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.

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