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.

We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.   T.S. Eliot   Four Quartets   1943