
Ryoanji
A Japanese well-known Zen dry-stone garden in the famous Kyoto temple of Ryoan-ji. Approximately 500 years ago (the exact date, like much else about this garden, is unknown) a rectangular plot of about 200 square meters was laid out in this temple founded in 1450. Bounded by a low clay wall on three sides, a raked bed of white gravel contains just fifteen stones.
Author: Michael Freeman
©Michael Freeman
Photo size: 9.7 Mpixels (27.8 MB uncompressed) - 6000x1617 pixels (20.0x5.3 in / 50.8x13.7 cm at 300 dpi)
Photo keywords: garden, design, stones, white gravel, Ryoan-ji, temple, Kyoto, meditation, dry stone garden, Zen, Japan, Japanese, pd
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