In 1450, the Hosokawa Katumoto which is an object of to-gun of the Onin
War inherited and built the mountain villa from the virtue Odera family.
Although the child Masamoto was revived in 1488, the head priest's residence,
the founder's shrine, etc. were burned down by the fire in 1797.
Present one reconstructs the head priest's residence of Senngennin.
Queen Elizabeth also saw.
Dry landscape garden
No matter where it may see from, the number of stones is 14 pieces.
When British Queen Elizabeth paid a formal visit to Japan in 1975, inspection of a rock garden was wished. It was reported by overseas mass communications that the queen extolled the rock garden, and it became the big center of attention.
Ryoan-ji famous for the dry landscape head priest's residence rock garden
known as "a rock garden in Ryoan-ji." The author, age , and an
expression intention are not certain.
But there is a stone more in fact.
Japan
The brilliant rock garden whose heart abates
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Cultural heritage 1994 registration 13, Ryoanji
Goryono-shita-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto-shi
