#大原 — Public Fediverse posts
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Over 300 maple trees snake their way up Yakisugi-yama, creating a path of red come autumn.
Throughout its history Amida-ji had strong links to the court (especially the imperial Arisugawanomiya 有栖川宮 & Kan’innomiya 閑院宮 families), & proudly displays the gifts it received.
Incidentally, Emperor Meiji outlawed the practice of Sokushinbutsu (mummification) in 1879.
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Unfortunately Tanzei's mummy deteriorated over time, though it's not clear why (when his body, at first, seemed perfectly preserved).
In 1723 a second monk by the name of Chōzen (澄禅), known as the 'second coming of Tanzei' (弾誓の再来), achieved mummification (after 5 years).
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🙏THE MUMMY IN THE CAVE🤕
Beyond Ōhara, perched on the forested slopes of Yakisugi-yama (焼杉山), high above Kochidani valley (古知谷) and the old 'Mackerel Highway' (若狭街道), is Amida-ji.
Inside a small cave the temple's mummified founder continues to watch over the faithful.
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Because of their fragrance, fujibakama are also known as 'orchid' (蘭), 'fragrant grass' (香草) and 'dream flower' (夢花).
Heian noble women would often add powdered fujibakama to their baths.At Fujibakama-en (フジバカマ園) it was possible to collect bags of the dried plant✨👃
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💜FIELDS OF FUJIBAKAMA🌿
Each year a parcel of meadow in Ōharano (大原野), to the south west of the city, is transformed into an oasis of thoroughwort. 'Fujibakama-en' (フジバカマ園) is one of the best places in Kyōto to catch sight of this endangered flower 'in the wild'.
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Ōhara was the teaching centre of Tendai 'shōmyō' (声明), a style of Buddhist chant that employed the Yo scale (a pentatonic scale also used in gagaku 雅楽).
The area's rivers were named after the ancient chromatic scale: Ro-gawa (呂川) after the 6 even-numbered notes (呂曲) and Ritsu-gawa (律川) after the 6 odd (律曲).
Ōhara is also home to the beautiful 'Otonashi-no-taki' (音無の滝 'Silent Waterfall'), featured in The Tale of Genji.