storey pagoda at Daigoji temple was built in 951 and is the oldest building in Kyoto. It was one of few buildings to survive the Onin War in the 15th century. -wikipedia
Sanbonin Area
Sanbonin was established in 1115 by the 14th head priest Shokaku. Shince then, it was functioned as a heart of Daigoji,serving as the main residence of head priests.
The present day Sanbonin was refurbished on the occasion of the "Daigo-no-Hanami"(Cherry blossom viewing) party held by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1598. That garden 'a basic design was conducted by Hideyoshi himself,and is designated as a Historic Site and Special Place of Scenic Beauty The Omote-Shoin ( a National Treasure), from which the whole garden can be viewed.and numerous other structures are designated as Important Cultural Assets.-Daigoji Temple
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location : Daikakuji temple 大覚寺
（note: This is Daikakuji Temple, not Nijo Castle.
這是大覺寺，不二條城 ー撮影場所は二条城ではなく
嵯峨野の大覚寺です。 )
Fusuma painting 紅白梅図 by Kanō Sanraku
Kanō Sanraku (狩野 山楽, 1559 – September 30, 1635) was a Japanese painter also known as Kimura Heizō (his birth name), Shūri, Mitsuyori, and Sanraku. Sanraku's works combine the forceful quality of Momoyama work with the tranquil depiction of nature, and they have a more refined use of color typical of the Edo period.His father was the painter Kimura Nagamitsu who flourished circa 1570, and he was born in Shiga Prefecture and died in Kyoto.
Sanraku worked for Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the 1570s,which led to him studying under and being adopted by Kanō Eitoku.Sanraku was the half-sibling and teacher of Kanō Sansetsu, and became Eitoku's son-in-law and later the head of the Kanō school.When Sanraku had no son he married Kanō Sansetsu (1589–1651) to his daughter and adopted him. Sansetsu and his school remained in Kyoto when most Kanō artists moved to Edo (often after a summons from the shogun), and he continued to adhere to the brightly coloured style of the Momoyama period. His son Einō painted in the same style, but is better known for a biographical history of Japanese painting, which gave the Kanō school pride of place.
Sanraku's patrons included Tokugawa Hidetada. Like most Kanō artists of the period, he painted in a variety of styles, including both large works for decorating castles (like the two illustrated), and smaller scrolls, often in a monochrome style derived from Chinese ink-wash painting.
Kanō Sanraku, cuyo verdadero nombre era Kanō Mitsuyori, y era apodado Heizō o Shuri, fue un pintor japonés de la Escuela Kano1 que pintó bajo el nombre artístico de Sanraku,. Nació en Omi en 1559 y falleció el 30 de septiembre de 1635.
Hijo del pintor Kimara Nagamitsu, fue adoptado por su maestro, Kanō Eitoku (1543-1590), del cual fue el discípulo favorito. A la muerte de Mitsunobu, hijo mayor de de Eitoku, en 1608, está junto a Kanō Sadanobu (1597-1623) al frente del taller familiar y es, sin duda, el artista que mejor ilustra la segunda parte de la época Momoyama, en Kyōto.
Hijo de guerrero, sirve de page al Shogun Hideyoshi quien, dándose cuenta de su talento, lo pone en aprendizaje con Eitoku. Sanraku continuará beneficiándose del amparo de Hideyoshi, sobre todo después de la muerte Eitoku, y en 1592 se le encarga la decoración del castillo de Momoyama.
Cuando la familia Kanō se instala en Edo, nuevo centro del poder, Sankaru permanece en Kyōto y sus descendientes aseguran después de él la continuidad de su taller bajo el nombre de Kyō- Kanō, familia Kanō de Kyōto. Nos han llegado numerosas obras de Sanraku, desde tintas en estilo cursivo a grandes composiciones decorativas en colores, de paisajes delicados a escenas históricas chinas, mostrando toda la extensión de su talento y la seguridad de su técnica.
Hacia 1620 trabaja en las exquisitas pinturas murales de dos edificios del monasterio Daitoku-ji de Kyōto, donde nos encontramos con los paisajes y los pinos con halcones monocromos, inscritos en la tradición Kanō, inaugurada por Motonobu (1476-1559). Su tendencia a la estilización del trazo llega al extremo en las composiciones del santuario Tenkyû-in, en el templo zen Myōshin-ji de Kyōto, ejecutadas por Sanraku y su hijo adoptivo Sansetsu (1590-1651) entre 1631 y 1635, justo antes del fallecimiento del pintor.
Los colores han guardado toda su frescura, ya sea en las pinturas de los tigres de las salas centrales, en las enredaderas floridas de la clausura de bambú de la sala Este o los ciruelos y los pájaros de la sala Oeste. Gran parte del conjunto se dene a Sansetsu; sin embargo, la delicada sensibilidad de Sanraku se deja ver en el sabio cálculo del ritmo, el aspecto casi geométrico de las rocas y del árbol torcido, cercano a una belleza estática, incluso abstracta. Da rienda suelta a su talento diseñador en un biombo del antiguo palacio de Kujô, actualmente conservado en el Museo nacional de Tōkyō.
C'est une scène historique japonaise tirée du Roman de Genji : Kuruma-Arasoi. Les personnages historiques sont traités avec toute la minutie de l'École Tosa, dynastie des peintres de cour, mais Sanraku, en introduisant des personnalités contemporaines, confère à l'œuvre une extrême vivacité.
- wikipedia
Kanō Sanraku (狩野 山楽, 1559 – September 30, 1635) was a Japanese painter also known as Kimura Heizō (his birth name), Shūri, Mitsuyori, and Sanraku. Sanraku's works combine the forceful quality of Momoyama work with the tranquil depiction of nature, and they have a more refined use of color typical of the Edo period.His father was the painter Kimura Nagamitsu who flourished circa 1570, and he was born in Shiga Prefecture and died in Kyoto.
