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#Sanzenin

Plestiodon japonicus at Sanzen-in, Kyoto, in July 2023. OM-1 + M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 Macro.

#Plestiodon #PlestiodonJaponicus #Sanzenin #Kyoto #OM1 #MZuiko60mmF28Macro #MicroFourThirds #Photography

Title: Moonlight at Sanzen-in, Ohara, Kyoto (1949)

Artist: Hasui Kawase

https://www.insidekyoto.com/a-day-trip-to-ohara #ShinHanga #Art #HasuiKawase #Showa #Summer #SanzenIn #Ohara #Kyoto #Japan

A quiet evening at Kyoto's Sanzen-In Temple. An unseen moon shines through trees, casting long shadows across the temple grounds. The temple is closed up for the night, the building dark, the doors and windows shut. A narrow path leads past the temple and toward another building mostly hidden by tall green trees; warm lights glow at this second building. Above, no stars are visible in the blue night sky

5) SANZEN-IN (三千院)🎶

In the cool, mossy grounds of Ōhara's Sanzen-in, hydrangeas bloom in profusion about the small shrine to Benzaiten (弁才天), 'goddess of knowledge, music, and all that flows'.
By mid-June most of the 1000 hydrangea bushes are in flower.

taking up the holy man's
chant...
croaking frogs
上人の口真似してやなく蛙
-Kobayashi Issa.
Trans. David Lanoue.

#Sanzenin #三千院 #Japan #Kyoto #京都

In the moss garden at Sanzen-in stands one of a group of famous little statues known as Warabe Jizo.

Benzaiten, goddess of music and 'all that flows', watches over the hydrangea garden at Sanzen-in.

Title: Ohara Sanzen-in (1960)

Artist: Shiro Kasamatsu

http://www.taleofgenji.org/sanzen-in.html #ShinHanga #SosakuHanga #Art #ShiroKasamatsu #Showa #MossGarden #Buddhism #SanzenIn #Ohara #Kyoto #Japan

A moss-covered statue of Jizo stands in the garden at Sanzen-in Temple in Ohara, near Kyoto. Flanked by a pair of shrubs trimmed in three identical layers, the ground before the statue is covered in a heavy carpet of moss. Beyond the statue, wiry wandering branches trace strange paths against a backdrop of shadowy trees. The entire image is rendered in shades of rich emerald green and deep black

Title: Early Summer in Sanzen-in Temple, Kyoto (1953)

Artist: Asano Takeji

http://www.sanzenin.or.jp/en/ #AsanoTakeji #ShinHanga #Art #Summer #Showa #OjoGokuraku #SanzenIn #Ohara #Kyoto #Japan

A summertime view of the Ojo-Gokuraku Hall in the Yusei-en Garden at Sanzen-in Temple. Surrounded by green trees, a small pond and a moss garden, the small Ojo-Gokuraku Hall is quiet and devoid of visitors; above, the small slice of sky visible between the treetops is a faded milky blue

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