❦ Rinsen (林泉) · aki · day
Each lantern is an essay or a note. Click one to read it.Tap a lantern or a title to read it. Scroll to walk through all 14 gardens.
The Gate
Ginkaku-ji, 1799
The Wall and Its Shadow
Ryōan-ji, 1799
The Borrowed Lantern
Konchi-in, Nanzen-ji, 1799
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The Path Beside the Path
Taizō-in, Myōshin-ji, 1799
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What the Tide Erases
Zakke-in, Myōshin-ji, 1799
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How the Floor Moves
Reiun-in, Myōshin-ji, 1799
What the Moss Keeps
Sunshō-an, Daitoku-ji, 1799
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The Bridge Outlasts the Builder
Shōami, Maruyama, 1799
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The Finger and the Moon
Kiyomizu, 1799
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The Weight of Leaving
Jōjū-in, Kiyomizu, 1799
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The Empty Veranda
Shūhōken, Ginkaku-ji, 1799
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The Space Between Two Voices
Bantō-in, Myōshin-ji, 1799
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Cheap Enough to Forgive
Hōjō, Nanzen-ji, 1799
The Tea House
Shōkadō, 1799
End of the walk.
Plates from the Miyako Rinsen Meishō Zue (1799), Smithsonian Libraries. Public domain.
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