Name: Kongorinji    Alternate Name: Kongorin-ji, Myojuin  Address:   Mailing Address:   City: Echi-gun  State: Shiga-ken  Postal Code:   Country: JAPAN  Latitude/Longitude: lat=35.1667; long=136.25 Find Gardens Nearby Phone:   Fax:   E-Mail:   Contact:   Designer(s):   Contruction Date: Middle-late Edo  Public/Private: PUBLIC  Hours:   Admission:   Added to JGarden: 12/31/2000  Last Updated: 12/31/2000  JGarden Description: This is an ancient site, the temple being built in the Tempyô (729-749) period. There are three different pond gardens here that are said to have been built in the Momoyama period but are probably much more recent. The main study, around which two of the gardens are built was rebuilt in 1776 as Myoju-in. The garden on the south side of the shoin is the most notable with a karetaki (dry waterfall) in the pond, a stone slab bridge and houkyouintou style monument.

When the floating bridge Of the dream of a spring night Was snapped, I awoke: In the sky a bank of clouds Was drawing away from the peak.   Fujiwara no Teika (1162-1241)   Shinkokin Wakashû   trans. by Donald Keene