To the Garden of Beauty and Transience - A Quest for Zuishin-in Temple and the Poetic Spirit of Ono no Komachi
To the Garden of Beauty and Transience: A Quest for Zuishin-in Temple and the Poetic Spirit of Ono no Komachi
Zuishin-in Temple is located in the quiet village of Yamashina, Kyoto.
This is the place where the Heian poet Ono no Komachi is said to have spent her later years.
The air is filled with the scent of faded flowers and inarticulate feelings.
What is Zuishin-in Temple?
Zuishin-in is the head temple of the Zentsuji branch of Shingon Buddhism.
It is a historic temple that was founded in 991 under the head priest Ninkai.
As a monzeki temple, it was under the patronage of the imperial family and the regent family, and many cultural assets remain.
The temple grounds are dotted with places related to her legend, such as the Komachi Makeup Well and the Seated Statue of Komachi with a Stupa.
In spring, the "Hanezu Dance" is dedicated, and local girls perform a dance wearing hats with red plum blossoms.
is an ancient name for pale pink.
Poems and Legends of Ono no Komachi
The color of the flowers has faded
I look at the world around me.
The initial message conveyed is the transience of beauty and the impermanence of life.
Komachi was a talented woman whose name is included in the Six Immortal Poets and the Thirty-six Immortal Poets, and she continued to write poems about love and loneliness, and the gap between dreams and reality.
The sliding screen paintings at Zuishin-in Temple, "A Colorful Picture of Ume-no-Komachi," depict her life in four parts.
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A space of beauty and poetry
It is a space where poetry breathes and beauty lies with age. Like Komachi, it is a place between words and silence.
For those who feel it, this will be a special place.
If we were to incorporate this poetic sentiment into the worldview of WABISUKE,
Based on symbolic words such as "Hanezu" (wings), "View" (view), "Kyosoido" (makeup well), and "Hyakuya-muri" (a hundred nights' visit),
You can weave quiet stories that resonate with younger generations.