Etched Sorrow·Rakusai / Matsuo

Jizo-in, Kyoto's Bamboo Temple

A Rinzai temple founded by Hosokawa Yoriyuki with Muso Soseki as honorary founder. Said to be where a young Ikkyu (Ikkyu Sojun) trained, it is called the 'Bamboo Temple' for its grove and Sixteen Arhats stone garden.

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These notes come from desk research. Local traditions vary.