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Kyorinbo rock garden 小堀遠州の庭 近江八幡 教林坊
location : Kyorinbou ,Omihachiman city,Shiga prefecture,Japan
Kyorinbou 石の寺 教林坊 小堀遠州 作庭 名勝庭園
This temple is a Buddhist temple which is said to have been founded by Prince Shotoku 聖徳太子in 605.
The name of the temple 'Kyo-rin'教林 comes from the historical fact that the prince used to preach in the woods. (Kyo 教means "preaching/teaching", RIn林means "forest" )
In the precinct,there are a large rock called 'Taishi-no seppou iwa' 太子の説法岩( The preacing Rock of Prince Shotoku) and a stone cave where Honzon sculpted/designed by Prince Shotoku 聖徳太子 is enshrined.(You can see the stone from the left window in this image) Hence this temple is also known as the Temple of Stones石の寺 .
In the middle is very well known as "Hanging scroll" window which looks like a traditional Japanese painting art "Kake-jiku"(hanging scroll) .
One of foremost essayists Masako Shirasu 白洲正子( not me:) ) often visited here and described the beauty of this place ,especially moss covered stone garden which is said to have been made by Ensyu Kobori 小堀遠州 In her essay " Kakure-zato" かくれ里石の寺.
This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited.
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Prince Shotoku/ 聖徳太子 Shōtoku Taishi
Prince Shōtoku (聖徳太子 Shōtoku Taishi, February 7, 574 – April 8, 622]), also known as Prince Umayado (厩戸皇子 Umayado no ōji) or Prince Kamitsumiya (上宮皇子 Kamitsumiya no ōji), was a semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko. He was the son of Emperor Yōmei and his consort, Princess Anahobe no Hashihito, who was also Yōmei's younger half-sister. His parents were relatives of the ruling Soga clan and he was involved in the defeat of the rival Mononobe clan. The primary source of the life and accomplishments of Prince Shōtoku comes from the Nihon Shoki.
Over successive generations, a devotional cult arose around the figure of Prince Shōtoku for the protection of Japan, the Imperial Family, and for Buddhism. Key religious figures such as Saichō, Shinran and others claimed inspiration or visions attributed to Prince Shōtoku. -wikipedia
白洲正子 かくれ里石の寺 より
「ここで私の興味をひいたのは、慶長時代の石庭で、いきなり山へ続く急勾配に作ってあり、...
日本の庭園のおいたちを見せられたような気がする...」
location : Sanzen-in (三千院) temple , Kyoto city ,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
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location : Kyoto Kitano-tenmangu shrine,Kyoto city,Kyoto Prefecture,Japan
A Cow of Kitano Tenmangu Shrine
"Ushi-san" (Mr Cow) is the pet name for this stone statue of a resting cow, handsomely adorned with a red bib.
"Ushi-san", the familiar of the god of Kitano-Tenmangu Shrine, is always lying stretched out, and he seems quite content to be caressed by visitors. When supplications for improved academic performance and examination success are made, he is said to pass these on to the god of the shrine. That explains the presence of so many cows within the grounds of Kitano-Tenmangu. White cows, black cows, brindle cows, calves - all stand in readiness for the visitor. While originally the cow was the symbol of a good harvest, at some point it came to represent scholarship after being associated with Sugawara Michizane for so long. Not only that, but in the process of being rubbed by countless visitors praying for good health, this cow's body has been polished to a high gleam. Now that the scent of plum-blossoms is soon to be adrift in the air, why not give "Ushi-san" a pat when you go out to admire the flowers? - Kyoto city web
location : Shimogamo - jinja shrine (Kamomioya - jinja shrine),UNESCO World Heritage Site
Kyoto city ,Kyoto Prefecture,Japan
One of the oldest shrines in Kyoto, Kamomioya - jinja shrine predates the establishment of Heian-kyo. This shrine is situated in the site of the ancient Tadasu-no-Mori forest, which the ancient Yamashiro Plain remains. The West Main Shrine building and the east main shrine building are National Treasures. Like Kamowakeikazuchi Shrine (Kamigamo Shrine), they typify the nagare-zukuri (flowing style), prevalent throughout Japan. Enshrined here are the deities Kamotaketsunuminomikoto and Tamayorihimenomikoto. The 53 shrine buildings (all Important Cultural Properties), including the Kotosha (which enshrines the patron deity of the sexagenary cycle), are reminiscent of the graceful dynastic culture of Kyoto.
- KYOTO Prefectural Government Tourism Division
Shimogamo Shrine (下鴨神社 Shimogamo-jinja) in Japanese, is the common name of an important Shinto sanctuary in the Shimogamo district of Kyoto city's Sakyō ward. Its formal name is Kamo-mioya-jinja (賀茂御祖神社).It is one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan and is one of the seventeen Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto which have been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The term Kamo-jinja in Japanese is a general reference to Shimogamo Shrine and Kamigamo Shrine, the traditionally linked Kamo shrines of Kyoto; Shimogamo is the older of the pair, being believed to be 100 years older than Kamigamo, and dating to the 6th century, centuries before Kyoto became the capital of Japan (794, see Heian-kyō). The Kamo-jinja serve the function of protecting Kyoto from malign influences.