Sanraku worked for Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the 1570s,which led to him studying under and being adopted by Kanō Eitoku.[2][4] Sanraku was the half-sibling and teacher of Kanō Sansetsu, and became Eitoku's son-in-law and later the head of the Kanō school.When Sanraku had no son he married Kanō Sansetsu (1589–1651) to his daughter and adopted him. Sansetsu and his school remained in Kyoto when most Kanō artists moved to Edo (often after a summons from the shogun), and he continued to adhere to the brightly coloured style of the Momoyama period. His son Einō painted in the same style, but is better known for a biographical history of Japanese painting, which gave the Kanō school pride of place.[6]
Sanraku's patrons included Tokugawa Hidetada. Like most Kanō artists of the period, he painted in a variety of styles, including both large works for decorating castles (like the two illustrated), and smaller scrolls, often in a monochrome style derived from Chinese ink-wash painting.
Kanō Sanraku, cuyo verdadero nombre era Kanō Mitsuyori, y era apodado Heizō o Shuri, fue un pintor japonés de la Escuela Kano1 que pintó bajo el nombre artístico de Sanraku,. Nació en Omi en 1559 y falleció el 30 de septiembre de 1635.
Hijo del pintor Kimara Nagamitsu, fue adoptado por su maestro, Kanō Eitoku (1543-1590), del cual fue el discípulo favorito. A la muerte de Mitsunobu, hijo mayor de de Eitoku, en 1608, está junto a Kanō Sadanobu (1597-1623) al frente del taller familiar y es, sin duda, el artista que mejor ilustra la segunda parte de la época Momoyama, en Kyōto.
Hijo de guerrero, sirve de page al Shogun Hideyoshi quien, dándose cuenta de su talento, lo pone en aprendizaje con Eitoku. Sanraku continuará beneficiándose del amparo de Hideyoshi, sobre todo después de la muerte Eitoku, y en 1592 se le encarga la decoración del castillo de Momoyama.
Cuando la familia Kanō se instala en Edo, nuevo centro del poder, Sankaru permanece en Kyōto y sus descendientes aseguran después de él la continuidad de su taller bajo el nombre de Kyō- Kanō, familia Kanō de Kyōto. Nos han llegado numerosas obras de Sanraku, desde tintas en estilo cursivo a grandes composiciones decorativas en colores, de paisajes delicados a escenas históricas chinas, mostrando toda la extensión de su talento y la seguridad de su técnica.
Hacia 1620 trabaja en las exquisitas pinturas murales de dos edificios del monasterio Daitoku-ji de Kyōto, donde nos encontramos con los paisajes y los pinos con halcones monocromos, inscritos en la tradición Kanō, inaugurada por Motonobu (1476-1559). Su tendencia a la estilización del trazo llega al extremo en las composiciones del santuario Tenkyû-in, en el templo zen Myōshin-ji de Kyōto, ejecutadas por Sanraku y su hijo adoptivo Sansetsu (1590-1651) entre 1631 y 1635, justo antes del fallecimiento del pintor.
Los colores han guardado toda su frescura, ya sea en las pinturas de los tigres de las salas centrales, en las enredaderas floridas de la clausura de bambú de la sala Este o los ciruelos y los pájaros de la sala Oeste. Gran parte del conjunto se dene a Sansetsu; sin embargo, la delicada sensibilidad de Sanraku se deja ver en el sabio cálculo del ritmo, el aspecto casi geométrico de las rocas y del árbol torcido, cercano a una belleza estática, incluso abstracta. Da rienda suelta a su talento diseñador en un biombo del antiguo palacio de Kujô, actualmente conservado en el Museo nacional de Tōkyō.
C'est une scène historique japonaise tirée du Roman de Genji : Kuruma-Arasoi. Les personnages historiques sont traités avec toute la minutie de l'École Tosa, dynastie des peintres de cour, mais Sanraku, en introduisant des personnalités contemporaines, confère à l'œuvre une extrême vivacité.
- wikipedia
(狩野 山楽, 1559 – September 30, 1635) was a Japanese painter also known as Kimura Heizō (his birth name), Shūri, Mitsuyori, and Sanraku. Sanraku's works combine the forceful quality of Momoyama work with the tranquil depiction of nature, and they have a more refined use of color typical of the Edo period.His father was the painter Kimura Nagamitsu who flourished circa 1570, and he was born in Shiga Prefecture and died in Kyoto.
Sanraku worked for Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the 1570s,which led to him studying under and being adopted by Kanō Eitoku.[2][4] Sanraku was the half-sibling and teacher of Kanō Sansetsu, and became Eitoku's son-in-law and later the head of the Kanō school.When Sanraku had no son he married Kanō Sansetsu (1589–1651) to his daughter and adopted him. Sansetsu and his school remained in Kyoto when most Kanō artists moved to Edo (often after a summons from the shogun), and he continued to adhere to the brightly coloured style of the Momoyama period. His son Einō painted in the same style, but is better known for a biographical history of Japanese painting, which gave the Kanō school pride of place.[6]
Sanraku's patrons included Tokugawa Hidetada. Like most Kanō artists of the period, he painted in a variety of styles, including both large works for decorating castles (like the two illustrated), and smaller scrolls, often in a monochrome style derived from Chinese ink-wash painting.
Kanō Sanraku, cuyo verdadero nombre era Kanō Mitsuyori, y era apodado Heizō o Shuri, fue un pintor japonés de la Escuela Kano1 que pintó bajo el nombre artístico de Sanraku,. Nació en Omi en 1559 y falleció el 30 de septiembre de 1635.
