Higashi Honganji
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“Higashi-san” (Respected East) is a local nickname for Higashi Honganji, the “Eastern Monastery of the Original Vow”. It’s a beautiful Buddhist temple in Kyoto, made of wood. This tag connects pictures from both of my visits there.
Higashi-san is one of a pair with Nishi-san, or Nishi Honganji, where I’ve only been once. Both temples are partly open to the public and function as centres of the two main sects Jōdo Shinshū, a Medieval branch of Buddhism traditionally popular with the masses in Japan. Both—that is Nishi-san and Higashi-san—each contain two great halls. One hall in each temple honours the founder of Jōdo Shinshū and is called the Goeidō, or Founder’s Hall; that’s the externally bigger and more central of the two. The other great hall in each temple, the Amidadō, honours the Buddha.
Images
- Higashi Honganji sett från Shimmachi-dōri
- Higashi Honganji sett från en parkering vid Shimmachi-dōri
- Lotus vid Higashi Honganji
- Karasuma Shichijō
- Amidadō-porten till Higashi Honganji
- Higashi Honganjis östra vallgrav
- Vattenpump i Higashi Honganjis norra vallgrav
- Higashi Honganjis västra mur
- Sliten karahafu
- Goeidō i Higashi Honganji
- Skuggan på Goeidōs främre terrass
- Sidan av Amidadō i Higashi Honganji
- Sidan av Goeidō i Higashi Honganji
- Lägg märke till skillnaden
- Goeidōmon vid Higashi Honganji 2023
- Shishi på pelarbas i Higashi Honganji
- Beslag på Goeidōmon vid Higashi Honganji
- Kånkengänget 2023 vid Higashi Honganji
- Higashi Honganji från Kyoto Tower
- Goeidōmon vid Higashi Honganji 2004
- Chōzu-ya vid Higashi Honganji
- Amidadō i Higashi Honganji
- Japan 2004, dag 13 2
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- “Shōsei-en” tag description
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