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TOUFUKUJI TEMPLE 月輪山を背に立つ臨済宗東福寺派の大本山。京都五山に列せられた大寺院で、約５万坪もの広大な寺域に、２５もの塔頭が立ち並ぶ。関白九条道家が、1236年に祖父・兼実の菩提寺を創建したのに始まる。寺名は東大寺と興福寺にちなんで付けられたものだ。広大な境内には諸堂立ち並び、三門、法堂、仏殿、方丈をはじめ、その多くは国宝や国の重文に指定されている。紅葉の名所としても名高く、洗玉澗に架かる通天橋からの眺めがとくに素晴らしい。 The Hojo was rebuilt in 1890 and its surrounding gardens were designed in 1939 by landscape sculptor Shigemori Mirei.Tofukuji 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'sdebut success has been widely introduced to the world. The 4 surrounding gardens that make up the Hasso Garden represent "Hassojodo", namely, "Horai", "Hojo", "Eiju", "Koryo", "Hakkai", "Gozan", "Seidenichimatsu" and "Hokutoshichisei". The Southern Garden is composed of a cluster of 4 giant rocks symbolizing the 4 Elysian islands:"Horai", "Hojo", "Eiju" and "Koryo", on a bed of swirling raked-gravels that symbolozes "Hakkai". To the west, fibe moss-covered mounts symbolize "Gozan". The Western Garden is a juztaposition of squarely trimmed azalea shrubs planted against square fields of white gravels to reflect its name "Seidenichimatsu", 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 and moss to manifest an irregular checkered field of green. It ingeniously embodies the colorful autumn foliage of the Sengyokukan ravine for a scenic backround. The Eastern Garden, also named "Hokuto-no-niwa", destributes the temple's foundation pillars amidst a bed of gravels to illustrate Hokutoshichisei. |
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