Zuisen-ji
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Kinbyōzan Zuisen-ji is a Buddhist temple of the Rinzai sect in Nikaidō's Momijigayatsu Valley in Kamakura, Japan. During the Muromachi period it was the family temple of the Ashikaga rulers of Kamakur
The Main Hall (Butsuden)
The Zen rock garden with the lake and the Butsuden
The stele at the beginning of Musō Soseki's old road
Musō Soseki
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Musō Soseki was a Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk and teacher, and a calligrapher, poet and garden designer. The most famous monk of his time, he is also known as Musō Kokushi, an honorific conferred on him
Zuisen-ji
…first kubō Ashikaga Motouji's is also known by the name Zuisen-ji-den (瑞泉寺殿). Designed by prominent Zen religious figure, poet and Zen garden designer Musō Soseki (also known as Musō Kokushi), the temple lies on top of an isolated hill and is famous for both its garden and its Zen rock garden. The beauty and the…
Portrait of Musō Soseki by Mutō Shūi (無等 周位), 14th century