One of Japan’s most famous Zen gardens located in the Daisen-in (Great Hermit’s Temple), a sub-temple of the main temple of Daitoku-ji in northern Kyoto.
The Daisen-in was founded in 1509 by the Zen priest Kogaku Sotan (1464-1548) upon his retirement as abbot of Daitoku-ji.
The entire complex is one of the most famous examples of the dry garden style known as karesansui – literally “withered mountains and water” – that can be traced back at least as far as the early Muromachi Period and the gardens associated with Muso Soseki.
credited from phototravels.net
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