Hijo del pintor Kimara Nagamitsu, fue adoptado por su maestro, Kanō Eitoku (1543-1590), del cual fue el discípulo favorito. A la muerte de Mitsunobu, hijo mayor de de Eitoku, en 1608, está junto a Kanō Sadanobu (1597-1623) al frente del taller familiar y es, sin duda, el artista que mejor ilustra la segunda parte de la época Momoyama, en Kyōto.
Hijo de guerrero, sirve de page al Shogun Hideyoshi quien, dándose cuenta de su talento, lo pone en aprendizaje con Eitoku. Sanraku continuará beneficiándose del amparo de Hideyoshi, sobre todo después de la muerte Eitoku, y en 1592 se le encarga la decoración del castillo de Momoyama.
Cuando la familia Kanō se instala en Edo, nuevo centro del poder, Sankaru permanece en Kyōto y sus descendientes aseguran después de él la continuidad de su taller bajo el nombre de Kyō- Kanō, familia Kanō de Kyōto. Nos han llegado numerosas obras de Sanraku, desde tintas en estilo cursivo a grandes composiciones decorativas en colores, de paisajes delicados a escenas históricas chinas, mostrando toda la extensión de su talento y la seguridad de su técnica.
Hacia 1620 trabaja en las exquisitas pinturas murales de dos edificios del monasterio Daitoku-ji de Kyōto, donde nos encontramos con los paisajes y los pinos con halcones monocromos, inscritos en la tradición Kanō, inaugurada por Motonobu (1476-1559). Su tendencia a la estilización del trazo llega al extremo en las composiciones del santuario Tenkyû-in, en el templo zen Myōshin-ji de Kyōto, ejecutadas por Sanraku y su hijo adoptivo Sansetsu (1590-1651) entre 1631 y 1635, justo antes del fallecimiento del pintor.
Los colores han guardado toda su frescura, ya sea en las pinturas de los tigres de las salas centrales, en las enredaderas floridas de la clausura de bambú de la sala Este o los ciruelos y los pájaros de la sala Oeste. Gran parte del conjunto se dene a Sansetsu; sin embargo, la delicada sensibilidad de Sanraku se deja ver en el sabio cálculo del ritmo, el aspecto casi geométrico de las rocas y del árbol torcido, cercano a una belleza estática, incluso abstracta. Da rienda suelta a su talento diseñador en un biombo del antiguo palacio de Kujô, actualmente conservado en el Museo nacional de Tōkyō.
C'est une scène historique japonaise tirée du Roman de Genji : Kuruma-Arasoi. Les personnages historiques sont traités avec toute la minutie de l'École Tosa, dynastie des peintres de cour, mais Sanraku, en introduisant des personnalités contemporaines, confère à l'œuvre une extrême vivacité.
- wikipedia
This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy also. So tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited here.
location : Zuisin-in temple ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
小野小町のお寺 京都 随心院
-A temple remembered in connection with Ono no Komachi-
Komachi was a waka poet whose many famous pieces are still read today.
She was considerd as one of the three most beautiful woman in the world and the only woman among the Rokkasen,the Six best Waka poets of the Heian period.
Even though over a thousand years have passed,her works still captivate us.But in fact,her life was shrouded in mystery.
This temple was founded by high priest Ningai,a disciple of Kobo from the eighth generation.After earning Emperor Ichijo’s approval ,he received this land and built the Zuishin-in in 991.
- Zuishin-in temple
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ono_no_Komachi
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I don't know why ,but I was so moved when shooting...
I think they will never forget this beautiful day.
*** My Kyoto Photography***
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*** My Kyoto Zuishi-in Album***
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location : Kyoto Imperial Palace ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都御所 御常御殿（天皇のお住まい）にある御内庭
The Kyoto Imperial Palace (京都御所 Kyoto-gosho) is the former ruling palace of the Emperor of Japan. The Emperors have since resided at the Tokyo Imperial Palace after the Meiji Restoration in 1869, and the preservation of the Kyoto Imperial Palace was ordered in 1877. Today, the grounds are open to the public, and the Imperial Household Agency hosts public tours of the buildings several times a day.
The Kyoto Imperial Palace is the latest of the imperial palaces built at or near its site in the north-eastern part of the old capital of Heian-kyō after the abandonment of the larger original Heian Palace (大内裏 Dai-dairi) that was located to the west of the current palace during the Heian Period. The Palace lost much of its function at the time of the Meiji Restoration, when the capital functions were moved to Tokyo in 1869. However, the Taishō and Shōwa Emperors still had their enthronement ceremonies at the palace.- wikipedia
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The garden on the east of the Otsune-goten( Imperial Residential Palace) is called Gonai-tei (literally ,inner garden) .
Across the meandering stream flowing through the Gonai-tei garden,earthen,stone and wooden bridge are found.
Stone lanterns rocks and nicely trimmed trees and shrubs are noteworthly , too. In this garden,there are a tea house ,named Kintai,and a tasteful pavilion with red clay walls.Izumi-dono or jishin-den(literally,earthquake palace).designed as s shelter against earthquake. - Kyoto Office of the Imperial Household Agency
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location : Nanzenji Temple Tenjyuan ,Kyoto city ,Kyoto Prefecture,Japan
南禅寺 天授庵 南北朝時代 池泉回遊式庭園 書院南庭
Tenjyuan Garden on southern side of Shoin
Tenjyuan :
Tenjyuan is one of the most historically important temple of the Nanzenji. It was built as a dedication of the founder of the Nanzenji , Daiminkokushi Mukanfumon .
