Traveling in the late spring 1983. Translated by Google 2023

 

 Traveling in the late spring

　I go to Nara on May 22nd. The flower garden is beautiful. See the Pure Land Art Exhibition at the Nara National Museum. Buddha statue, Pure Land Mandala and Raigou. Prof. Katsutoshi Ono (Professor ONO) was in charge of the practice of Kansai University Museology. I will listen to the story together and listen to the lecture in the auditorium. On the way home, at Hiyoshikan, I was relieved to see her in good spirits.
　On the morning of the 23rd, I will call Prof. Kawasaki. Please let Hiei accompany you. I asked him to the hotel, and when the car turned into a slope and entered a deep grove of trees, he said, ``You'll feel relieved when you come to this area.'' From the Hiei Driveway to the summit. The azalea flowers outside the window are beautiful.
　Climb to the observation deck at the summit. “Because you can see Kyoto three-dimensionally,” he says. And see the rhododendron garden. in the light of late spring.
　Head to Yokokawa. See Sho Kannon at Yokogawa Chudo. The teacher said to Dogen's statue, "Rather, you have a child's face." Walk through the tranquil grove and see the garden of Eshin-in Temple. It is said that this place is “because it retains the remnants of the Heian period,” and he tells us about the rockwork and the undulations that remind us of the valley. Reaching the Shiki Kodo Hall. The story of Ryogen and Genshin.
　From Yokokawa, take the Okuhiei Driveway down to Lake Biwa. Calm lake surface and green countryside. I no longer need the umbrella I prepared in the morning.
　Arrive in Sakamoto and enjoy a feast at a traditional soba restaurant. Eizan, where Sensei visited for the first time. The Complete Works of Dengyo Daishi.
　After thanking the teacher for the day, we went to Hiyoshi Taisha. Afterwards, go down a gentle slope to Eizan Station and return to Kyoto on the Kosei Line, which has just entered. The hustle and bustle reminded me of summer.

Bulletin No. 15.

1 January 1983

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Note

Nara National Museum. Nara, Japan. Famous by Japanese Buddhism art.
The Exhibition of the Pure Land Art. Nara National Museum. 1983
Statues of Buddha
Mandalas of the Pure Land
Images of Amitabha coming
ONO Katsutoshi. Historian.　1905-1988. Famous by the study of Priest En-nin, Tendaishu sect, who entered Tang dynasty of China and remained precise diary on China at that time.
Hiyoshikan Inn. Famous regular inn by the researchers of ancient history of  Japan and Buddhism.
KAWASAKI Tsuneyuki. Historian. 1908-1996. I learnt Buddhism from him between 1979 and 1986.
Hieizan Mountain. Holy mountain of Tendaishu sect of Japanese Buddhism.
Azalea
Hiei Drive way
Hieizan observation platform
Rhododendron Garden. Gifted from India.
Yokawa, Hieizan. The most inner area of holy Hieizan.
Yokawa Main Temple
Shokannnon Avalokitesvara
Statue of Dogen. Dogen 1200-1253. The founder of Sotoshu sect of Japanese Buddhism.
Eshin-in Temple. Priest Genshin ever lived.
Garden of Eshin-in. 
Shikikodo Four season Hall
Priest Ryogen  912-985.
Priest Genshin  942-1017.  The theoretical founder of Japanese Pure Land Sect
Inner Hiei Drive way
Biwako Lake. The biggest lake of Japan
Sakamoto, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Famous by old priests of Tendaishu sect  lived.
The complete works of Denkyodaishi. Denkyodaishi is the founder of Tendaishu sect of Japanese Buddhism.
Hie-taisha Shrine. Located at the foot of Hieizan. Keep safe of Hieizan.
Eizan Station, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
Kosei Line, One of JR lines.

References

Rhododendron has come out this year
Papa Wonderful. 21 History
Papa Wonderful. 30 Reunion
Papa Wonderful. 37 Photograph
Papa Wonderful. 43 On the concept of freedom in history



Tokyo
2 September 2017 Reprinted, Note and references added
Sekinan Library

12 August 2023 Translated by Google
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