#shokokuji

[thecommaconstellation]

Kanō Tan'yu, Naonobu and Yasunobu, "Monkeys and Kannon", Shokokuji, Kyoto.

[60daysinjapan]

Zen Concrete

[yamada-ryo]

any recommendations for my honeymoon to Japan in July? have about 2 weeks around tokyo and 2 weeks around kyoto

Only listing places I've actually been to, some might be closed when your date(s) of visit so do check.

Tokyo: Shibamata Taishakuten, Tokyo Skytree, Sensoji / Nakamise street, Ueno Park museums, Hokusai Museum, Tokyo-edo museum, Akihabara street, Hijiribashi / Ochanomizu, Yasukuni shrine (controvertial), Tokyo station character street (underground complex), Imperial Palace (guided tour), Tuskiji Fish Market, Ginza street, DiverCity (1:1 Gundam Unicorn), Harajuku street, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Meiji Jingu / Yoyogi park, Nakano Broadway, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku Historical Museum, Suga Shrine (Kimi no Na Wa stairs), Lucky Dragon 5 Museum

Kyoto: Ryoanji, Kinkakuji, Imperial Palace / Kyoto Gyoen, Shokokuji Jotenkaku Museum, Tadasu no Mori, Higashiyama Jishoji, Nijo Castle, Honnouji, Kiyomizudera, Fushimi Inari Taisha (mountain with shrine gates all the way)

I highly recommend visiting Nara / Osaka / Kobe if you're around Kyoto for two weeks and Yokohama / Yokosuka / Saitama / Kamakura for Tokyo. I also recommend you to look up if any anime / manga / media you like is based on real locations and go visit those if you have the chance to.

[dummy-kanji]

Sekitei Garden por mrhayata Por Flickr: Shokoku-ji Temple [MAP]

[chitaka45]

京都 相国寺の池 <蓮> kyoto shokokuji temple <a lotus flwer>

[palakona]

「平成30年2月　豊光寺」 LEICA M-E（Typ220）＋CANON LENS 28mm 1:2.8

[kyotomoyou]

京都 相国寺の紅葉🍁 裏方丈庭園が見ごろ🍰 今日はいっぱい回れました🙌 これから連投だ🐼ふっふっふっ🐢

[japonesices]

<strong>River Valley Zen-Garden / Shokokuji Inner Garden <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/100016856@N08/">by Masako Ishida</a></strong>

location : Shokokuji temple ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan 　 　　　　京都　相国寺　裏方丈庭園（室町時代）

Hojo Inner Garden ( Garden in Ura-Hojo)

In striking contrast to the outer garden,Hojo Innder Garden dips down in front to imply a river valley,with an artificial hill created on the opposite bank. Though located in the heart of a busy city,this garden evokes an air of remote, unpopulated mountains, a metaphor for the rich depths of Satori enlightenment.- Shokoku-ji

Shōkoku-ji was founded in the middle Muromachi period. Initial construction of the central temple structures was begun in 1383, and the entire temple complex was initially dedicated in 1392. In the eighth month of the third year of Meitoku, Yoshimitsu organized a great banquet attended by all the great officers of the Imperial court and the military leaders of that time. The pomp and ceremony of the affair was said to have equaled an Imperial event.

In 1383, the Zen master Shun’oku Myōha (春屋妙葩) (1311–1388) was designated by Yoshimitsu as founding abbot, however, Myōha insisted that the official honor be posthumously accorded to his own teacher, Musō Soseki. The formal decision to grant this posthumous honor was proclaimed in 1385.

The entire temple complex was destroyed by fire in 1394; but reconstruction financed by Yoshimitsu followed soon after. The temple complex has been rebuilt many times over the centuries, notably during the Onin War.

