Name: Tenryûji  Tenryuji, Kyoto Photo: Alan Tarver   Alternate Name: Tenryuji  Address: Ukyo-ku, Saga Tenryuji, Susuki no Banba-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): Muso Soseki (Muso Kokushi)  Contruction Date: 1256/1344 (Kamakura period)  Public/Private: PUBLIC  Hours: 9am - 5pm  Admission:   Added to JGarden: 1/1/1996  Last Updated: 8/10/2002  JGarden Description: The first buildings on the site were built during the Heian period. Beginning in 1270, it was used as a residence for Emperor Gosaga. The Tenryuji temple was built on the site by Ashikaga Takauji iin 1339. The temple buildings have been destroyed and rebuilt several times, the most recent being in the Edo period. References Johnson, Norris Brock. "Temple as Relationship: On the Origin of Tenryu Temple and Garden, Kyoto, Japan". Temples in Traditional Environments. no. 49, pp 1-29, 1993. Johnson, Norris Brock. Geomancy, Sacred Geometry, and the Idea of a Garden: Tenryû-ji, Kyôto, Japan." Journal of Garden History. vol. 9, no. 1, pp 1-19, 1989.

Recall the vistas of various famous places, select what attracts you and add your own interpretation. It is best to use this as a theme to design the whole of the garden while adding just the right amount of changes.   Sakuteiki   trans. by Marc Peter Keane