In 1267 the Emperpor Kameyama,enchanted with the natural beauty of the spot,elected a villa on the site where where the Nanzenji Temple now stands. Around 1288 the emperor was vexed by the appearance of a ghost and asked for help from Daiminkokushi ,the third Chief Priest of the Tofukuji Temple.
The priest rid Emperor Kameyama of the gost by merely performing Zazen meditations without reciting a single sutra.
The emperor was deeply moved by this demonstration of the priest's virtue and subsequently became became his disciple,giving himself the name Hoo("Great Priest").He later converted his villa into zen temple and dedicated it to Daiminkokushi.These events took place in Hoo's later years ; the priest died before the coversation of the villa was complete.It was left for a priest named Kiansoen,the successor of Daiminkokushi.to finish the work and inaugurate the zen temple. For this reason little credit for the task is given to Daiminkokushi himself.In 1336 Kokakushiren,the 15th chief priest of Nanzen Ji Temple,asked the retired Emperor Kogon for permission to construct a building commemorating the founding of the temple by Daiminkokushi.Construction on the building was completed in the following year(1337),hence the opening of the Tenjyuan.
Tenjyuan,however ,was destroyed in the Nanzenji conflagration of 1447 .Nor was the temple spared destraction by fire during the Onin War ( 1467-1477). More then 130 years passed before the temple was finally reconstructed.
Many of the temples destroyed by wars were reconstructed in the last quarter of the 16th century,when Japan enjoyed a period of political stability. The priests of Nanzenji agreed that the Tenjyuan be reconstructed by one of the most famous Zen priests of Kyoto,Genporeisan.He appointed Ungakureikei chief priest of the Tenjyuan ,and asked the daimyo Hosokawa Yusei to finance the enterprise.Thanks to generous contribution of Hosokawa,the reconstruction of the Main Hall,the Main Gate,and the old study was completed in August ,1602.These are the Tenjyuan buildings that stand today.
The garden consists of the front ,or eastern,garden of the Main Hall, and the southern garden near the Study.
***The eastern garden is a rock garden. A geometrically designed stone footpath embedded in white sand and moss connects the Main Hall with the Maingate. This footpath was made 1338 after the original construction of the Tenjyuan.
The other ,shorter stone footpath leading to Yusai's mausoleum was made after Yusai's death in1610.***
The layout of the southern garden clearly illustrates the characteristics of late 14th century landscaping.The two central islands in particular epitomize this style. A long penninsula extending from the study and a smaller penninsula extending from the other side meet to form a curling clasp,creating an eastern and western pond.The shorelines of the two ponds so divided are thus varied.
The eastern pond is smaller than the other and has a slopping bank.In addition to this landscaping technique,the arrangement of rocks near the waterfall indicates that the garden was made around the time of the construction of the Tenjyuan in 1337.
- Tenjyuan
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Omihachiman city,Shiga prefecture,Japan
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Boating excursions in the lakeside district. A castle town on the eastern shore of Lake Biwa-ko with a nostalgic atmosphere.
Omihachiman, that sits at the foot of Mt. Hachiman-yama in the center of Shiga, is a castle town of Hachiman-yama-jo. The castle was built in 1585 on the eastern shore Japan's largest lake, Lake Biwa. It is also known as a base town for Omi-shonin, or Omi merchants. The quaint streets with lattice windows, the pine trees stretching out from the gardens of private residence, 'udatsu' (roof of unusual shape) and the Hachiman-bori area that was the hub of ship transport all are listed and preserved as a national important preservation district for the group of historic buildings.
Until the mid 19th century, the town of Omihachiman was divided by Hachiman-bori, north of which was a residential area for the warriors and south was for the townsfolk. The area for the townsfolk was further divided into the merchants' and craftsmen's areas. The current Shin-machi-dori Street marks the former merchants' area; preserved there, and open to the public, is the former residence of a wealthy merchant family, the Nishikawas. Local Artifacts Museum was built in the grounds of the former residence of an Omi merchant who traveled abroad, Nishimura Taroemon. Next to it is the History and Folklore Museum that shows us the lives of the merchants. Along the Hachiman-bori are white-walled storehouses and old houses like Haku-un-kan, a building where western architecture and Japanese tradition are well-matched; also here is the Kawara Museum (tile museum) that displays tiles from all parts of Japan.
- Japan National Tourism Organization
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"Ōmihachiman" means "Hachiman in Ōmi". When Hachiman Town (the forerunner of this city) became a city, there was the existing city of Yahata in Fukuoka Prefecture. In Japanese, "Hachiman" and "Yahata" are written by same kanji 八幡, so "Ōmi" was added to avoid being confused. "Hachiman" is the Shinto god of war. Ironically from the western point of view, his symbol is the dove.
Ōmihachiman had been a developed commercial town even since Toyotomi Hidetsugu built a castle and gathered many merchants in the last part of 16th century. Former merchant's residences and a canal used for transport are preserved in an old city area, designated a Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings and an Important Cultural Landscape.
In 1905, an American architect William Merrell Vories came to Ōmihachiman as an English language teacher at commercial high school. Two years later he resigned the original work, but he remained in Ōmihachiman and spent most of his productive life here. He handed down western-style buildings, a pharmaceutical company, an educational foundation and a hospital to the city. -wikipedia
location : Kyoyochi Pond ,Ryoanji temple ,UNESCO World Heritage Site , Kyoto city , Kyoto Prefecture ,Japan
京都 龍安寺 鏡容池
Kyoyochi means "Mirror shaped" in Japanese
Kyoyochi Pond located on the left of the precincts is a kind of the Chisen Kaiyu style garden 池泉回遊式庭園 ,a style of Japanese garden with a path around a central pond.
