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Manshuin Garden

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Manshuin Garden
Manshuin Garden
Manshuin Garden
Manshuin Garden
Manshuin Garden
Manshuin Garden
Manshuin Garden
Manshuin Garden
Manshuin Garden
Manshuin Garden
Manshuin Garden
Manshuin Garden
Manshuin Garden
Manshuin Garden
Manshuin Garden
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42 Ichijoji Takenochicho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8134, Kyoto Prefecture

Manshu-in , also known as the Manshuin Monzeki, is a Tendai temple located near the Shugakuin Imperial Villa at Sakyō-ku, Ichijo-ji, Takenouchi-cho, in northeast Kyoto, Japan. The temple was founded by Dengyō Daishi in the 8th century. It was then located near Mount Hiei and known as Tobibo, but renamed Manshuin in 1108 or 1109. In the early Edo period the temple moved to its current site. Today the temple is notable both for its buildings and a fine garden – the gardens of the Manshu-in shoin are a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty.The entry building contains a Tiger Room with images said to have been painted by Kanō Eitoku 狩野 永徳 , Bamboo Room with Edo wood-block prints, and Peacock Room with pictures by Ganku 岸駒 . The main temple hall dates from the early Edo period, and is now listed as an Important Cultural Property. It contains a Waterfall Room with slides by Kanō Tan'yū 狩野探幽 , and Snowy Scenes Room with screen pictures by the same artist and shelves much like those in the Katsura Imperial Villa. The smaller hall is also an important culture property; it contains the Mount Fuji Room ; Twilight Room with royal throne and more paintings by Kano; and a tea room. The temple's major garden is in the Karesansui style, and now designated as an eminent scenery; it contains a notable Pinus pentaphylla tree, now about 400 years old, set within an island on a stream of white sand. The inner garden is quite small, and features a stone basin and old well.
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