December 19, 2017

Autumn leaves: Engaku-ji



With each piercing wind from north, autumn is gradually deepening into winter.

The dry chillness of the air has already sparked the vivid coloring of the leaves in this modest garden.

Just before the quiet winter rest, the leaves of trees exhibits the bright flaming colors of life to foretell the rebirth of fresh leaves in the coming spring.


Autumn leaves: Engaku-ji



In the lucid stillness peculiar to this fast passing season, the Shari-den (the hall in which a vessel for Buddha's bones is enshrined) is subtly adorned with the transient mosaic of crimson, yellow and deep-green autumnal leaves.


Autumn leaves: Engaku-ji


Autumn leaves: Engaku-ji


Autumn leaves: Engaku-ji


Autumn leaves: Engaku-ji