This pond was made in the late 12th century,and has been very famous for the beauty of lotuses and ducks since then.
Himeji Castle 姫路城 ( UNESCO World Heritage Site )
This castle is well- known as “Shirasagi-jo”, which means White Heron Castle or White Egret Castle in Japanese due to its brilliant white exterior and its resemblance to a heron (or egret) taking flight. :)
location : Yanagidani Kannon Yokoku-ji temple ,Nagaoka-kyo city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
a view from the Sho-in ( The Study Hall) of Yokoku-ji temple
This temple is well known for the healing of eye disease.
The Sho-in ( Study Hall) is normally not open to the public, sometimes this place is used as film locations.
眼病平癒所 柳谷観音 揚谷寺（京都府長岡京市）上書院(通常非公開）からの眺め
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location : Ginkaku-ji ( officially named Jishō-ji ) ,Kyoto city, Kyoto refecture,Japan
京都 慈照寺 （通称 : 銀閣寺）
Ginkaku-ji (銀閣寺, lit. "Temple of the Silver Pavilion"), officially named Jishō-ji (慈照寺, lit. "Temple of Shining Mercy"), is a Zen temple in the Sakyo ward of Kyoto, Japan. It is one of the constructions that represents the Higashiyama Culture of the Muromachi period.
Ashikaga Yoshimasa initiated plans for creating a retirement villa and gardens as early as 1460;[1] and after his death, Yoshimasa would arrange for this property to become a Zen temple.[2] The temple is today associated with the Shokoku-ji branch of Rinzai Zen.
The two-storied Kannon-den (観音殿, Kannon hall), is the main temple structure. Its construction began February 21, 1482 (Bummei 14 , 4th day of the 2nd month).[3] The structure's design sought to emulate the golden Kinkaku-ji which had been commissioned by his grandfather Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. It is popularly known as Ginkaku, the "Silver Pavilion" because of the initial plans to cover its exterior in silver foil; but this familiar nickname dates back only as far as the Edo period (1600–1868).
During the Ōnin War, construction was halted. Despite Yoshimasa's intention to cover the structure with a distinctive silver-foil overlay, this work was delayed for so long that the plans were never realized before Yoshimasa's death. The present appearance of the structure is understood to be the same as when Yoshimasa himself last saw it. This "unfinished" appearance illustrates one of the aspects of "wabi-sabi" quality.[2]
Like Kinkaku-ji, Ginkaku-ji was originally built to serve as a place of rest and solitude for the Shogun. During his reign as Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshimasa inspired a new outpouring of traditional culture, which came to be known as Higashiyama Bunka (the Culture of the Eastern Mountain). Having retired to the villa, it is said Yoshimasa sat in the pavilion, contemplating the calm and beauty of the gardens as the Ōnin War worsened and Kyoto was burned to the ground.
In 1485, Yoshimasa became a Zen Buddhist monk. After his death on January 27, 1490 (Entoku 2, 7th day of the 1st month),[5] the villa and gardens became a Buddhist temple complex, renamed Jishō-ji after Yoshimasa's Buddhist name.
In addition to the temple's famous building, the property features wooded grounds covered with a variety of mosses. The Japanese garden, supposedly designed by the great landscape artist Sōami. The sand garden of Ginkaku-ji has become particularly well known; and the carefully formed pile of sand which is said to symbolize Mount Fuji is an essential element in the garden.
After extensive restoration, started February 2008, Ginkaku-ji is again in full glory to visit. The garden and temple complex are open to the public. There is still no silver foil used. After much discussion, it was decided to not refinish the lacquer to the original state. The lacquer finish was the source of the original silver appearance of the temple, with the reflection of silver water of the pond on the lacquer finish.
-wikipedia
locatiion : Kyoto Gyoen National Park
（Kyoto Imperial Palace Park）
Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都御苑
location : Gaunzan Sokusyu-in ,Tohukuji Kyoto city, Japan
With the exception of special openings, this temple is not ordinarily open to the public.
（京の冬の旅 特別公開寺院）関白の山荘跡・西郷隆盛ゆかりの寺 東福寺 即宗院
Tofukuji Temple Sokushu-in
Sokushu-in is a sub-temple of Tofukuji Temple built by Shimazu clan of Satsuma (Kagoshima prefecture at present). Shimazu of Satsuma played an initiative role in the Meiji Restoration and took part in the anti-Shogunate movement in 1860's. It is said that a famous samurai of Satsuma, Takamori Saigo, had confidential talks on anti-Shogunate movement in Sokushu-in. When a war broke out in Kyoto, the Satsuma army fired at the army of Japanese feudal government from the top of the hill at the back of Sokushu-in.
Cenotaph of Eastern Expedition :
In the woods of the innermost part of the temple, there is a cenotaph of Eastern Expedition by Takamori Saigo. This is a monument for the Satsuma 524 war dead and all the engraved names were written by Saigo.
location : Kyoto Honen-in ,Kyoto city ,Kyoto prefecture , Japan
京都 東山鹿ヶ谷 法然院
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location : Kobe Harbour ,Kobe city,Hyogo prefecture,Japan
Since the official opening of the Port of Kobe in 1868, Kobe has flourished as an international port city ,which in 2017 will celebrate it's 150th anniversary of opening.
Kobe Harbour ( port of Kobe) :
The Port of Kobe located at a foothill of the range of Mount Rokkō is a Japanese maritime port in Kobe, Hyōgo in the greater Osaka area, backgrounded by the Hanshin Industrial Region. In 1970s the port boasted it handled the most containers in the world.
The Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake on January 1995 destroyed the port seriously and halted much of the facilities and services there ,but has recovered its facilities in two years. and It remains Japan's busiest container port.