The jinja name identifies the Kamo family of kami or deities who are venerated. The name also refers to the ambit of shrine's nearby woods, which are vestiges of the primeval forest of Tadasu no Mori. In addition, the shrine name references the area's early inhabitants, the Kamo clan, many of whom continue to live near the shrine their ancestors traditionally served.
Shimogamo Shrine is dedicated to the veneration of Tamayori-hime (玉依姫; lit., the spirit-inviting maiden) and her father, Kamo Taketsunomi (賀茂建角身). Tamayori-hime is the mother of Kamo Wakeikazuchi (賀茂別雷; the thunder-divider of Kamo), who was sired by Honoikazuchi-no-mikoto (火雷神; the God of Fire and Thunder).[5][6] Kamigamo Shrine, the other of the two Kamo shrines of Kyoto, is dedicated to Kamo Wakeikazuchi. These kami are variously associated with thunder.
-wikipedia
location : Shisen-do ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 詩仙堂
Please take a look at my Shisendo albumn
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Shisen-dō (詩仙堂) is a Buddhist temple of the Sōtō Zen sect in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is registered as a historic site of Japan. It stands on the grounds of its founder, the Edo period intellectual Ishikawa Jōzan (1583–1672), who established the temple in 1641.
A room in the main temple displays portraits of thirty-six Chinese poets. The selection of the poets was based on the opinion of Hayashi Razan. The portraits were executed by Kanō Tan'yū. This and some other parts of the building date to the time of Ishikawa Jōzan.
The temple's gardens are considered masterworks of Japanese gardens. One of them includes a device called a sōzu, a type of shishi-odoshi designed to scare away wild animals such as deer by making a loud noise. Water trickles into a bamboo tube, and when it reaches a certain level, it upsets the balance of the tube. The tube tips over on a pivot, discharging the water, and turns upright, striking a rock and emitting a loud clapping noise. About this sound This link (help·info) plays a recording of the sōzu at Shisen-dō.
-wikipedia
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This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited.
location : Ninna-ji temple ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 仁和寺 宸殿北庭 （江戸/池泉回遊式庭園）
Ninna-ji Temple was founded in 888 by the 59th emperor, Emperor Uda. It was designated a World Heritage Site in 1994, and is home to Japanese national treasures and several important cultural properties. The temple is now the headquarters of the Omuro School of the Shingon Sect of Buddhism. The headquarters of the nationally known Omuro School of Flower Arrangement is also housed at the temple.
- Ninna-ji Official English Blog
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This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited
Horai-no- niwa Garden ( the garden of Horai)designed by modern landscapte architect Mirei Shigemori
location: Matsuno-o Taisha , Kyoto city , Kyoto prefecture, Japan
京都 嵐山 松尾大社 松風苑 蓬莱の庭
locaiton : Konpuku-ji temple,Kyoto city,Kyotoprefecture,Japan
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Kyoto Manshuin Dry Landscape Garden ( 1656- /Edo period )
( Kobori Ensyu Style garden)
京都 曼殊院門跡 書院庭園 亀島
小堀遠州好みの庭(江戸時代/ 枯山水)
location : Manshu-in Monzeki temple,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
location : Hachimanbori Canal
,Omihachiman city,Shiga prefecture,Japan]
近江八幡 八幡堀
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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.
Machination, 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
- Japan National Tourism Organization
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
禅。この言葉が拡大解釈されるようになって久しい。例えば日本式庭園という言葉の「日本式」＝Japanese。 この語彙そのものが「禅」という概念として捉えられていたり、或いは単純さ＝simplicityイコール禅と捉えられていたり、本来私達日本人が持つ概念とは少しかけ離れているように思う。
私は日本人として、本来の禅の意味するところを表現したい。
だが、禅寺や禅庭にあっていつも戸惑う。
- その空気感と閑寂さ、侘寂。真剣に対峙していく程にその表現は難しい。。- Masako.I ( handle name Maco-nonch★R on Flickr/macononch2 on Instagram)
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location :Kitano -tenmangu Shrine ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 北野天満宮
In the precincts we can see lots of dedicated lanterns on which the plum motif and the names of dedicators who prays ( or prayed) humbly for peace,health,longevity,safety, academic achievement..e.g... .They are all lit up in the evening and offers a glow that's atmospheric and religious. And the softly light heals me anytime.
Thank you for your interest and seeing my photo.
Masako Ishida ( maco-nonch★R)
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The shrine was first built in 947 to appease the angry spirit of bureaucrat, scholar and poet Sugawara no Michizane, who had been exiled as a result of political maneuvers of his enemies in the Fujiwara clan.
The shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early Heian period. In 965, Emperor Murakami ordered that Imperial messengers be sent to report important events to the guardian kami of Japan. These messenger, called heihaku, were initially presented to 16 shrines;and in 991, Emperor Ichijō added three more shrines to Murakami's list — including Kitano. -wikipeia
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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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Location : Rozanji Temple ,Kyoto city, Kyoto Prefecture,Japan
Rozanji Temple and Site of the residence of Lady Murasaki
One of the renowns in the world
源氏物語執筆地 紫式部邸宅址 廬山寺
Lady Murasaki, who in known as the most ancient great novelist in the world, lived all her life here in the precincts of this Rozanji Temple.
