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A view of the southwest corner of the Sekisui’in Hall (石水院) on the grounds of Kōzanji Temple (高山寺) up in northwest Kyoto, dating to the Kamakura period (1185-1333) and so the oldest extant structure of the temple
Donated to the monk Myōe (明恵) by the Cloistered Emperor Go-Toba (後鳥羽上皇) and moved to the temple near the main hall, then again to its current location in 1889
Image from a booklet acquired at the temple March 30, 1997
A view of the west side of the Sekisui’in Hall (石水院) on the grounds of Kōzanji Temple (高山寺) up in northwest Kyoto, dating to the Kamakura period (1185-1333) and so the oldest extant structure of the temple
Donated to the monk Myōe (明恵) by the Cloistered Emperor Go-Toba (後鳥羽上皇) and moved to the temple near the main hall, then again to its current location in 1889
Image from a booklet acquired at the temple March 30, 1997
A plaque decorating the Sekisui’in Hall (石水院) on the grounds of Kōzanji Temple (高山寺) up in northwest Kyoto, gifted to the Kegon monk Myōe (明恵) by the Cloistered Emperor Go-Toba (後鳥羽上皇) in 1206
The text itself, “Temple where the sunrise illuminates the highest peaks” aptly describes this mountain temple as well as invoking a prominent metaphor from the Avataṃsaka Sūtra (華厳経 Kegonkyō) central to Myōe’s school of Buddhism
Image from a booklet acquired at the temple March 30, 1997