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Kobe Harborland:
Kobe Harborland is a shopping and entertainment district along the waterfront of Kobe's port area, offering many cafes, restaurants, shops and other amusements. It is also a popular dating spot.
The two largest shopping complexes in the area are Mosaic and Canal Garden. Mosaic is a pleasant shopping complex along the waterfront with a variety of small fashion boutiques and a wide selection of restaurants, many of which overlook the harbor. A small amusement park with ferris wheel is found at one end of Mosaic. Canal Garden, on the other hand, is a shopping mall with a Hankyu department store, Sofmap electronics store, a sports store and various family fashion outlets.
The shopping area is surrounded by walking paths and promenades including a waterfront boardwalk and the Gaslight Street, a street that is lit in the evenings by old-fashioned gas street lights. Other attractions in the area include a cinema and a few restaurants housed in renovated 19th-century brick warehouses which remain from a former dockyard. - japan-guide.com
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BTW : Can you find out Anpanman ( he is a Japanese Anime's Hero) in this in ten seconds..? :)
location : Myoshin ji Taizo-in temple,Kyoto city ,Kyoto Prefecture ,Japan
京都花園 妙心寺塔頭 退蔵院 元信の庭 作庭/室町時代
Taizō-in (退蔵院) is the oldest sub-temple (tatchū (塔頭)) of the Myōshin-ji Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple, situated in the northwest of Kyoto, Japan. It was founded by Zen priest Muinsoin in 1404. The original temple buildings were burned during the Ōnin War (1467-1477), and were later rebuilt.
The main garden, Motonobu-no-niwa, is a traditional Japanese dry landscape garden (karesansui枯山水), containing several angular rocks suggesting the cliffs of the island of Hōrai, with smaller stones suggesting a stream. The planting is mostly evergreen, including camellia, pine, and Japanese umbrella pine. It covers 50 tsubo (170 m²) and was designed to integrate a borrowing of scenery ("shakkei") of a view of Narabigaoka Hill in the distance. It is thought to be the final work of Muromachi painter Kanō Motonobu (狩野 元信), reproducing one of his paintings in three dimensions. - wikipedia
Kanō Motonobu (狩野 元信, August 28, 1476 – November 5, 1559) was a Japanese painter. He was a member of the Kanō school of painting. Through his political connections, patronage, organization, and influence he was able to make the Kano school into what it is today. The system was responsible for the training of a great majority of painters throughout the Edo period (1615–1868). -wikipedia
Dry landscape garden - Karesansui
The Japanese rock garden (枯山水 karesansui) or "dry landscape" garden, often called a zen garden, creates a miniature stylized landscape through carefully composed arrangements of rocks, water features, moss, pruned trees and bushes, and uses gravel or sand that is raked to represent ripples in water.[1] A zen garden is usually relatively small, surrounded by a wall, and is usually meant to be seen while seated from a single viewpoint outside the garden, such as the porch of the hojo, the residence of the chief monk of the temple or monastery. Classical zen gardens were created at temples of Zen Buddhism in Kyoto during the Muromachi period. They were intended to imitate the intimate essence of nature, not its actual appearance, and to serve as an aid to meditation about the true meaning of life. - wikipedia
Maybe such an illuminated garden like this is a highly unusual sight, I think... Fortunately when I was just about to take a shot of this place, amazing lights came through the leaves ...then I understood well that a gift...
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
This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited here.
Kaga Yuzen 加賀友禅
location : Higashi Chaya District( Higashi Chayagai), Kanazawa city, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
金沢 東茶屋街 お茶屋
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Famed silk-dyer Miyazaki Yuzensai (1650-1736) introduced
Kaga Yuzen to Kanazawa during the Edo Period.
The technique for making Kaga Yuzen is quite complicated.
First, a rough sketch is made on the material using the juice
of a spiderwort flower; the sketch looks like stitches of blue
thread. Next, the sketch is traced with a special paste made
from glutinous rice. Then the space surrounded by the paste is painted. The design is purposefully made to look like it has
been worm-eaten to give it a sense of quiet elegance known as wabisabi in Japanese. The five basic colors used in Kaga Yuzen are red, indigo, dark yellow, green, and ancient purple (black).
Another special feature of Kaga Yuzen is that when a kimono
dyed using this technique is spread out it forms a continuous
scene from one sleeve to the other. It is used primarily on
kimonos, but also on scarves and other smaller, more affordable items. - Kanazawa city
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Yuzen refers to a traditional technique of dyeing silk fabrics for kimonos or products made with the technique. KyotoYuzen and Kaga Yuzen are famous. Miyazaki Yuzensai established the fundamental technique of yuzen at the beginning of the 18th century.
Kaga Yuzen is characterized by designs of realistic natural beauties in five vivid tones called "Kaga gosai" (literary means Kaga five colors), and it frequently uses gradation dyeing called "bokashi." A roll of yuzen is completed through complicated processes, such as pattern transfer, paste coating, coloring, steaming, and rinsing. Kaga Yuzen with splendid, fine, beautiful patterns is known as a luxury brand.
- Kanazawa City Tourism Association
The Garden of Shii(considering and making a
distinction) 思惟の庭
location : Myoshin-ji Keishunin-temple
The stepping-stones lead to a small gate of tea (ceremony) room named Kihaku-an.
