Page 201 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Japan

Daishin-in has three gar dens.
Subtemples Reiun-in, which
houses many Kano Motonobu Did You Know?
works, and Tenkyu-in, noted SHOP
for paintings by Kano Sanraku, Despite its ancient
are open on special days. heritage, Kyoto is also
a technological city – Kasagen
Located in the
it’s the birthplace atmospheric Gion
26 " of Nintendo. District, Kasagen is the
Koryu-ji oldest umbrella maker
in Japan. This tiny
広隆寺
traditional shop sells
 A3 ⌂ 32 Uzumasa 27 " beautiful wagasa
Hachiokacho, Ukyo-ku Insho Domoto umbrellas favored by
§ (075) 861-1461 Museum maiko (apprentice
£ Uzumasa-Koryuji stn, geisha). Completely
Keifuku Arashiyama line 堂本印象美術館 handmade, each
@ 11, 63, 66, 72, 73, 76 to  B2 ⌂ 26-3 Kamiyanagi- umbrella is a work of
Uzumasa Koryu-ji mae cho, Hirano Kita-ku § (075) art. The handle and
# 9am–5pm daily (to 463-0007 @ 12, 15, 50, 51, scaffold are made from
4:30pm Dec–Feb) 52, 55, 59, 202, 205 to bamboo from Kameoka,
Ritsumeikan University- a city to the west of
Koryu-ji was founded in 603 mae # 9:30am–5pm Tue– Kyoto, while the
by Korean immigrants. Among Sun ¢ Dec 28–Jan 4 umbrella skin is made
the impressive images in its from Gifu’s Meinong
Reihoden (treasure hall), is a Along the road skirting the paper, which is brushed
Miroku Bosatsu (Buddha of the base of Mount Kinugasa lies with sesame oil and
future) believed to have been the Insho Domoto Museum. tied with fine strings.
brought to Japan from Korea in It houses the impressive works
the 7th century. Kyoto’s oldest of 20th-century nihonga  D4 ⌂ 284 Giommachi
Kitagawa,
image, the seat ed figure is master, Insho Domoto (1891– Higashiyama-ku
known throughout the nation 1975). Often translated as # 10am–7pm daily
for its beatific smile. The “Japanese-style painting,” ∑ gion.or.jp
temple’s oldest structure, the nihonga is a fresco-like
Kodo, houses a 9th-century painting technique that
statue of the Amida Buddha. utilizes mineral pigments.

Works by the artist Insho
Domoto in the Kyoto
museum dedicated to him
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