he rakes pine needles
for tomorrow's tea, perhaps...
autumn rain
翌の茶の松葉かくらん秋の雨
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1805.
Trans. David G. Lanoue.

One good thing about traipsing around in the rain during the fall season🤔...
...the autumn colours glow in the gloom🥰
#Eikando #永観堂 #Kyoto

Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji (永観堂禅林寺) traces its history to Shinshō (真紹 797–873), a pupil of Kūkai.
Aspiring to found a temple for worship of the 'Five Wisdom Buddhas' (五智如来), in 853 he was gifted the mansion of Fujiwara-no-Sekio (藤原関雄) to realise his dream.

#Japan #永観堂 #Eikando

Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji (永観堂禅林寺) traces its history to Shinshō (真紹 797–873), a pupil of Kūkai. Aspiring to found a temple for worship of the 'Five Wisdom Buddhas' (五智如来), in 853 he was gifted the mansion of Fujiwara-no-Sekio (藤原関雄) to realise his dream.

#Kyoto #京都 #Eikando #永観堂 #autumn

Eikan-dō (永観堂) has over 3000 maple trees😲

That's a lot of leaves to rake up at the end of autumn🥹

#Kyoto #京都 #PathofPhilosophy #哲学の道 #Japan #野点 #Eikando #永観堂 #autumn

Eikan-dō (永観堂) has over 3000 maple trees😲

That's a lot of leaves to rake up at the end of autumn🥹

#Kyoto #京都 #PathofPhilosophy #哲学の道 #Japan #野点 #Eikando #永観堂 #autumn

The Path of Philosophy (哲学の道) runs between Nanzen-ji (南禅寺) and Ginkaku-ji (銀閣寺).

It came to prominence after the philosophers and Kyōto University professors Nishida Kitarō (西田幾多郎 1870-1945) and Tanabe Hajime (田辺元 1885-1962) used the trail as an exercise route.

#永観堂 #Eikando #autumn #紅葉 #Kyoto #京都 #Japan #ThePhilosophersPath #哲学の道 #Tetsugakunomichi

Eikan-dō (永観堂) has over 3000 maple trees😲

That's a lot of leaves to rake up at the end of autumn🥹

#Kyoto #京都 #PathofPhilosophy #哲学の道 #Japan #野点 #Eikando #永観堂 #autumn