京都 妙心寺 桂春院 思惟の庭
Keishun-is one of the Myosin-ji sub-temple. It was found in the 1598 by Hidenori Tsuda ( ? – 1625)who was the second son of Oda Nobutada ( the first born son of the great warrior Nobunaga Oda) . The original name of this temple was Kensho-in,but in1632 it was remnamed Kenshun- in by Sadamasa Ishikawa(1575-1657),of a wealthy family in Mino Province,who supplied the hojo(abbit’s chamber),kuri(kittchen),study,tearoom,and other buildings,and renamed the sub-temple Kenshu-in,taking from the Buddhist names of his parents,on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of his father,Ishikawa Mitsumasa.The Zen master Reimei Shinka ( Reian Sokiku,1533-1612 ; Zen master of the abbot Keinan Shusen,who was the second son of Mitsumasa Ishikawa) in the founding preceptor.
思惟の庭 The Garden of Shii ( considering and making distinction)
The Garden of Shii located east of the Hojo has stone statues of the Sixteen Arhats ( 十六羅漢石)on bilateral artificial hills. The foundation stones in the middle is likened to a Zen meditation stone.( 座禅石). Altogether ,the garden suggests wandering in a fairyland.
- Keishun-in
This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited.
Behind the stone works is the golden folding screen featureing " The Wind and Thunder Gods" ,named Fujin-Raijin-zu 風神雷神図.
The original screen ,Korin Ogata's masterpeace designed an Important Cultural Propery is currently owed by Tokyo National Museum.
location : Kennin-ji temple Cho-on tei Garden ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 建仁寺 潮音庭
Kennin-ji (建仁寺) is a historic Zen Buddhist temple in Higashiyama, Kyoto, Japan, near Gion, at the end of Hanami Lane. It is considered to be one of the so-called Kyoto Gozan or "five most important Zen temples of Kyoto".
Kennin-ji was founded in 1202 CE and claims to be the oldest Zen temple in Kyoto.
The monk Eisai, credited with introducing Zen to Japan, served as Kennin-ji's founding abbot and is buried on the temple grounds. For its first years the temple combined Zen, Tendai, and Shingon practices, but it became a purely Zen institution under the eleventh abbot, Lanxi Daolong (蘭渓道隆 Rankei Dōryū) (1213–1278).
The Zen master Dōgen, later founder of the Japanese Sōtō sect, trained at Kennin-ji. It is one of the Rinzai sect's headquarter temples.
―wikipedia
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location : Imakumano Kannon,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 今熊野観音寺
my first pligremage to the 33 Temples of Kannon for my sister's soul
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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）大津閘門と制水門の合流点を京都方面側から。これより湖水は第一隧道入口へ。
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location : Kyoto Daitokuji Koto-in Temple ,Kyoto city,Kyoto Prefecture,Japan
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
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location : Bishamon-do-Monzeki,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 洛東山科 毘沙門堂門跡 高台弁才天
Bishamon-do-Monzeki
Monzeki-Jiin ( The temple where Japanese Buddhist priests of imperial lineage lived)of Tendai sect.
Bishamon-do is one of the five temples in Kyoto where Tendai sect priests of imperial lineage lived.
It is a historic temple which shows its high status and rustic charm of the temple on hillside.
It worships Bishamon-ten(one of Seven Deities of Good luck)as its principal image. Bishamon-do is named after this deity.
Bishamon-do was built by the order of Emperor Mommu in 703. At the beginning it was placed on Izumo Road,to the north of Kyoto Gsho,and initially called Izumo-ji Temple on Mt.Goho After repeated wars,it was rebuilt in Yamashina – anshu in 1665.After prince of Koben,the son of Emperor Gosai,it became Monzeki-Jiin. The prayer called Chinjyo-Yasha-ho,which has brought from China’s Tang Dynasty by Dengyo Daishi Saicho,is a mystic one introduced only to this temple as one of the five Tendai special prayers.
The principal image of Bishamon-ten was curved by Dangyo Daishi Saicho himself,the founder of Tendai Sect,who founded Enryaku-ji Temple on Mt.Hiei.It is said that the statue was made of the surplus wood after making the statue of Yakushi Nyorai in Enryakuji Temple Konpon Chudou Hall.
Worshippers are said to be blessed with prosperous trade and safty of their family.During the 3 days for Hatsutora-mairi in Januay,lots of worshippers visit the temple and fortune bamboo grasses called Fuku-zasa are given to them.
The halls in the temple are valuable remains which show the peculiar scenery of Monzeki-Jiin in the modern age in Japan.many of them are designated as tangible cultural properties of Kyoto. The temple is located on the hillside pverloking Yamashina Basin, and its cherry blossoms in spring and autumn leaves in fall are loved by local people in Kyoto.
Kodai Benzaiten ( Kodai Sarasvati)
It was once enshrined in Osaka Castle by the mother of Taiko Hideyoshi,who ruled 598,Japan from 1587 to 1598,and nun,Koda-niko. It was transferred to this temple with a wish for happiness and comfort of common people.It is also called Furo Benzaiten( the Eternal Youth Sarasvati) and widely worshipped.
- Bishamon-do-Monzeki
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location :Kinkaku( The Golden Pavilion) - Rokuonji-Temple ,Kyoto city, Kyoto Prefecture ,Japan
Kinkaku(The Golden Pavilion)is a shariden,a Buddhist hall containing relics of Buddha.The pavilion is a part of a temple that is formally named Rokuon-ji( 鹿苑寺）,but commonly called Kinkakuji-Temple（金閣寺）,or Temple of Golden Pavilion.Rokuon-ji is a Zen Buddhist temple,in the Shokokuji School of the Rinzai Sect(臨済宗相国寺派）
This area was originally the site of a villa called Kitayama-dai( 北山第）and owned by statesman,Saionji Kintsune( 西園寺公経）. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu,the 3rd Shogun)(三代将軍足利義満) of the Muromachi piriod( 室町時代),took a liking to the area and acquired it from the Saionji family in 1937.He then build his own villa,which he named Kitayama-den( 北山殿)
The garden and buildings,centered on the Golden Pavilion,were said to represent the Pure Land of Buddha in the world(極楽浄土).The villa also functioned as an official guesthouse,welcoming Emperor Gokomatsu-Father of Zen teacher,Ikkyu-( 一休禅師の父後小松天皇)and other members of the nobility.Trade with China prospered during the Muromachi period, and the villa reached its height of glory as the heart of what become known as Kitayama Culture( 北山文化).