Her great grandfather ,Load Fujiwara Kanesuke,built a mansion wchich was known as the mansion of the Tsutsumi chunagon,and it was here that she was brought up,led a blissful wedded life, gave birth to an only child a girl Katako and finally in 1031ended her days at the age of about 59.
Almost all her numerous literary writings ,including the most famous “ The Tale of Genji”and “Lady Murasaki’s Diaries” ware produced at this mansion. Thus the site has become a prominent place in the world’s literary history, and it may well be proud of being the birth place of literature of the world.
The Rozanji Temple was built in the year 938 on a hill called Funaokayama situated at the northern outskirts of Kyoto by a great Buddhist priest of eminent sanctity,Ganzan-Daishi 元三大師良源（慈恵大師）. It is one of the four temples,each of which had an “okurodo”（御黒戸）These temple belonged directly to the Imperial Court as dose the Rozanji Temple even today.
Its main temple and the other edifices were reconstructed in obedience to the Imperial command of Emperor Kokaku.Thay stand now as a momument to the last buildings constructed under the Imperial command.
Every year on the 2nd or 3rd of February, called the day of Setsubun,an old time court ceremony of driving out the demons is held at the temple.This seremony is famous as one of the annual traditions in Kyoto.
- Rozanji Temple
location : Kyoyochi Pond ,Ryoanji temple , Kyoto city , Kyoto Prefecture ,Japan
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 mandarin ducks since then.
京都 龍安寺 鏡容池
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Ryōan-ji (Shinjitai: 竜安寺, Kyūjitai: 龍安寺, The Temple of the Dragon at Peace) is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Myōshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism. The Ryōan-ji garden is considered one of the finest surviving examples of kare-sansui ("dry landscape"),a refined type of Japanese Zen temple garden design generally featuring distinctive larger rock formations arranged amidst a sweep of smooth pebbles (small, carefully selected polished river rocks) raked into linear patterns that facilitate meditation. The temple and its gardens are listed as one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, and as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The site of the temple was an estate of the Fujiwara family in the 11th century. The first temple, the Daiju-in, and the still existing large pond were built in that century by Fujiwara Saneyoshi. In 1450, Hosokawa Katsumoto, another powerful warlord, acquired the land where the temple stood. He built his residence there, and founded a Zen temple, Ryōan-ji. During the Ōnin War between the clans, the temple was destroyed. Hosokawa Katsumoto died in 1473. In 1488, his son, Hosokawa Matsumoto, rebuilt the temple.
The temple served as a mausoleum for several emperors. Their tombs are grouped together in what are today known as the "Seven Imperial Tombs" at Ryōan-ji. The burial places of these emperors -- Uda, Kazan, Ichijō, Go-Suzaku, Go-Reizei, Go-Sanjō, and Horikawa—would have been comparatively humble in the period after their deaths. These tombs reached their present state as a result of the 19th century restoration of imperial sepulchers (misasagi) which were ordered by Emperor Meiji.
There is controversy over who built the garden and when. Most sources date the garden to the second half of the 15th century.[3] According to some sources, the garden was built by Hosokawa Katsumoto, the creator of the first temple of Ryōan-ji, between 1450 and 1473. Other sources say it was built by his son, Hosokawa Masamoto, in or around 1488. Some say that the garden was built by the famous landscape painter and monk, Sōami (died 1525),.but this is disputed by other authors.Some sources say the garden was built in the first half of the 16th century.[7] Other authors say the garden was probably built much later, during the Edo Period, between 1618 and 1680.[6] There is also controversy over whether the garden was built by monks, or by professional gardeners, called kawaramono, or a combination of the two. One stone in the garden has the name of two kawaramono carved into it.
The conclusive history, though, based on documentary sources, is as follows: Hosokawa Katsumoto (1430-1473), deputy to the shogun, founded in 1450 the Ryoan-ji temple, but the complex was burnt down during the Onin War. His son Masamoto rebuilt the temple at the very end of the same century. It is not clear whether any garden was constructed at that time facing the main hall. First descriptions of a garden, clearly describing one in front of the main hall, date from 1680-1682. It is described as a composition of nine big stones laid out to represent Tiger Cubs Crossing the Water. As the garden has fifteen stones at present, it was clearly different from the garden that we see today. A great fire destroyed the buildings in 1779, and rubble of the burnt buildings was dumped in the garden. Garden writer and specialist Akisato Rito (died c. 1830) redid the garden completely on top of the rubble at the end of the eighteenth century and published a picture of his garden in his Celebrated Gardens and Sights of Kyoto (Miyako rinsen meisho zue) of 1799, showing the garden as it looks today. One big stone at the back was buried partly; it has two first names carved in it, probably names of untouchable stone workers, so called kawaramono. There is no evidence of Zen monks having worked on the garden, apart from the raking of the sand,
Ryōan-ji (jap. 龍安寺, dt. „Tempel des zur Ruhe gekommenen Drachen“) ist ein 1499 gegründeter Zen-Tempel im Nordwesten der japanischen Stadt Kyōto in deren Stadtbezirk Ukyō.
