The Jizo Hall of this temple on Kuramaguchi-dori contains a very special statue. It is one of six statues carved from a single piece of wood by a monk named Ono-no-Takamura at the beginning of the Heian Era. That makes it really old! Each of the statues is housed at a different Pure Land Sect temple in Kyoto, and on August 22 and 23 pilgrims visit each of the six temples for the Kyoto Rokujizo Meguri. The temple may be crowded then, but when I visited, it was deserted in the late autumn sunshine.
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Jozenji in Kyoto
One of six Kyoto Rokujizo temples

By Cathy Cawood
Community writer

Wonderful chrysanthemum tiles on the roof apex

There is a small cafe named 'Vermeer' opposite the temple

Looking back along the path toward the gate

Bonsai pine in front of the temple steps

Possibly an elephant...

Wonderful roof-top oni (a kind of gargoyle)

Red leaves beside a stone lantern

A little dog guards the roof

Beautiful orange maple leaves

Small pine trees either side of the path

The capping tiles on this wall are uneven - time they were reset!
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