Tenryu-ji
Tenryū-ji ( Japanese 天龍寺 ) is a Buddhist temple in the northwest of the Japanese city of Kyōto in the municipality of Ukyō .
It was built in 1339 on the old residence of the Kameyama -tennō under the guidance of Musō Soseki and with the support of the shogun Ashikaga Takauji to appease the spirit of the late Go-Daigo -tennō. The Tenryū-ji is considered the first of the Five Great Zen Temples of the Rinzai-shū in Kyōto and was one of the Gozan in the Japanese Middle Ages .
Behind the main hall ( hojo ) is the Sogenchi garden, which Musō Soseki , a master of gardening , laid out in the 14th century in the style of chisenkaiyu-shiki (roughly: going for a walk ) and which has been preserved almost exactly as it was in the first days stayed.
1994 Tenryuji was along with other ancient buildings in Kyoto by the UNESCO for World Heritage Historic Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) appointed.
A pond in front of the main hall
Passage
Garden area
Maple leaves in the foreground of a Tenryū-ji building
Autumn maple leaves and bamboo in the garden of Tenryū-ji
Web links
- Information offered by the prefecture of Kyoto - English
- Information offered by the city of Kyoto - English
Coordinates: 35 ° 0 ′ 57.6 ″ N , 135 ° 40 ′ 25.6 ″ E