Kitano Tenmangu plus...

28 January 2024

Back in Kyoto for the last week of a 4-week ikebana course.  Arrived in time to catch the Kyoto chapter of Ikenobo ikebana's exhibit at Kitano Tenmangu shrine in northwest Kyoto.  Discovered they were also showing plum bonsai, most ranging from 50-120 years old!  From there we walked up to Kinkakuji, aka the Golden Pavilion, and then to the most famous rock garden at Ryoanji.

Entrance to Kitano Tenmangu (shrine)	a venerable tree at Kitano Tenmangu	a sacred cow at Kitano Tenmangu	8-sided lantern at Kitano Tenmangu	at Kitano Tenmangu
at Kitano Tenmangu	baby cow at Kitano Tenmangu	baby cow at Kitano Tenmangu	early plum blossoms	early plum blossoms
plums blossoms	plum blossoms	Entrance to plum bonsai exhibit	fern	rock garden
plum bonsai	plum blossom	plum bonsai	plum bonsai	120 year old plum bonsai
90 year old plum bonsai	90 year old plum bonsai	90 year old plum bonsai	plum nonsai	plum nonsai
plum switches for good luckhealth/etc.	plum buds	entering the main shrine grounds and the Ikenobo ikebana exhibit	a group free style	detail
in the fountain	in the fountain	two Kyoto chapter members handing out maps whosing where the arrangements were	entering the first display building - a pavilion where many large ema (prayer boards) are hung	shoka shofutai
shoka shofutai	shoka shofutai	ema	ema	jiyuka
shoka shofutai	shoka shofutai	rikka shimputai	jiyuka	shoka shofutai
shoka shofutai	ema	ema	jiyuka	ema
shoka shofutai	ema	jiyuka	jiyuka	rikka shofutai
shoka shimputai	shoka shimputai	jiyuka	jiyuka	jiyuka
ema	shoka shimputai		ema	rikka shofutai
jiyuka	rikka shofutai	ema	jiyuka	jiyuka
jiyuka	ema pavillion	bridge	plum blossom	well
lantern	plum blossoms	Inari fox	shadows	plum blossoms
shoka shimputai	rikka shofutai	jiyuka	shoka shofutai	rikka sunanomono
rikka shimputai	shoka shofutai	jiyuka	shoka shofutai	shoka shofutai
jiyuka	jiyuka	jiyuka		Garden of Departure
in back of Red Plum Hall	Odai Maple Garden	jiyuka (are those giant macarons?)	rikka shimputai	rikka shimputai
shoka shofutai		jiyuka	jiyuka	water basin in front of Umekoken tea house
			plum blossom	Garden of Departure
main shrine building behind more plum blossoms	plum blossoms	sacred cow	Sankoumon - Sun, Moon and Stars Gate	plum blossoms
West corridor	shoka shimputai	shoka	shoka	shoka shimputai
rikka shimputai	rikks shofutai	shoka shofutai	shoka shofutai	shoka shiputai
rikka shimputai	rikka shofutai	shoka shimputai	rikka sunanomono	shoka shofutai
rikka sunanomono	shoka shofutai	rikka shofutai	shoka shimputai	rikka shofutai
rikka sunanomono	rikks shofutai	rikka shofutai	West corridor	main hall
waiting to hang their small ema with their prayers writen on the back	plum blossoms	plum blossoms
car exorcism place!	plum branches	large, modern installation by east gate	large, modern installation by east gate	part of large, modern installation by east gate
part of large, modern installation by east gate	sunken cow?	in the tea house Meigetsusha	rikka shofutai	rikka shimputai
in the tea house Meigetsusha	rikka shimputai	shoka shimputai	rikka shimputai	jiyuka
jiyuka	shoka shofutai	jiyuka and shadows	nandina
		Kagura hall (a sace for traditional song and dance)	rikka shofutai	shoka shofutai
	rikka shofutai	rikka shofutai	shoka shimputai
across the street - the red and white mochi on willow are a local symbol for luck	bucket at entrance to Kinkakuji	Kinkakuji	Kinkakuji	Kinkakuji
Kinkakuji	Kinkakuji	Kinkakuji	Kinkakuji	Phoenix
Phoenix	Kinkakuji	painted doors on abbot's quarters	Rikushu pine -- rikushu means land boat, or boat-shaped pine	Kinkakuji
Kinkakuji	Kinkakuji	Kinkakuji		Phoenix
Kinkakuji	Sekkatei - old tea house	a little too cold for refreshments	Kyoyochi Pond and boat house	Ryoanji
Ryoanji	Ryoanji	Ryoanji	painted doors in the Great Hall at Ryoanji	painted doors in the Great Hall at Ryoanji
Ryoanji		Tsukubai stone wash basin - "I learn only to be contented" as in spiritually rich	painted doors in the Great Hall at Ryoanji	painted doors in the Great Hall at Ryoanji
cormorant	persimmons	plum blossoms	edible flowers (including yellow snapdragons and red and white plum blossom buds) and leaves (red and green nandina and holly ivy or false holly)

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