After the Muromachi period, Shōkoku-ji was supported by several national leaders such as Toyotomi Hideyoshi, his son Toyotomi Hideyori, and Tokugawa Ieyasu, all of whom helped finance the temple’s various reconstruction projects. Hideyori financed the 1605 reconstruction of the Hattō (Dharma Hall); and this structure, designated as an Important Cultural Property, is presently the oldest building of its type in Japan. Ieyasu donated the Sanmon (Mountain Gate) in 1609. Emperor Go-Mizunoo donated an imperial palace building to serve as the Kaisando (Founder’s Hall).

Other buildings were reconstructed during this period, but, with the notable exception of the 17th century hatto, the temple complex was largely devastated during the conflagration of 1788.

Shōkoku-ji is one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. Today the temple is headquarters for the Shōkoku-ji branch of Rinzai Zen, with over ninety affiliated temples, including the famous Golden Pavilion and the Silver Pavilion temples in Kyoto.

The Jotenkaku Museum is located in the premises of the temple. -wikipedia

ƒ/8.0 24.0 mm 1/40sec ISO800 IS-off

[fameone]

星谷寺

Zama-shi, Kanagawa

[shinsengumi-archives]

Bakumatsu Era Kyoto

From Illustrated Shinsengumi

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The illustration depicts Kyoto before most of the city was burnt due to the Kinmon Incident (July 19, 1864). Toyotomi Hideyoshi built a palace to enclose the city of Kyoto in order to enhance the defense of the town of Kyoto, but even after more than two hundred years under the Tokugawa administration, a part of the Kamogawa side was lost. Most of them remained old-fashioned until the end of the Edo period.

The characteristic of Kyoto city at the end of the Edo period is the expansion of the clan's residence. Until then, there were more than 200 of his clan's residences in Kyoto, but most of them had only a few clan resident, and in some cases, the house of a servant merchant was called the clan's residence (Kyoyashiki). ..

At the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, when the daimyo took his vassals and moved up and made them stationed in Kyoto as troops, a large clan residence commensurate with that was needed, and it was expanded. Since the center of the city has been a high-density space with townhouses since the Middle Ages, many seek land to the east of the Kamogawa River. In particular, 11 clan such as Kaga clan, Echizen clan, Tokushima clan, and Hikone clan advanced from Shogoin to the Okazaki area. Even if it is in the suburbs, it is an urban area as soon as you cross the Kamo River, and it is probably because the flights to Gosho and Nijo Castle were good. This site later became Okazaki Park, and became a cultural zone where Heian Jingu Shrine and Kyoto City Museum of Art are lined up.

In addition, the Owari clan's residence (currently Kyoto University headquarters) in front of the gate of Hyakumanben Chionji Temple and the Satsuma clan's residence (currently Doshisha University) at Sokokuji are also large-scale clan residences. In addition, the Kyoto Shugoshoku residence (currently the Kyoto Prefectural Government) was also built in the city area. The guardian residence was different from the clan residence in the suburbs, and was built by forcibly relocating a private house.

Kyoto at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate can be described by the word "forest of samurai residences". After the Meiji era, the land of these samurai residences was reborn as a public facility, laying the foundation for modern Kyoto.

(Munehiro Ito, Kyoto City Library of Historical Documents)

Legend

Imperial Palace area (red)

(A) Forbidden Palace, (B) Sento Imperial Palace, (C) Sakaimachi Palace Gate, (D) Hamaguri Palace Gate

Main samurai residences (red)

Nijo Castle

Wakasa Sakai Mansion (Hitotsubashi Yoshinobu Ryokan)

Kyoto Shoshidai's residence

Kuwana Matsudaira Mansion

Yodo Inaba Mansion

Kyoto Shugoshoku Residence

Mito Tokugawa Mansion

Satsuma Shimazu Mansion

Hikone Ii Mansion

Tosa Yamauchi Mansion

Owari Tokugawa Mansion

Aizu Matsudaira Mansion

Morioka South Room

Awa Hachisuka Mansion

Aki Asano Mansion

Echizen Matsudaira Mansion

Hikone Ii Mansion

Tosa Yamauchi Mansion

Kaga Maedayashiki

Hirado Matsuura Mansion

Uto Hosokawa Mansion

Zensho Honda Mansion

Matsushiro Sanada Mansion

Tosa Yamauchi Mansion

Hikone Ii Mansion

Choshu Mori Mansion

Satsuma Shimazu Mansion

Main temples and shrines (black)

