colorful Fall foliage in garden, Manshuin Monzeki Tendai temple, Kyoto, Japan
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4594 x 6891 px | 38.9 x 58.3 cm | 15.3 x 23 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
27 November 2019Location:
Kyoto, JapanMore information:
Manshu-in ((曼殊院), Manshu-in), also known as the Manshuin Monzeki, is a Tendai temple located near the Shugakuin Imperial Villa at Sakyō-ku, Ichijo-ji, Takenouchi-cho, in northeast Kyoto, Japan. The temple's major garden is in the Karesansui (枯山水) style, and now designated as an eminent scenery; it contains a notable Pinus pentaphylla tree, now about 400 years old, set within an "island" on a stream of white sand. The inner garden is quite small, and features a stone basin and old well. The temple was founded by Dengyō Daishi in the 8th century. It was then located near Mount Hiei and known as Tobibo, but renamed Manshuin in 1108 or 1109. In the early Edo period the temple moved to its current site. Today the temple is notable both for its buildings and a fine garden – the gardens of the Manshu-in shoin are a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty