Thumbnail pictures from the temple Kodai-ji in Kyoto - Japan
Return to index Kodai-ji photos
Click the thumbnail to see the full image.
Previous Page
|
|
|
|
The Kodai-ji is a Rinzai Zen temple. It was built around 1605 for Nene, who held the high position of Kitano Mandokoro. She was the wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who as Kanpaku was a chief advisor to the Emperor , Besides fine temple halls, Kodaiji features a small bamboo grove and a landscape garden with tea houses. See the variation in writing the text on the two Ofuda on this page. |
Copyright(c) 2006 Anker Nielsen. All rights reserved.