URL:   http://sankan.kunaicho.go.jp/guide/shugakuin.html  Name: Shûgakuin Rikyû  Shugakuin Upper Villa Photo: Alan Tarver   Alternate Name: Shugakuin Rikyu; Shugakuin Imperial Villa; Shugakuin Detached Palace; Rinkyuji  Address: Sakyo-ku, Shugakuin  Mailing Address:   City: Kyoto-shi  State: Kyoto-hu  Postal Code:   Country: JAPAN  Latitude/Longitude: lat=35.11667; long=135.8 Find Gardens Nearby Phone:   Fax:   E-Mail:   Contact:   Designer(s): Gomizuno-ô  Contruction Date: begun c. 1655  Public/Private: PUBLIC  Hours: Tours at 9am, 10am, 11am, 1:30pm and 3pm except Saturday afternoons, Sunday, national holidays and New Years(Dec 25-Jan 5)  Admission:   Added to JGarden: 1/1/1996  Last Updated: 4/3/2005  Sources:   JGarden Description: All visitor's must obtain permission in advance from the Kyoto office of the Imperial Household Agency (located on the grounds of the Gosho). Built as a retreat for Emperor Gomizuno (1596-1680) and funded by the Tokugawas. The site is enormous and includes Lower, Middle and Upper Villas, each with distinctly different design themes. Originally, the palace was was composed of an Upper Teahouse (Kami no Ochaya) and a Lower Teahouse (Shimo no Ochaya). The upper tea house is also called Rinuntei and has an amazing view of the large pond. What is now known as the Middle Teahouse (Naka no Ochaya) was originally the old Rinkyûji temple, joined to the palace grounds in the Meiji period (late 19th century).

Before the wind of spring Has tangled the fine threads Of the green willow -- Now would I show it To my love.   Manyôshuû   trans. by W.G. Aston, 1899