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Nao-san braves a wet Shōsei-en (渉成園), remnant of Minamoto-no-Tōru's 'Rokujō Kawara-no-in' palace (六条河原院).
#Shōseien #渉成園 #Kyoto #京都 #梅雨 #Japan #rainyseason #plumrains
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The mesmerizing, ultrahydrophobic surface of a lotus leaf😵💫👏😊
on lotus leaves
this world's dewdrops
are warped
蓮の葉に此世の露はいびつ也
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1819.
Trans. David Lanoue.#lotus #Shōseien #渉成園 #Kyoto #京都 #Japan #rainyseason #梅雨 #plumrains
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Ishikawa Jōzan (1583-1672) was an ex-soldier, Edo period intellectual and (maybe) Tokugawa spy. He is most well-known nowadays for his retreat 'Shisen-dō' (詩仙堂).
From 1653 he began to landscape what would become Shōsei-en (Kobori Enshū 小堀遠州 1579-1647 is also credited).
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🌿🍊ESTATE OF THE TRIFOLIATE ORANGES🐝😱
Shōsei-en (渉成園) is the detached garden of Higashi Hongan-ji (東本願寺).
After the land was granted to the temple by the Tokugawa shōgunate, Sen'nyo (宣如 1604-58 - the 13th abbot) asked Ishikawa Jōzan (石川丈山) to landscape gardens. -
The mesmerizing, ultrahydrophobic surface of a lotus leaf😵💫👏😊
on lotus leaves
this world's dewdrops
are warped
蓮の葉に此世の露はいびつ也
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1819.
Tr. David Lanoue.#lotus #Shōseien #渉成園 #Kyoto #京都 #Japan #rainyseason #梅雨 #plumrains
