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2. Japanese dry garden - Wikipedia

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   Japanese dry garden. Ryōan-ji (late 16th century) in Kyoto, Japan, a famous example of a Zen garden. A mountain, waterfall, and gravel "river" at Daisen-in (1509–1513) The Japanese dry garden (枯山水, karesansui) or Japanese rock garden, often called a Zen garden, is a distinctive style of Japanese garden. It creates a miniature stylized ...

3. Ryōan-ji - Wikipedia

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   Hosokawa Katsumoto. Completed. 1450. (1450) Website. www.ryoanji.jp. Ryōan-ji (Shinjitai: 竜安寺, Kyūjitai: 龍安寺, The Temple of the Dragon at Peace) is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Myōshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism. The Ryōan-ji garden is considered one of the finest ...

4. Ginkaku-ji - Wikipedia

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   Ashikaga Yoshimasa. Completed. 1490. Website. Japanese Website. Ginkaku-ji (銀閣寺, lit. "Temple of the Silver Pavilion"), officially named Jishō-ji (慈照寺, lit. "Temple of Shining Mercy"), is a Zen temple in the Sakyo ward of Kyoto, Japan. It is one of the constructions that represent the Higashiyama Culture of the Muromachi period.

5. Nanzen-ji - Wikipedia

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   Website. www.nanzen.net /english /index.html. Nanzen-ji (南禅寺, Nanzen-ji), or Zuiryusan Nanzen-ji, formerly Zenrin-ji (禅林寺, Zenrin-ji), is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. Emperor Kameyama established it in 1291 on the site of his previous detached palace. It is also the headquarters of the Nanzen-ji branch of Rinzai Zen.

6. Kinkaku-ji - Wikipedia

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   The garden complex is an excellent example of Muromachi period garden design. [13] The Muromachi period is considered to be a classical age of Japanese garden design. [12] The correlation between buildings and its settings were greatly emphasized during this period. [12] It was an artistic way to integrate the structure within the landscape.

7. Green Gulch Farm Zen Center - Wikipedia

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   In addition to its Zen training program, the center also manages an organic farm and gardens. Founded in 1972 by the San Francisco Zen Center and Zentatsu Richard Baker , the site is located on 115 acres (0.47 km 2 ) in a valley seventeen miles (27 km) north of San Francisco [ 1 ] and offers a variety of workshops and classes throughout the year.

8. Daisen-in - Wikipedia

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   Daisen-in was founded by the Zen priest Kogaku Sōkō (古岳宗亘, 1464–1548), and was built between 1509 and 1513. [1]: 62–63 The Daisen-in is noted for its screen paintings and for its kare-sansui, or dry landscape garden. The screen paintings inside the temple and the garden are attributed to Sōami (d. 1525), a Zen monk, ink painter ...

9. Hakone Gardens - Wikipedia

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   Hakone Gardens is an 18-acre (7.3 ha) traditional Japanese garden in Saratoga, California, United States. A recipient of the Save America's Treasures Award by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, it is recognized as one of the oldest Japanese-style residential gardens in the Western Hemisphere. Notable features include a bamboo garden ...