Erbaut wurde er 1450 von Hosokawa Katsumoto, einem hohen Staatsbeamten der Muromachi-Zeit, auf einem Grundstück, das ursprünglich der Fujiwara-Familie als Landsitz diente. Seit 1994 gehört er zusammen mit anderen Stätten zum UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe Historisches Kyōto (Kyōto, Uji und Ōtsu). Der Tempel gehört zur größten Schule des Rinzai-Zen mit dem Muttertempel Myōshin-ji.
Hauptattraktion des Tempels ist der hier befindliche und wohl berühmteste Zen-Garten Japans, der Hojo-Teien im Kare-san-sui-Stil aus der Mitte des 15. Jahrhunderts. Der Garten besteht aus einer Fläche (30 mal 10 Meter) aus fein gerechtem Kies mit 15 scheinbar zufällig platzierten Steinen in 5 bemoosten Gruppen. Aus keinem Blickwinkel sind alle 15 Steine sichtbar. Die südliche und westliche Seite des Gartens ist von einer rötlichen Mauer gesäumt, über welcher der Blick auf die Bäume und Sträucher des begehbaren Gartens fällt. Auf der nördlichen Seite befindet sich das Tempelgebäude mit der Sitzterrasse, von der aus man den Steingarten überschaut. Die umgebende Mauer ist mit ölgetränktem Mörtel erbaut worden. Im Laufe der Jahrhunderte ist das Öl aus dem Stein ausgetreten und hat so das charakteristische Muster auf dem Stein hinterlassen.
Zur Tempelanlage gehört auch ein großer Teich, der auf eine allererste Tempelgründung an dieser Stelle im 10. Jahrhundert zurückgeht. In der Mitte des Teiches befindet sich eine kleine, begehbare Insel mit einem Schrein, der der Gottheit Benzaiten gewidmet ist.
Ryōan-ji (龍安寺 o 竜安寺 El templo del dragón tranquilo y pacífico) es un templo Zen situado en Kioto, Japón. Forma parte del conjunto de Monumentos históricos de la antigua Kioto (ciudades de Kioto, Uji y Otsu) declarados Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco en el año 1994. El templo fue creado por la escuela Myoshinji de los Rinzai, pertenecientes al Budismo Zen.
Dentro de este templo existe uno de los karesansui (jardines secos) más famosos del mundo, construido a finales del siglo XV, en torno al 1488. El creador de este jardín no dejó ninguna explicación sobre su significado, por lo que durante siglos ha sido un misterio descubrir el verdadero sentido o el porqué de su gran belleza.
Se trata de un jardín rectangular construido frente al edificio principal. La composición utiliza arena rastrillada, musgo, y rocas. Existe un predominio de formas alargadas colocadas en paralelo a la posición del edificio.
Los tres lados restantes están cerrados por muros, lo que junto a la línea inferior de la plataforma desde la que se debe contemplar el edificio, permite acotar la visión del jardín en un marco longitudinal
El jardín se ubica frente al salón Hojo, en el extremo sur, como una extensión del salón perteneciente al abad.
En total hay 15 piedras dispuestas en 3 grandes grupos. El primero comprende las 3 rocas de más a la derecha. El segundo, las 5 siguientes, y el tercero, las 7 restantes. En cada grupo destaca una piedra mayor que las demás. El musgo se utiliza como base de algunos grupos para dar unidad.
Existe una idea de movimiento, según miramos los grupos de derecha a izquierda, se van volviendo cada vez más dispersos, hasta llegar a las últimas dos piedras que no tienen musgo. No se puede ver todo de un sólo vistazo, hay que ir moviendo la vista.
El árbol oculto
Durante muchos años se pensó que la mejor interpretación del sentido de la disposición de las piedras en el jardín era el de una especie de Tigre cruzando un río. En el 2002, unos científicos de la Universidad de Kioto utilizaron ordenadores para buscar formas usando la disposición de las zonas vacías del jardín en vez de la disposición de las piedras. El resultado es que encontraron el patrón de un árbol escondido dentro de la estructura del jardín. Dicen que por eso es tan placentero presenciar el jardín, nuestro subconsiciente capta el patrón del árbol sin que lo notemos.
El mismo equipo de investigación probó moviendo algunas piedras de forma aleatoria y vieron que enseguida se perdía la armonía de la configuración inicial. Por ello creen que la construcción del jardín está muy bien pensada y no es un acto de la casualidad.
Ryōan-ji (竜安寺 / 龍安寺, littéralement « Temple du repos du dragon ») est un monastère zen situé dans le Nord-Ouest de Kyōto, construit au xvie siècle, à l'époque de Muromachi. Il fait partie du Patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO, étant l'un des monuments historiques de l'ancienne Kyoto. Le temple appartient à l'école Myōshin-ji de la branche rinzai du bouddhisme zen. Le site du temple appartenait à l’origine au clan Fujiwara.
Le monastère a été fondé en 1450 par Hosokawa Katsumoto. Détruit lors de la guerre d'Onin par un incendie, il est rebâti par son fils, Hosokawa Masamoto, à partir de 1488. Après un nouvel incendie en 1797, le monastère est profondément remanié.
