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Daruma Pilgrims Gallery
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Ukimido Hall at Lake Biwa
This small hall is part of the temple Mangetsu-Ji 満月寺, Temple of the Full Moon. It is part of the artistic tradition of Japan since olden times.
The Floating Hall for Moon Viewing, Ukimi Doo
浮御堂(うきみどう)
I saw a special on TV about this hall last night. They had lit it up with candles only. Inside is a statue of Amida Buddha surrounded by 1000 small wooden, but gilded statues. They all shimmered in the pure candle light and seen from a boat a bit afar you could really feel like being in the Buddhist Paradise of Amida in the West.
© Photo : kogatasen.com
鎖あけて月さし入れよ浮み堂
joo akete tsuki sashireyo Ukimi Doo
let us open the lock
and have the moon shine in -
Floating Hall
yasuyasu to idete izayoo tsuki no kumo
he came out so easily
but now he hesitates -
moon in the clouds
Matsuo Basho, on the night of the 16th
Basho visited Katada in October, 1690 and fell ill.
Japanese sources quote the 16th of August 1691, Lunar Calendar.
Basho had been at the temple Gichu-Ji 義仲寺 to view the moon on the 15th. Next day, on the 16th, they went to the Floating Hall.
前夜の義仲寺における月見の俳席に引き続き、十六夜の月を賞すのに、門人たちと共に湖上を船で堅田に遊び詠まれた。
元禄４年（１６９１）８月１６日
Part of the 1000 Amida Statues
© PHOTO : www.pref.shiga.jp
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The Hall is said to have been built by the priest Eshin 恵心 during the Chotoku years (995-99) to pray for safety on the lake and the welfare of the people. It has been the theme of haiku and ukiyoe prints from ancient days, including a famous haiku by Matsuo Basho.
The present Ukimido was rebuilt in 1937, and some details differ from the one in the picture.
Look at the photo of the old building HERE
UKIMIDO at KATADA
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Print by Tsuchiya Koetsu
Went down through the old neighborhood of Katata to the water's edge to visit the Ukimido at Mangetsuji, one of the most subtly beautiful I've ever seen (it's in the Omi Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi (Traditional name for Lake Biwa) 'Katata Rakugan' view by Hiroshige)).
I'd never been to Mangetsuji before, though I'd seen it from out on the Lake, its famous building (the Ukimido) built out over the water on stilts; what a breathgiving place upon entering it; the gate, pines, garden, the view from the Ukimido, the general ambience, bespeak and beget a spiritual peace known too rarely these days; where are the times when one could have envisioned such a thing as this, and then built it?
And then as at dusk you walk along the platform around the weathered building, turn, and, with your back to the broad sweep of the sunset water, look into the thus-greater dark of the Ukimido's interior: slowly, dozens of golden Buddhas shine to life in your changing eyes!
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Ando Hiroshige, Katada no Rakugan
"Descending Geese at Katada"
安藤広重 「堅田の落雁」
湖もこの辺にして鳥渡る
mizuumi mo kono hen ni shite tori wataru
Takahama Kyoshi 高浜虚子
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比良三山 雪さしわたせ 鷲の橋
Hira sanzan yuki sashiwatase washi no hashi
Basho 芭蕉
病雁も 残らで春の 渚かな
byoogan mo nokorade haru no nagisa kana
Takakuwa Rankoo 高桑蘭更（たかくわらんこう）
五月雨の 雨だればかり 浮御堂
samidare no amadare bakari Ukimi Doo
only falling rain
of the rainy season -
the Floating Hall
Awano Seiho 阿波野 青畝
External LINKS
Japanese, With Many Photos
More Photos !
Temple Shozui-Ji 祥瑞寺 and more Japanese haiku of the area
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Basho's Grave and Temple Gichu-Ji 義仲寺
Temple Gichu-Ji, more LINKS
Basho walked
this road, I realize
and slow at the thought
At the grave of Basho
bees buzz in the flowers -
what can I say?
tms visits the area: Read his report.
© tms
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WKD: Namu Amida Butsu, the Amida Prayer
WKD: Basho and "Oku no Hosomichi" ... 2007
Daruma Pilgrims in Japan
ukimidō
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