Name: Taizôin  Taizo-in, Myoshinji Photo: Holger Ries   Alternate Name: Taizoin; Taizo-in  Address: Ukyo-ku, Hanazono, Myoshinji-cho  Mailing Address:   City: Kyoto-shi  State: Kyoto-hu  Postal Code:   Country: JAPAN  Latitude/Longitude: lat=35.05; long=135.667 Find Gardens Nearby Phone:   Fax:   E-Mail:   Contact:   Designer(s): attributed to Kano Motonobu; recent addition by Nakane Kinsaku  Contruction Date: Muromachi period; 16th century  Public/Private: PUBLIC  Hours: 9am - 5pm  Admission:   Added to JGarden: 1/1/1998  Last Updated: 4/3/2005  Sources:   JGarden Description: This is a Myoshinji sub-temple. Kano Motonobu(1475-1559) lived at here for quite some time and may have been responsible for the garden, though this is unclear. The original garden is a Shukkei karesansui garden of 4,734 sq ft. The more recent garden by Nakane Kinsaku is quite large for that of a Zen temple.

Since before anyone remembers It has been clear Shining like silver Though the moonlight penetrates it and the wind ruffles it No trace of either remains. Today I would not dare to expound the secret of the stream bed But I can tell you That the blue dragon is coiled there.   Muso Soseki   trans. by W.S. Merwin and Soiku Shigematsu   14th century