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Daikaku-ji

Daikaku-ji in Kyoto, overlooking the Ōsawa Pond
The Shikidai Genkan entrance to Daikaku-ji
The Shōshinden is a Momoyama period building with a replica of the chambers where retired Emperor Go-Uda conducted cloistered rule
The Miedō hall
The Shingyōden hall where the Heart Sutra is kept

Daikaku-ji (大覚寺, Daikaku-ji) is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Ukyō-ku, a western ward in the city of Kyoto, Japan. The site was originally a residence of Emperor Saga (785–842 CE), and later various emperors conducted their cloistered rule from here. The Saga Go-ryū school of ikebana has its headquarters in the temple. The artificial lake of the temple, Ōsawa Pond, is one of the oldest Japanese garden ponds to survive from the Heian period.[1]

  1. ^ Young and Young, The Art of the Japanese Garden, pg. 72

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