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

In 1003 'Sugawara-in' (菅原院), the old villa of Sugawara-no-Koreyoshi (菅原是善 - father of Michizane), was moved to a site once occupied by the 'Rokujō Kawara-no-in' (六条河原院), lavish home of the courtier Minamoto-no-Tōru (源融 822–95 -model for Murasaki Shikibu's "Genji").

#Kyoto #Shoseien #六条河原院 #菅原院

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

Centuries later a section of the Odoi (御土居) cut through what is now Shōsei-en.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi's great earthen berm and moat encircled the capital, defining the boundaries of the old city and acting as a psychological (rather than physical) defense.

#odoi #お土居 #Shoseien #Kyoto

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).

#Shoseien #渉成園 #Kyoto

Kyōto's most iconic sign.

🐝😡💢😱👣💨

#Kyoto #Japan #bewareofthebee #spring #Shoseien #HigashiHonganji

🌿🍊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.

#HigashiHonganji #Shoseien #東本願寺 #Kyoto #渉成園

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