#Yushima Seido

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湯島聖堂

2023.7.2

（またまた前回から続く…）ニコライ堂の後は御茶ノ水駅を挟んで向かい側にある湯島聖堂へ。

こちらは道路より下がったところにあるので、パッと見、大豪邸の塀に囲まれた公園のようで気付きづらいかもしれません。

都心の駅横とは思えない緑の中を進むと想像よりかなり大きい建物が！

湯島聖堂は徳川五代将軍綱吉が上野忍岡にあった孔子廟を今の場所に移したのが始まりで、関東大震災で入徳門などを除き消失、大成殿は昭和10年に伊東忠太氏設計で建てられたそうです。

伊東忠太氏といえば、今年のお正月に行った大倉集古館も設計。屋根にのっている水を吹き上げている龍っぽいのや猫のようなのも妖怪好きの伊東氏がデザインしたそうです。

湯島聖堂の敷地内には巨大な孔子銅像もありました。

雨が降っていたので、次は晴れた日にゆっくり緑も楽しみつつ訪れたいです。

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Yushima seido, Tokyo

May, 1st, 2024

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Yushima-seido, Ochanomizu 御茶ノ水

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Escaped to the quiet of Confucian temple Yushima Seido after the hatsumode crowds at nearby Kanda Myojin shrine, Saturday.

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The 1872 Yushima Seido Exhibition

Ikkei Shosai's ukiyo-e triptych

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Yushima Seidō (湯島聖堂) Tokyo, Japan

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湯島聖堂、文京区、東京、日本 — Yushima Seidō, Bunkyōku, Tōkyō, Japan by Tiphaine Rolland Via Flickr: 2018.03.17

[rayandpenny]

Tokyo - Day 1

first stop the belly of the Japanese beast, Tokyo. After a flight from Macau to Narita, a train ride into the city and our first taste of the subway system we made it to our hotel in Akihabara and set off on a guided walking tour

Akihabara is known as “Electric Town” and it’s the place to go for the latest gadgets, anime and maid cafes... box ticked

Japan has 3 widely practiced religions - Confucianism, Shinto, and Buddhism - but they exist very easily alongside each other, their beliefs blend together and it’s sometimes hard to tell whether you’re at a temple or a shrine. There’s a Japanese saying that you’re “born a Shintoist, live as a Confucian, and die as a Buddhist”. This is the Yushima Seido Confucian temple - easy to tell you’re at a Confucian temple because of the statue of the man himself

these statues are at the Kanda Myojin Shinto shrine... the orange colour is very typical of Shinto, along with the Torii gates (lots more of those later)

our walk took us through the Ameyoko market

and ended at the statue of the Last Samurai in Ueno Park. The Last Samurai was Saigo Takamori, one of the leaders of the Meiji Restoration that ended the Edo period of isolation and restored imperial rule (1868 for the history buffs). He later distanced himself from the government over their refusal to declare war on Korea and established a miltary academy in Kogoshima that became a power base for other disaffected Samurai. The Meiji government then attacked the Samurai, defeating them at the Battle of Shiroyama in 1877. Legend has it that Saigo committed seppuku (ritual suicide) after being wounded on the battlefield. So not Tom Cruise after all...

after a (surprisingly reasonably priced) lunch we went to the Buddhist temple at Senso ji

but you’ve got to wonder who designed this on the roof of the nearby Asahi brewery... it’s billed as the “Golden Flame” but is known locally as the “Golden Poo”. Tokyo Skytree in the background

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Japan trip photo dump

Pics in order

Shot of one of many buildings in Akihabara

Pokémon taiyaki bag

Magikarp Taiyaki

How taiyaki is made

Yushima Seido historical site

[japanthis]

What does Kanda mean?

History of Kanda Shrine

神田 Kanda (holy rice paddies, Batman!) What does Kanda mean? (Short Version) 神田 Kanda means something like “holy rice field” or “field of the gods.” You can find places all over Japan that use the same characters (with various pronunciations) that derive from this meaning. In short, these place names are references to special agricultural spaces which originally produced food for shrines connected…

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Tokyo sketch 30 por sakamichi-66 Via Flickr: Yushima Seido （Temple of Confucius）in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo.

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Yushima seido, Tokyo

November, 13th, 2016

[artjapan]

Shino Yanai “Praying for Tokyo–Well Temperament”

Shino Yanai “Praying for Tokyo–Well Temperament” at Yushima Seido Media: Installation (2021-08-02 - 2021-08-10)

Up-and-coming artist Shino Yanai sees the space of Yushima Seido as a place of sound. Yanai’s production studio is located near the Olympic Stadium in London, and her observation of the surrounding environment and human behavior has inspired recent work. “Well-Tempered” is taken from the English name of Bach’s “The Well-tempered Clavier”. In this project, Yanai adopts the word “良律 (pronounced “liáng lǜ”)”, the Chinese translation of “well-tempered”, to create an installation that brings us to consider the meaning of “well-tempered” by overlaying the harmonic tones sought by musicians with the current social situation. Venue: Yushima Seido, Seibu (Corridor)

from TAB Events - Most Popular https://www.tokyoartbeat.com/event/2021/F8BD

Shino Yanai “Praying for Tokyo–Well Temperament” at Yushima Seido Media: Installation (2021-08-02 - 2021-08-10)

Up-and-coming artist Shino Yanai sees the space of Yushima Seido as a place of sound. Yanai’s production studio is located near the Olympic Stadium in London, and her observation of the surrounding environment and human behavior has inspired recent work. “Well-Tempered” is taken from the English name of Bach’s “The Well-tempered Clavier”. In this project, Yanai adopts the word “良律 (pronounced “liáng lǜ”)”, the Chinese translation of “well-tempered”, to create an installation that brings us to consider the meaning of “well-tempered” by overlaying the harmonic tones sought by musicians with the current social situation. Venue: Yushima Seido, Seibu (Corridor)

https://www.tokyoartbeat.com//media/event/2021/F8BD-80 via Art Japan

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湯島堂🇯🇵Yushima Seido used to be a school in the edo period🎓 #tokyi#sightseeing #edo#edoperiod #tokugawa #mensstyle #lifstyle #trip#architecturephotography #archtecture #culture#phitography (Yushima Seidō)

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100 Views of Tokyo（31〜35）

31景  さぼうる/神田 Sabouru/Kanda

32景  ニコライ堂 /神田 Nicholai-do/Kanda

33景  猫八/根津  Nekohachi/Nezu

34景  万世橋/神田 Manseibashi Bridge/Kanda

35景  湯島聖堂/湯島   Yeshiva Seido/Yushima

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Yushima Seidō (湯島聖堂) Tokyo, Japan