Sambo-in
The Sambō-in ( Japanese 三宝 院 ) is a Buddhist temple in the Daigo district of the Fushimi district of the city of Kyoto . The temple is a sub-temple of Daigo-ji .
history
After having passed the outer gate ( 総 門 , sōmon ) to Daigo-ji, the sub-temple ( 塔 頭 , tatchū ), the sampō-in , extends on the left side . It was built in 1115 by the 14th abbot of Daigo-ji, Shōkaku sōshō ( 勝 覚 僧 正 ; 1057-1129). It served the abbot of the monastery as a kind of secondary residence and is a World Heritage Site.
The attachment
The buildings
If you stand in front of the Sambo-in, you have the front gate ( 表 門 , omote-mon , E) in front of you on the left through which you can enter the facility, and on the right the locked gate in the so-called Chinese style ( 唐門 , karamon , T) from the Momoyama period . This gate has two wings adorned with the paulownie . The solid side panels on the right and left are each decorated with a chrysanthemum. The gate is said to have been moved here either from Fushimi Castle or from the Kankatei ( 観 花 亭 ) pavilion of Daigo-ji. This gate is registered as a national treasure.
You enter the building through the main entrance ( 大 玄関 , G) decorated with a Chinese roof arch ( 唐 破 風 , karahafu ). You then pass a row of rooms on the right, namely the Mallow room ( 葵 の 間 , Aoi-no-ma , 1), the autumn grass room ( 秋草 の 間 , Shūsō-no-ma , 2) and the room for the imperial messenger ( 勅 便 之間 , Chikushi – no-ma , 3).
Then you pass the front reception room ( 表 書院 , omote sho-in , 4), which is divided into three parts by sliding doors: the first room part, called Gedan ( 下 段 ), is followed by the second, slightly elevated Chūdan ( 中段 ), and this is followed by the Jōdan ( 上 段 ) increased again , the back of which is closed off by the niche, the tokonoma . The walls are painted, probably by Kanō Sanraku or Hasegawa Tōhaku .
Behind it there is another room at an angle, the private Okushinden ( 奥 寝殿 , Oku-shinden , 5), which is also divided into three parts. A lookout is built on the northeast corner , the "Pine and Moon Pavilion" ( 松 月 亭 , Shōgetsu-tei , 7). - At the front of the garden there is another room with a view of this, called Junjōkan ( 純浄 観 , 6). This room is built over an arm of the garden. Behind it is the actual prayer room, the Hondō ( 本 堂 , 8). A small moss garden extends directly in front of the Hondō.
The garden
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The garden extends over almost the entire south side of the Sambo-in and is designed as a convertible garden around a large pond. Toyotomi Hideyoshi , who visited the temple when the trees were in bloom in 1598, designed it himself. He then died in the same year, so that the garden under the monk Gien Jugō (Gien (monk) 義演 准 后 ; 1558-1626) was started. The work then rested for a while, so that the garden was not finished until about 25 years later. Around 700 stones and several thousand bushes and trees were collected for this purpose.
The pond encloses some islands, of which the two dark green drawn symbolize a crane and a turtle. All islands are accessible via bridges. One of them is a wooden bridge (dashed), four are short stone bridges (light, oval), three are so-called earth bridges). In the southeast of the pond, a small waterfall pours into the pond in three stages. Nearby is the Chinryū-tei ( 沈 流亭 , 9) pavilion, the “pavilion of silent flow”.
The garden was later changed several times, so that it has partly lost its original appearance. Since Gien left a diary in which he describes his work from then, we are particularly well informed about the changes in this case. Opposite the front reception room on the other side of the pond is a group of three stones that came from Oda Nobunaga to Hideyoshi and were then brought here from the Jurakudai Palace ( 聚 楽 第 ) in Kyōto and are a reminder of the great past. This group of three, called Fujito-ishi ( 藤 戸 石 ), depicts - very abstractly - Amida with companions.
The garden was registered in 1952 as a "particularly significant historical relic " ( 特別 史跡 , tokubetsu shiseki) and as a "particularly beautiful view" ( 特別 名勝 , tokubetsu meishō ) and is now a Daigoji World Heritage Site.
National treasures
- In addition to the Karamon, the front reception room is also registered as a national treasure.
Important cultural assets
The roofed entrance, the mallow room, the autumn grass room, the room of the imperial messengers, the reception room, the private room, the pavilion in the garden, as well as the kitchen wing ( 庫裏 , kuri ) and the Goma pavilion ( 護 摩 堂 ) are registered as important cultural assets ), both not on the plan.
Remarks
- ↑ Here it is the 5-7 paulownia, which means that the leaves have two flower stems with five flowers and a 7-flower stem in the middle.
- ↑ In the foreground (in front of the front reception room) are three flat stones, which symbolize water of the Kamo River ( 加 茂 川 ) in Kyoto , which flows at different speeds .
- ↑ Earth bridges ( 土橋 , dobashi ) are arched bridges for ponds in gardens that are covered with pole wood, tree bark and earth.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Leaflet of the Daigo-ji, 6 pages, undated (Japanese)
- ↑ a b Mori, Osamu: Teien . Nihon-shi kohyakka 19. Kondo shuppansha, 1974. pp. 234–235-
- ↑ Yamamoto, Jirō: Kyoto-fu no rekishi sampo (chu). Yamakawa Shuppan, 1998. ISBN 978-4-634-29560-5 , pp. 238ff.
literature
- Mainichi Shimbu (ed.): Juyo bunkazai 12. Temple architecture. Mainichi Shimbun-sha, 1973.
Web links
Plan and pictures of the Sambo-in
Coordinates: 34 ° 57 ′ 8 ″ N , 135 ° 49 ′ 10 ″ E