{"id":22100,"date":"2019-12-07T13:37:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T21:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=22100"},"modified":"2020-10-04T10:20:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T17:20:44","slug":"hojujidono-and-sanjusangen-do-in-kyoto-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/22100","title":{"rendered":"H\u014dj\u016bjidono and Sanj\u016bsangen-d\u014d in Ky\u014dto, Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The H\u014dj\u016bjidono in the Higashiyama district of Ky\u014dto, Japan was the home of the Cloistered Emperor Shirakawa II, and Sanj\u016bsangen-d is a Buddhist temple on the site, originally built in 1164 for Emperor Shirakawa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sanj\u016bsangen-d\u014d is famous for its long hond\u014d (main hall) containing 1001 sculptures of standing Thousand-armed Kannon. Sculptures also include 28 standing attendants, a statue of F\u016bjin (Japanese god of the wind), a statue of Raijin (Japanese god of thunder), and a huge seated statue of Thousand-armed Kannon. Visitors were asked not to take photographs inside the temple, and so I have no pictures of these incredible sculptures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Description-of-Hojuji-Palace.jpg\" alt=\"H\u014dj\u016bji Palace Sign\" class=\"wp-image-22101\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Description-of-Hojuji-Palace.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Description-of-Hojuji-Palace-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Description-of-Hojuji-Palace-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Description-of-Hojuji-Palace-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption><strong>H\u014dj\u016bji Palace Sign<\/strong><br> SOURCE: H\u014dj\u016bji Palace Sign (Ky\u014dto, Ky\u014dto Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 25 April 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Hojuji-Palace-Garden-1.jpg\" alt=\"H\u014dj\u016bji Palace Gardens - 1\" class=\"wp-image-22102\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Hojuji-Palace-Garden-1.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Hojuji-Palace-Garden-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Hojuji-Palace-Garden-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Hojuji-Palace-Garden-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption><strong>H\u014dj\u016bji Palace Gardens &#8211; 1<\/strong><br> SOURCE: H\u014dj\u016bji Palace Gardens &#8211; 1 (Ky\u014dto, Ky\u014dto Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 25 April 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Hojuji-Palace-Garden-2.jpg\" alt=\"H\u014dj\u016bji Palace Gardens - 2\" class=\"wp-image-22103\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Hojuji-Palace-Garden-2.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Hojuji-Palace-Garden-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Hojuji-Palace-Garden-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Hojuji-Palace-Garden-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption><strong>H\u014dj\u016bji Palace Gardens &#8211; 2<\/strong><br> SOURCE: H\u014dj\u016bji Palace Gardens &#8211; 2 (Ky\u014dto, Ky\u014dto Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 25 April 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Sanjusangen-do.jpg\" alt=\"Sanj\u016bsangen-d\u014d Temple\" class=\"wp-image-22104\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Sanjusangen-do.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Sanjusangen-do-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Sanjusangen-do-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Sanjusangen-do-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Sanj\u016bsangen-d\u014d Temple<\/strong><br> SOURCE: Sanj\u016bsangen-d\u014d Temple (Ky\u014dto, Ky\u014dto Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 25 April 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Copyright \u00a9 2019 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The H\u014dj\u016bjidono in the Higashiyama district of Ky\u014dto, Japan was the home of the Cloistered Emperor Shirakawa II, and Sanj\u016bsangen-d is a Buddhist temple on the site, originally built in 1164 for Emperor Shirakawa. 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