#平等院 — Public Fediverse posts
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✨😇A SLICE OF PARADISE🪷🎶
Byōdō-in's ( 平等院) Hōō-dō (鳳凰堂 'Phoenix Hall') was completed in 1053. Once completely surrounded by Aji-ga-ike pond, the stretch of water helped protect the building from fires in 1336 and 1483 that completely destroyed the rest of the temple.
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For a long time it was believed that crape myrtles had been imported to Japan from the mainland some time in the Edo period, but recently pollen was discovered in the pond bed at Byōdō-in (平等院) that confirmed trees were growing here before the temple (completed in 1052)!😮
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In June this year two more Pokémon manhole covers appeared in Uji, the home of matcha in Japan.
Both are within easy walking distance of the Keihan Uji Station (and not particularly far from the JR Uji Station). -
💜🙏WISTERIA🐕💜
in falling blossoms
growling to Amida Buddha...
temple dog
花ちるや称名うなる寺の犬
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1810.
Trans. David Lanoue.There's been a trellis at Byōdō-in (平等院) for more than 250 years, supporting a huge wisteria (surely one of the city's most photographed).
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Having raised an army with Prince Mochihito (以仁王) to overthrow the ruling Taira clan, Yorimasa's forces were crushed at Uji and he fled to nearby Byōdō-in.
Badly injured by an arrow, he spread out his war fan, composed a final poem, and committed seppuku.
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Minamoto-no-Yorimasa's death is argued by some to be the earliest record of a samurai committing seppuku in defeat.
Beside Byōdō-in's Kannon-do (観音堂), built around 1230, is a fan-shaped stretch of lawn called 'Ogi-no-shiba' (扇の芝), upon which Yorimasa likely killed himself.
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After Michinaga passed away in 1027 the 'Uji Palace' (宇治殿) came into possession of his son Yorimichi (藤原頼通 992–1074).
When Yorimichi turned 60 years old he was inspired to transform the sprawling site into a temple, and made the priest Myōson (明尊 971-1063) first abbot.
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✨😇A SLICE OF PARADISE🪷🎶
Byōdō-in's (平等院) Hōō-dō (鳳凰堂 'Phoenix Hall') was completed in 1053.
Once completely surrounded by Aji-ga-ike pond, the stretch of water helped protect the building from fires in 1336 and 1483 that completely destroyed the rest of the temple.
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In June this year two more Pokémon manhole covers appeared in Uji, the home of matcha in Japan.
Both are within easy walking distance of the Keihan Uji Station (and not particularly far from the JR Uji Station). -
Born at the villa, it seems probable that Murasaki spent most of her life (even when married) at the house.
Standing to the west of the Kamo River, 'Tsutsumi-tei' would have been constructed in the 'palatial style' (寝殿造 'shinden-zukuri') within a sprawling pond garden.
Directly to the south stood Fujiwara-no-Michinaga's magnificent Hōjō-ji (法成寺), similar in design to Byōdō-in.
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For a long time it was believed that crape myrtles had been imported to Japan from the mainland some time in the Edo period, but recently pollen was discovered in the pond bed at Byōdō-in (平等院) that confirmed trees were growing here before the temple (completed in 1052)!😮
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Nao-san visited Byōdō-in especially for the wisteria, but there were some other photogenic beauties under the parasol of purple flowers...
...Coco and Ren.The old dachshund and shiba-inu brothers are sadly no longer with us😭
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💜🙏WISTERIA🐕💜
in falling blossoms
growling to Amida Buddha...
temple dog
花ちるや称名うなる寺の犬
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1810.
Trans. David Lanoue.There's been a trellis at Byōdō-in (平等院) for more than 250 years, supporting a huge wisteria (surely one of the city's most photographed).
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Before the 'Phoenix Hall' (officially known as the Amida-dō, and commonly called this right up to 1680) is a stone lantern that has survived since the temple's foundation.
At the height of its power Byōdō-in's precincts boasted 26 halls, 7 pagodas, and an elaborate garden.
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Byōdō-in's founding date is significant as it was considered the 2001 year since Buddha had entered Nirvana and the 1st year of 'The Age of Decline of the Buddhist Law' (末法 'mappō')
Many nobles funded halls & gardens dedicated to Amida, lord of the 'Western Pure Land Paradise'. -
✨😇A SLICE OF PARADISE🪷🎶
Byōdō-in's (平等院) Hōō-dō (鳳凰堂 'Phoenix Hall') was completed in 1053. Once completely surrounded by Aji-ga-ike pond, the stretch of water helped protect the building from fires in 1336 and 1483 that completely destroyed the rest of the temple.