#chohoji

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An illustration depicting different styles of flower arrangement from the “Kaō Irai no Kadensho” (花王以来の花伝書), one of the earliest manuscripts of Ikebana instruction dating to the late 15th century and associated with the circle of the monk Ikenobō Senkei (池坊専慶) at Chōhōji Temple (頂法寺) a.k.a. Rokkakudō (六角堂) in Kyoto

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The pilgrims’ hymn for Chōhōji Temple (頂法寺) a.k.a. Rokkakudō (六角堂) “the Hexagonal Hall” from a hymnal for the thirty-three temples of the western pilgrimage circuit dedicated to Kannon Bodhisattva (観音菩薩)

My own very rough, tentative translation follows:

Number Eighteen: The Rokkakudō Hall of Mount Purple Cloud Chōhōji Temple (Tendai School) within the Capital, Yamashiro Province

Karasuma Higashi-Iru, Rokkaku Avenue, Nakagyō Ward, Kyoto

A hymn for Nyoirin Kannon:

Here is where you pray That the six hard angles of Appetite within Your ever reckoning mind Be rounded smooth, so they say

Image from “Saigoku Sanjūsansho Goeika” (西国三十三所 御詠歌) edited by Tomita Haruyuki (冨田晴行), published by Ryūshōdō (隆昌堂) in Osaka, 1995 reprint of the 1973 edition, unpaginated accordion book

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A group of pilgrims at Chōhōji Temple (頂法寺) a.k.a. Rokkakudō (六角堂) in Kyoto

Image from a site featuring photos and short descriptions of each temple along the Thirty-three Temple Western Pilgrimage Circuit (西国三十三所) dedicated to Kannon Bodhisattva (観音菩薩), of which this is the eighteenth (see source)

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The main hall of Chōhōji Temple (頂法寺), more commonly known as Rokkakudō (六角堂) i.e. “The Hexagonal Hall” in Kyoto, established at some point during the late 10th century though temple legends claim Prince Shōtoku (聖徳太子) as founder