Pour beaucoup, le nom du temple évoque son célèbre jardin de pierres, de style karesansui, qui est considéré comme l’un des chefs-d’œuvre de la culture zen japonaise.
Le jardin a été construit à la fin du XVe siècle ou au début du xvie siècle, entre 1499 et 1507. Sa superficie est d'environ 200 mètres carrés. Il est entouré au sud et à l'ouest d'un muret couvert d'un toit de tuile, à l'est d'un autre muret, et au nord d'une véranda en bois derrière laquelle se trouve le hōjō (les appartements du supérieur du monastère). À l'extérieur se trouvent des érables et des pins rouges qui n'étaient sans doute pas présents à l'origine. La construction sur un terrain plat est une nouveauté à l'époque. Quinze pierres, entourées de mousse, y sont disposées en groupes, d'est en ouest, de cinq, de deux, de trois, de deux puis de trois. Le petit nombre de pierres est aussi une nouveauté par rapport aux autres jardins secs de la même période : celui du Daisen-in par exemple en compte plus de cents, sur une surface deux fois plus petite. Le jardin de pierres du Ryoanji appartient à la catégorie des « jardins de néant » (mutei).
La paternité du jardin a été attribuée diversement à Hosokawa Katsumoto ou au peintre Sōami. Ces attributions sont probablement légendaires. Sur l'une des pierres du jardin sont gravés les noms de deux kawaromono (ja) (une sorte d'intouchables japonais) : Kotarō et Hiko jirō. On sait par ailleurs qu'un Kotarō et un Hikojirō ont travaillé au jardin du Shōsenken (au monastère Shōkokuji) dans les années 1490-1491. Aussi ces deux personnes pourraient bien être les véritables auteurs du jardin de pierres du Ryoanji.
Les pierres ont été disposées de telle sorte qu’il ne soit pas possible de voir les quinze pierres à la fois, d’où que se trouve l’observateur5.
Le jardin se compose simplement d’un lit de fins graviers de kaolin harmonieusement ratissés. Le kaolin ratissé symbolise l’océan, les rochers les montagnes.
- wikipedia
I really adore smooth surface of this pond.. it's amazingly beautiful..
location : Kobe Harbour ,Kobe city,Hyogo prefecture,Japan
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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, Hyogo 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.
When shooting/visiting here, I always think about Kobe's reconstruction following the Great Hanshin earthquake.
ƒ/11.0 22.0 mm 20sec ISO100 manual exposure/focus
2017:12:16 23:30
-maco-nonch★R
名木 黒木の梅
locatiion : Kyoto Gyoen National Park
（Kyoto Imperial Palace Park）
Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都御苑
( The Kyoto Gyoen is a verdant spot in the middle of Kyoto city,filled with trees and other plants. Apart from the Kyoto Imperial Palace and the Sento Impereial Palace.The park is 700mertres wide East to West and 1300 metres North to South ,covering approximately 65hectares. )
Thank you so much for viewing my photos..
I wish you all a pleasant weekend ..*** :)
location : Jonan-gu Shrine , Kyoto city ,Kyoto Prefecture,Japan
京都 城南宮 楽水苑 室町の庭
Kyoto Jonan-gu The Garden of Muromachi
, designed by master gardener Kinsaku NAKANE中根金作.
Canon EOS M5 / EF-M22mm f/2 STM
ƒ/9.0 22.0 mm 1/100sec ISO100/all manaul/no editing
Euphorbia adenochioras blooming in cluster
location : Lake Biwa
Euphorbia adenochiora is a rare plant belonging to the euphorbia family ,and listed by Environment Agency on its Red List of Threatened Species. 準絶滅危惧種
This time I do not dare to publish the detailed place/location in terms of environment preservation.
Lake Biwa ( Biwako)
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 Lake Tanganyika,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.
This lake is also considered a sacred natural environment, a home to over 50 unique species of flora and fauna. Its name appears many times over in historical accounts as a popular stopping point on overland travel routes, and the area has numerous historical sites, including ancient shrines, temples, and castle remains. The famous haiku poet of the Edo period, Matsuo Basho, wrote many poem about Lake Biwa.
Thank you for your interest and seeing my photo.
Masako Ishida ( maco-nonch★R)
Canon EOS M5/EF-M18-150mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM
ƒ/5.6 50.0 mm 1/125se ISO100/all manual
Note : Later due to the heavy rain,this place ( marsh)was completely
covered with a layer of water .So at present these plants are mostly hidden under the muddy water and it can be inferred that we will see the extent of different types of plants around here soon...( 15th April,2018 )
location : Toji-in temple ,Kyoto city, Kyoto prefecture,Japan
Fuyo-ti pond (Toji-in Garden on north side of hojo) and Tea House 'Seirentei'
designed by Soseki Muso
等持院 方丈北庭の芙蓉池と茶室「清漣亭」
（江戸時代 / 池泉回遊式庭園/作庭: 夢窓国師）
Toji-in was founded in 1341 by Lord Ashikaga as a family temple 足利氏の菩提寺, under supervision of priest Soseki Muso 夢窓疎石 who was then one of the most famous landscape gardener (and who later founded Tenryu-ji). The garden of Toji-in 等持院 is one of the few surviving gardens designed by Soseki.
The main garden is divided in two parts. The western one is closest to the main hall and organized around the winding pond. slightly above the garden is a well known tea house 'Seiren-tei' 清漣亭. The second, eastern part of the garden has taller trees and is thus much darker. It is a place of moss and maple trees. South of the main hall is another smaller garden, of the "dry landscape" type (karesansui).
Toji-in is located right south of the Ritsumeikan University 立命館大学 which is one of the major campus in Kyoto.
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
location : Shisen-do ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
雪の京都 詩仙堂
Please take a look at my Shisendo albumn
www.flickr.com/photos/masakoishida_macononch/albums/72157...
Shisen-dō (詩仙堂) is a Buddhist temple of the Sōtō Zen sect in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is registered as a historic site of Japan. It stands on the grounds of its founder, the Edo period intellectual Ishikawa Jōzan (1583–1672), who established the temple in 1641.
A room in the main temple displays portraits of thirty-six Chinese poets. The selection of the poets was based on the opinion of Hayashi Razan. The portraits were executed by Kanō Tan'yū. This and some other parts of the building date to the time of Ishikawa Jōzan.
The temple's gardens are considered masterworks of Japanese gardens. One of them includes a device called a sōzu, a type of shishi-odoshi designed to scare away wild animals such as deer by making a loud noise. Water trickles into a bamboo tube, and when it reaches a certain level, it upsets the balance of the tube. The tube tips over on a pivot, discharging the water, and turns upright, striking a rock and emitting a loud clapping noise. About this sound This link (help·info) plays a recording of the sōzu at Shisen-dō.
-wikipedia
Canon EOS M5 EF-M22mm f/2 STM
ƒ/9.0 22.0 mm 1/80sec ISO100 manual exposure/manual focus/handheld / no crop
This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited.
Thank you for you interest and seeing my photo:)
A view from Tofukuji Tsuten-kyo Bridge 京都 東福寺 通天橋からの眺め
location : Tofukuji Temple ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
- taken with an old Japanese lens
Canon EOS M5/ K ＆Ｆ Concept M42- EOS M ( M42 screw mount)/ Super-Takumar 1.4/50 / f 1.4 50mm 1/320sec ISO100 / all manual /no editing
location : Shisen-do ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 詩仙堂
Please take a look at my Shisendo albumn
www.flickr.com/photos/masakoishida_macononch/albums/72157...
Shisen-dō (詩仙堂) is a Buddhist temple of the Sōtō Zen sect in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is registered as a historic site of Japan. It stands on the grounds of its founder, the Edo period intellectual Ishikawa Jōzan (1583–1672), who established the temple in 1641.
A room in the main temple displays portraits of thirty-six Chinese poets. The selection of the poets was based on the opinion of Hayashi Razan. The portraits were executed by Kanō Tan'yū. This and some other parts of the building date to the time of Ishikawa Jōzan.
The temple's gardens are considered masterworks of Japanese gardens. One of them includes a device called a sōzu, a type of shishi-odoshi designed to scare away wild animals such as deer by making a loud noise. Water trickles into a bamboo tube, and when it reaches a certain level, it upsets the balance of the tube. The tube tips over on a pivot, discharging the water, and turns upright, striking a rock and emitting a loud clapping noise. About this sound This link (help·info) plays a recording of the sōzu at Shisen-dō.
-wikipedia
Canon EOS M5 / EF-M11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM/ƒ/11.0 11.0 mm 1/80sec ISO100 / 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)
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
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location : Jakko-in TempleKyoto city , Kyoto prefecture ,Japan
京都 大原 寂光院
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
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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
When visiting here,I always feel something to close to awe that I can not express well...
location : Kyoto Kochidani (northern area of Ohara) Amidaji temple,Kyoto city .Kyoto prefecture,Japan
即身仏（ミイラ仏/ 京都で唯一ここのみ）弾誓上人のお寺
京都大原 古知谷 光明山法国院 阿弥陀寺
ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E5%BC%A5%E9%99%80%E5%AF%BA_( in Japanese)
The temple belongs to the Pure Land of Jodo-shu Sect of Buddhism,crowned with the mountain name of Kochidani-Komyozan古知谷光明山.
The high priest Tanzei 弾誓 established the temple in 1609 as a training hall for sutra chanting.The priest was born in present Aichi Prefecture and entered priesthood at age of 9. He journeyed during his training before he settled down here.
The priest "became a Buddha in his own body ( starved himself to death) " in 1613 in the age of 63.
His mummified remains ,now deified were placed in a coffin and enshrined even today in the founder's cave in the far back of main hall. The statue of priest Tanzei is said to be have been created by the priest himself using his own hair and it referred to as the "revered statue with hair" It is placed in the main hall as the principal deity. The sitting statue of Amitabha Tathagata (Important Cultural Asset) is enshrined in the temple's treasure house along with invaluable items donated by Imperial relatives.
A stone cavern called Chozen-kutsu澄禅窟 is located on the top of the mountain in the back ,where the high priest Chozen 澄禅 came to this temple as he deeply admired the virtuous late priest Tanzai.
