Name: Koetsuji  Koetsuji, Kyoto Photo: Alan Tarver   Alternate Name:   Address: Kita-ku, Takamine, Koetsu-cho  Mailing Address:   City: Kyoto-shi  State: Kyoto-hu  Postal Code:   Country: JAPAN  Latitude/Longitude: lat=35.2; long=135.75 Find Gardens Nearby Phone:   Fax:   E-Mail:   Contact:   Designer(s): Honami Koetsu  Contruction Date: from 1615 (Edo)  Public/Private: PUBLIC  Hours: 8am - 5pm  Admission:   Added to JGarden: 1/1/1998  Last Updated: 7/22/2000  JGarden Description: A Nichiren temple. Teamaster Honami Koetsu (1557-1637) was given this site by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1615. He retired to this site age 76. There are several teahouses on this large site. The most famous feature in the garden is a bamboo fence, attributed to Koetsu.

The hanging raindrops Have not dried from the needles Of the fir forest Before the evening mist Of autumn rises.   Jakuren   trans. by Kenneth Rexroth   12th century