Toji Temple

Nishi Honganji Temple

Honkokuji

Mibudera

Myoshinji Temple

Ninnaji Temple

Ryoanji Temple

Toji-in

Kaenji Temple (Kinkakuji Temple)

Daitokuji Temple

Myokaku Temple

Myokenji Temple

Shokokuji Temple

Kamo Gososha (Shimogamo Shrine)

Myomanji Temple

Honnoji

Rokkakudo

Bukkoji Temple

Higashi Honganji Temple

Kikoku House

Tofukuji Temple

Sennyuji Temple

Sanjusangendo

Hokoji Temple

Myohoin

Koyasu Kannon

Kiyomizu Temple

Hokanji Temple (Yasaka Tower)

Kenninji Temple

Gion Shrine

Kodaiji Temple

Gesshin-in

Chion-in

Nanzenji Temple

Konkai Komyoji Temple

Jishoji Temple (Ginkakuji Temple)

Shogoin

Yoshida Shrine

Hyakumanben Chionji Temple

North-south streets (orange)

Onmae-dori

Senbon Street

Omiya Dori

Inokuma-dori

Nishiborikawa-dori

Horikawa-dori

Samegai-dori

Aburanokoji-dori

Saitoin Dori

Shinmachi-dori

Muromachi-dori

Karasuma Dori

Higashinotoin Dori

Takakura-dori

Sakaimachi Dori

Tominokoji-dori

Teramachi-dori

Kawaramachi Dori

East-west streets (purple)

Kuramaguchi-dori

Imadegawa-dori

Ichijo Dori

Shimodachiuri

Marutamachi Dori

Nijo Dori

Oshikoji-dori

Oike-dori

Aneyakoji-dori

Sanjo Dori

Rokkaku-dori

Takoyakushi-dori

Nishikikoji-dori

Shijo-dori

Ayakoji Dori

Bukkoji-dori

Takatsuji dori

Matsubara-dori

Manjuji-dori

Gojo-dori

Rokujo Dori

Shichijo-dori

Shiokoji-dori

Hachijo-dori

Other important places (blue)

Shinsengumi Mibu Headquarters

Shinsengumi Fudodo Headquarters*

Tenmaya

Sarugatsuji

Tankora

Ikedaya

Omiya

Shogunzuka

*The relocation to the Shinsengumi Fudodo Headquarters is in 1867.

[kerovous]

Own picture :  # 311,  相国寺, Shokokuji, October  2019

[colorel11]

© Shokokuji

[argetcross]

A Trip to Kyoto

Isn’t it nice to go to walking with loved ones? 

[jp-manual]

[Youtube動画]相国寺塔頭の一つ、足利八代将軍･足利義政の菩提寺である慈照院を訪れてみました。 (Jisho-in Temple : Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto, Japan)

[arno631]

Jotenkaku museum at Kyoto. Great collection about zen art. #jotenkakumuseum #shokokuji #temple #travelphoto #photography #art #Kyoto #japan #相国寺 #承天閣美術館 #京都 #旅行写真 #写真 #建築 #architecture #japanesegarden (承天閣美術館) https://www.instagram.com/p/Brwm7VDgCCv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1akt7x0957aw4

[palakona]

相国寺の特別拝観に行って来ました。 方丈前庭は「無」を表現しているとのこと。 LEICA M8＋CANON LENS 28mm 1:2.8 #shokokuji #kyoto #japan #oldlens #leicam8 #相国寺 #京都 #オールドレンズ