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🦴😇GUARDIANS OF THE DEAD🗿🕯️
In 1903 the head priest of Nenbutsu-ji (念仏寺) and neighbouring Fukuden-ji (福田寺) began to gather up stone Buddhist statues from all around the local area.
By the time he was finished they numbered 8000!
#Kyoto #Japan #化野念仏寺 #京都 #Obon
In 1903 the head priest of Nenbutsu-ji (念仏寺) and neighbouring Fukuden-ji (福田寺) began to gather up stone Buddhist statues from all around the local area.
By the time he was finished they numbered 8000!
#Kyoto #Japan #化野念仏寺 #京都 #Obon
From ancient times the poor (and not so poor) abandoned the dead in Adashino (化野), an area that now equates with the stretch of land between Nison-in (二尊院) & Nenbutsu-ji (念仏寺).
By the Heian period it had become 1 of Heian-kyō's 3 Great Crematory Grounds (三大葬地).
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By the Heian period it had become 1 of Heian-kyō's 3 Great Crematory Grounds (三大葬地).
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Relaxing at the spot Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部 ?973-1031?) likely wrote part of 'The Tale of Genji' (源氏物語).
#Kyoto #京都 #Rozanji #廬山寺 #MurasakiShikibu #紫式部 #kyototemples
#Kyoto #京都 #Rozanji #廬山寺 #MurasakiShikibu #紫式部 #kyototemples
The lady herself.
Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部 ?973-1031?), for some reason rendered in gold.
#Kyoto #京都 #Rozanji #廬山寺 #MurasakiShikibu #紫式部 #kyototemples
Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部 ?973-1031?), for some reason rendered in gold.
#Kyoto #京都 #Rozanji #廬山寺 #MurasakiShikibu #紫式部 #kyototemples
Rozan-ji's (廬山寺) 'Genji-no-tei' (源氏庭) was designed in 1965, inspired by Heian period gardens. Kikyō offer the only real colour.
White gravel is shaped into a pattern known as Genji Kumogata (源氏雲形), imitating the gold clouds seen on 'The Tale of Genji' scrolls.
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White gravel is shaped into a pattern known as Genji Kumogata (源氏雲形), imitating the gold clouds seen on 'The Tale of Genji' scrolls.
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