{"id":2513,"date":"2015-01-17T16:15:01","date_gmt":"2015-01-17T07:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2015-01-17\/2513"},"modified":"2015-01-17T16:15:16","modified_gmt":"2015-01-17T07:15:16","slug":"inside-the-new-temple-at-shogunzuka-overlooking-kyoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2015-01-17\/2513","title":{"rendered":"Inside the “New” Temple Building at Shogunzuka Overlooking Kyoto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 14-24mm f\/2.8 @ 14mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>30 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 1600 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nGeometric Temple<\/span>\nthe “<\/span>new”<\/span> temple building at Shogunzuka, Kyoto Japan\n\u5c06\u8ecd\u5bb6\u306e\u65b0\u3057\u3044\u672c\u5802\uff08\u5143\u306f\u9053\u5834\u3067\u3057\u305f\uff09\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

This post continues from “<\/span>New Views of Kyoto\nfrom Shogunzuka\u2019s New Observation Deck<\/a>”<\/span>, about some big construction at\nShougunzuka (\u5c06\u8ecd\u5bb6)<\/span> on a mountain<\/span> overlooking eastern Kyoto that finally\ncompleted last fall. This post looks at the “<\/span>new”<\/span> temple building.<\/p>\n\n

In that previous post I showed this photo of the new temple building from the outside:<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

This looks a bit odd for a temple building, and from the back you can see that it has what appears to be distinctly-new and distinctly-old sections:<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 50mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/10, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFrom the Back<\/span>\n\u5f8c\u308d\u304b\u3089\u306e\u666f\u8272\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nEntrance<\/span>\nflanked by shelves where one can put their shoes, which must be taken off before entering\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

Above the entrance is a richly engraved\/painted sign showing the name of\nthe place. It's rare for<\/span> me to see one new with all its splendid colors...\nnormally they haven't been painted in 100 years, and any paint fragments\nthat might remain are well faded. With that being the norm, this new one\nwas almost grotesque in its vibrance:<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 78mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/5, ISO 280 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n“<\/span>Blue Dragon Temple”<\/span><\/span>\n\u9752\u9f8d\u6bbf<\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

Even the little cushion-pillows between the sign and the holders were splendidly new:<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 290mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 1000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPuffy<\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

The wood was clearly quite old, made to look all the older by the newness of some of the embellishments:<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 240mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/8, ISO 6400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nOld and New<\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

Inside it looked nothing like a normal<\/span> temple...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>50 sec, f<\/span>\/1.6, ISO 320 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

I asked about it, and it turns out that it's an old dojo<\/i>\n(martial-arts arena, like this<\/a>). It had been<\/span> carefully dismantled and brought here piece by piece,\nthen painstakingly reassembled.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>50 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 450 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nWonderful Ceiling<\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 14-24mm f\/2.8 @ 14mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>30 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 3200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFrom the Side<\/span>\nentrance is on the left; the temple altar is off to the right\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

The new part of the building seen tacked on in the “<\/span>From the Back”<\/span> shot\nis where they put the altar and all the religious stuff, and in the shot\nabove it's just out of frame to the right, where all the warm incandescent\nlight is spilling into the dojo<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n

I know enough not to use a camera inside a temple<\/span> building without\nasking, so that's the first thing I'd done when I came<\/span> inside, before even\nasking about the building's history. I was told<\/span> that it was fine so long as\nI don't<\/span> photograph the altar area, so I didn't.<\/span> Moments after talking to\nme, the lady had to go stop a Japanese<\/span> guy from taking pictures of the\naltar.<\/p>\n\n

The shape of the building made photography fun...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>50 sec, f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 3200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 14-24mm f\/2.8 @ 19mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>40 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 2500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>50 sec, f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 1000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 14-24mm f\/2.8 @ 14mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>30 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>50 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 1600 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nRepairs<\/span>\nyou can see many spots where the wood was repaired\n(though it's not clear that all repairs are recent)\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>50 sec, f<\/span>\/11, ISO 360 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFrom The Old Observation Tower<\/span>\nwith the new observation deck behind, and north-east Kyoto in the background\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This post continues from \"New Views of Kyoto from Shogunzuka\u2019s New Observation Deck\", about some big construction at Shougunzuka (\u5c06\u8ecd\u5bb6) on a mountain overlooking eastern Kyoto that finally completed last fall. This post looks at the \"new\" temple building.<\/p>

In that previous post I showed this photo of the new temple building from the outside:<\/p>

This looks a bit odd for a temple building, and from the back you can see that it has what appears to be distinctly-new and distinctly-old sections:<\/p>

Above the entrance is a richly engraved\/painted sign showing the name of the place. It's rare for me [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2,6,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}