- Amidaji temple
Canon EOS M5/ EF-M18-150mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM /
ƒ/8.0 34.0 mm 1/8sec ISO200 /all manual (no editing)
/handheld
Zen Garden ”Jugyu no niwa"- Garden of Ten Bulls"
location : Enkouji temple ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 圓光寺 十牛の庭
Canon EOS M5/ EF-M22mm f/2 STM/ƒ/8.0 22.0 mm 1/60sec ISO400/ manual exposure/auto white balance/manual focus/no editing
This temple has an explicit no-tripod policy, so tripods, including monopods, are usually prohibited .
a view from Mt.Daisen - a volcanic mountain with an elevation of over 1,700m
location : Daisen White Resort , Tottori Prefecture,Japan
( using short carver skis without ski poles to control my speed and protect my camera gears )
location : Shoren-in temple.Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 青蓮院門跡 相阿弥の庭
Shōren-in (青蓮院) is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. Also known as the Awata Palace, it was built in the late 13th century. Shinran Shonin, the founder of the Jodo Shinshu pure land sect, was ordained a monk at Shōren-in at the age of nine.
Shōren-in was formerly the temple of the imperial abbot of the Tendai headquarters on Mount Hiei; the abbot was required to be chosen from the imperial family or high court aristocracy. After the Great Kyoto Fire of 1788, it was used as a temporary imperial palace. The main hall was rebuilt in 1895.
-wikipedia
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This garden featuring artificial hills and spring is created at the base of Mt. Awata and said to have been designed by Soami 相阿弥 during the Muromachi era.
In the right side is a semicircular stone bridge known as Koryu-no-hashi 跨龍橋which is built from two types of granites.
Located at the centre is a big stone.its shape resemble an appearance of the back of a dragon bathing in the pond closely.
So this pond is called Ryujin-no-ike that means "the pond of Dragon" as the shape .
Thank you for your interest and seeing my photo :)
Canon EOS M5/
EF-M18-150mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM/ƒ/5.6 18.0 mm 1/80sec ISO200 / all manual
location : Tofukuji temple eastern garden "Hokuto-no-Niwa" garden (one of the Hasso Garden of Tofukuji temple")
The stones represent the Seven Stars of the Great Bear.
重森三玲 作庭 東福寺 本坊庭園 東庭 「北斗の庭」
created by Mirei Shigemori
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirei_Shigemori
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* Tofuku-ji’s Hojo “Hasso”Garden
The Hojo ( Abbot’s Hall)was rebuild in 1890 and its surrounding garden were designed in 1939 by landscape sculptor Shigemori Mirei.(1896-1975).
Tofuku-ji is the only temple in which gardens circumscribe all 4 sides of the Hojo.
A symphony of tradition and abstractionism of modern art and regarded as a fine example of contemporary Zen garden, Shigemori's debut success has been widely introduced to the world. The 4 surrounding gardens that make up the "Hasso" gaden represent "Hasso-dojo" (the Buddhas life),namely,"Horai""Hojo""Eiju""Kyoyo","Hakkai","Gozan","Seiden","Ichimatsu" and "Hokutoshichisei".
The northern garden is composed of a cluster of 4 giant rocks symbolizing the 4 Elysian islands :"Horai","Hojo","Eijyu"and"Koryo",on a bed of swirling raked-gravels that symbolizes"Hakkai" (the 8 rough sea)
To the west,five moss-covered mounts symbolize "Gozan"( the 5 sacred mountains)
The western garden is a juxtaposition of squarely trimmed azalea shrubs planted against square field of white gravels to reflect its name "Seiden-ichimatsu" ,an ancient Chinese way of land division in the manner of the Chinese character"sei".
The Northern Garden uses foundation rocks from the Omote-mon(front gate) and moss to manifest an irregular checkered field of green.It ingeniously embodies the colorful autumn foliage of the Sengyokukan ravine for a scenic background.
The Eastern Garden ,also named "Hokuto-no-niwa".distributes the temple's foundation pillars amidst a bed of gravels to illustrate Hokuto Shichisei(the Great Bear constellation) - Tofukuji Temple
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
Canon EOS M5 /EF-M11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM/ ƒ/8.0 11.0 mm 1/100sec ISO320 /all manual
location :Kitano tenmangu ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 北野天満宮 西陣織三十六歌仙の額と紅梅
今年は梅の開花が遅く咲いているのはこの紅梅と雲龍ぐらい。白梅は蕾のまま、まとまって開花している枝は皆無でした。
今年は本格的に楽しめるのは3月に入ってからになりそうです。
The pictures in the background are the ones of the 36 immortal poets ,which are all made of Nishijin silk fabrics.
The shrine was first built in 947 to appease the angry spirit of bureaucrat, scholar and poet Sugawara no Michizane, who had been exiled as a result of political maneuvers of his enemies in the Fujiwara clan.
The shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early Heian period. In 965, Emperor Murakami ordered that Imperial messengers be sent to report important events to the guardian kami of Japan. These messenger, called heihaku, were initially presented to 16 shrines;and in 991, Emperor Ichijō added three more shrines to Murakami's list — including Kitano. -wikipeia
Canon EOS M5/EF-M18-150mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM / ƒ/9.0 57.0 mm 1/50sec ISO250 / all manual
location : Sanzen-in (三千院)temple Kyoto city ,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
Yusei-en garden(有清園) and main hall
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.
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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
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京都 錦市場と錦天満宮
Nishiki Market Street
Kyoto's energetic, busy kitchen for more than 400 years
Just one street north of Shijo, lies Kyoto's famous Nishiki market street. Also known as "Kyoto's Kitchen", Nishiki developed more than 400 years ago. Today, this covered 400-meter-long, stone paved lane is home to nearly 150 shops selling every conceivable Japanese food item you could imagine: everything from fresh fish, vegetables, tofu (all kinds) and dry goods, to boiled fish paste, pickled vegetables, sweets and seaweed. The exotic foods displayed in traditional style, the incredible aromas, the colorful faces of the merchants and their ringing shouts of welcome and promotion all make a stroll down Nishiki a market adventure.
For dedicated creators of Japanese traditional cuisine, especially kaiseki (Kyoto haute cuisine), ingredients made or grown in Kyoto are the best. Kyoto vegetables or kyoyasai are a group of vegetables that are unique to Kyoto. Today, there are over 30 varieties of kyoyasai. Given the deep, true flavor of kyoyasai, the chefs of top-class traditional-style restaurants throughout Japan prefer to order their best vegetables from Kyoto.
At the east end of Nishiki Market, stands Nishiki Tenmangu Shrine. The deity of the shrine is Sugawara Michizane, a gifted scholar and poet in the Heian period (794-1185). The shrine is popular with the local people as a place to pray for good luck and academic achievement. The shrine's well continues to produce some of the clearest and purest water in Kyoto.
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and the Saigyo-zakura ( the cherry trees in the centre of this image)
location :Shoji-ji temple ( Oshioyama mountain)Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 小塩山勝持寺 西行桜（中央）
謡曲「西行桜」の桜です。
Shoji-ji temple is an an ancient Buddhist temple belonging to the Tendai Sect located at the foot of the Nishiyama mountain range Mt.Oshio ,Nishikyo Ward,Kyoto city .(Generally this area is called Oharano 大原野）
The temple was founded under the order of the Emperor Tenmu天武天皇 in the year 679.So It is said that the history predates that of Kyoto itself.
This temple has been famous for its cherry blossoms since ancient times.So it's called "the Temple of Flowers"花の寺.
＊Saigyo-zakura (Saigyo's Cherry tree)西行桜 and "the Temple of Flowers"花の寺＊＊
In 1140 a samurai Yoshikiyo SATO佐藤兵衛義清 left his home and entered priesthood here. After that he changed his name, called himself Saigyo西行(1118-1190) meaning Western Journey.Later as his own name, monk Saigyo took a long poetic journey and there composed about 11,000 Waka poetries,that made him famous for one of the best poets in Japan. He especially loved the moon and cherry blossoms and wrote lots of Waka poetries about them.
Once he build a hermitage here and planted a cherry tree. He loved his cherry trees so much.
His hermitage became gradually famous for the beauty of its cherry blossoms and many people visited there. In fact he didn't want to show his beloved cherry tree,he just wanted to enjoy it by himself at first,though, he couldn't turn away the visitors because they traveled great distance ,so he invited them in.
Then he composed a poem expressing that- The beauty of the cherry blossoms attracts people,and that is just the sin of the flowers. ...orz...
Then the spirit of the old cherry tree appeared and took him to some famous placed of beautiful cherry blossoms and performed dance.
The story appears in " Saigyo-zakura",one of the most famous Noh Play written by Zeami.世阿弥(1363-1443).
Hikone castle Genkyu-en Garden 彦根城玄宮園
Hikone-city,Shiga prefecture,Japan
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This is a large castle garden. The pond and garden were constructed by the fourth lord Ii Naooki（井伊直興） in 1677. It was designed and named after the garden of the detached palace belonging to the Chinese emperor, Xuan Song (Tang Period). It is a famous garden, typical of the early Edo Period. - MustLoveJapan : The Video Travel Guide of Japan.
location : Kyoto Sagano Landscape Gardener’s Garden-Touemon Sano ’s garden,Kyoto city, Kyoto prefecture,Japan
佐野藤右衛門邸 枝垂れ桜
「京の桜守り」として有名な佐野藤右衛門の佐野桜畑 (株式会社「植藤造園」）
Toemon Sano is well - known as a landscape gardener (Garden Designer) . He goes by the title of “Sakura-mori”桜守り- “Protector of the cherry blossoms” (Note that names for Touemon 藤右衛門are passed down from generation to generation) and whose family owns and maintains a forest with over 150 varieties of cherry tree, and publish in spring here in Kyoto Sagano.
“Shidare Zakura" at Maruyama Park is now one of the most famous cherry trees in Kyoto.
And the ‘doctor’ of this famous cherry tree is Mr.Touemon Sano called the Sakura-mori. who also has grown cherry trees in Keage Incline in Kyoto, Rostock in Germany and so forth.