After Yoshimitsu died,in keeping with his will,the villa was converted into a temple be the priest Muso-kokjshi( 夢窓国師),who become the first abbot(開山:最初の住職).The temple's name ,Rokuon-ji,was derived from the name Yoshimitsu was given for the next world,Rokuon-in-den.
In 1994,Rokuon-ji Temple was registered as a World Cultural Heritage Site. - www.kinkaku-ji.or.jp
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location : Chishakuin temple ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 智積院 名勝庭園 - 利休好みの庭
Chishakuin is the headquarters of the approximately 3000 temples nationwide belonging to the Chisan School of the Singon Sect of Buddhism. During the Edo period,it flourished as a center fo Budddhist studies and training,receiving over 500 monks,not only from the shingon Sect but from other sects also. At present ,it serves as a training center for Chisan Shingon monks,and additionally as a place for members of the public to hold memorial services for thier ancestors,pray for wishies to answered,and study Buddhism. Its garden,one of the best-known gardens in Kyoto,was inspired by the area around Mt.Lushan in China and offers a distinct beauty according to the season.The wall paintings of maple and cherry trees here,painted by Tohaku Hasegawa and his son,are another important feature of the temple and some of the most prominent examples of thier kind inJapan.The screen in the hall,Four season"is a depiction of the four season of Japan created using only black ink, and was dedicated to the temple in 2008 by the artist Toshio Tabuchi. – Chishakuin
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location : Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
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This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited here.
Kurashiki Canal
Kurashiki Bikan Histrical Quarter ,Okayama prefecture,Japan
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During the Edo Period (1603-1867), Kurashiki was an important point along the distribution route of Japan's most important commodity, rice. Large quantities of rice from the surrounding area were brought into Kurashiki and intermediately stored there in storehouses before being shipped to Osaka and Edo. Because of the city's importance in the rice trade, Kurashiki was put under direct control of the shogunate, and the city was even named after its many storehouses (kura).
Canals were built to allow boats and barges to navigate between the city's storehouses and the nearby port. A central section of the city's former canal system has been preserved in the Bikan Historical Quarter. The weeping willow trees that line the canal and the stone bridges that cross over the water make for a picturesque scene.
Along the canal, there are many of the original storehouses that were so central to the city's identity. Recognizable by their white walls and black tiles, the former storehouses have been converted into cafes, boutiques, souvenir shops and a number of museums.
- japan-guide.com
location : Myoshin-ji subtemple Daishin-in ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 妙心寺塔頭 大心院
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location : Shogo-in temple ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
Shogo-in temple ( founded in 1090 by Priest Zouyo) is a monzeki temple,a special temple classfied as a very celebrated one since it holds a deep connection to the imperial household with successive imperial princes serving as its chief priest.
Beginning in 1782,the nearby Kyoto imperial Palace burned down by the Great Fire of the Tenmei era.天明の大火.After that the Emperor Kokaku 光格天皇 (1771-1840)had lived here as his temporary palace for three years.
And then in the Jodan-no-ma 上段の間 ,the Emperor Kokaku had administerd goverment affairs sitting on his throne in the rear..
The temple has around 130 paintings on the sliding doors ( Fusuma-e 襖絵 or Shoheki-ga 障壁画 in Japanese) decorated gorgeous colours and gold .All of them were painted by members of Kano school, Einou Kano 狩野永納（1631-1697)Kyo-Kano school)and Masunobu Kano 狩野益信（1625-1694Edo-Kano school).
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This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited.
p.s .As just before wedding ceremony , the red carpets are spread and golden sake radles are prepared on the tatami floor.
location : Suirokaku Aqueduct ( in the precinct of Nanzenji Temple) Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture , Japan
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location : Kajuji Temple , Himuro-no-ike pond ( Kaju-ji Hyochi-en)
Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 勧修寺 氷室の池 （平安時代作庭）
Kajuji Temple (勧修寺) , founded in 900AD,by Emperor Daigo ,has over one thousand years of history. The garden ,known as the "Kaju-ji Hyochi-en"(勧修寺氷池園),has a pond called "Himuro-no-ike(氷室の池)".
The mountains beyond the garden are used as a part of the garden design, giving it a three-dimensional beauty.
In the ancient Heian period( 794-1185), every January 2,the ice which covered the pond of the garden was presented to the imperial court, and the situation of the grain harvest in the coming year was divined by the thickness of the ice. It is therefore one of the most prominent ancient ponds in Kyoto.
- Kajuji temple
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location : Mt.Hiei
The UNESCO World Heritage Site -Hieizan Enryaku-ji Temple
Yokawa Area
比叡山延暦寺 横川
Enryaku-ji (延暦寺 Enryaku-ji) is a Tendai monastery located on Mount Hiei in Ōtsu, overlooking Kyoto. It was founded during the early Heian period.[1] The temple complex was established by Saichō (767–822), also known as Dengyō Daishi, who introduced the Tendai sect of Mahayana Buddhism to Japan from China. Enryaku-ji is the headquarters of the Tendai sect and one of the most significant monasteries in Japanese history. As such, it is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)". The founders of Jōdo-shū, Sōtō Zen, and Nichiren Buddhism all spent time at the monastery. -Wikipedia
Woman had been prohibited from entering Mt.Hiei until 1872.