12/28/2006

Katsuyama Temple Daiun-Ji

  


Temple Daiun-Ji in Katsuyama 大雲寺


This temple of the Pure Land Sect was founded in 1564 by the monk Soo-U 雙羽坊. He was given the place by the Lord of Mori to build a temple. He spend a long time in ascetic practises. He also dug a deep well there. The old tree in the compound, Sooshi no matsu, is now more than 300 years old.








old Dragon tree -
the mind wanders between now
and then














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More Trees of Katsuyama


Read the details here about
Katsuyama, an old postal town on the road to Izumo



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