11/30/2009

Tanjo-Ji Okayama

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Temple Tanjo-Ji
Tanjooji 誕生寺 Okayama



My Introduction

Temple Tanjo-Ji and Honen Shonin 法然上人

More of my PHOTOS from Temple Tanjo-Ji


. O-Shichi Kannon お七観音  


. Tanjo-Ji in Autumn 2007   
The Huge Gingko Tree


autumn deepens -
the beauty of prayer
in stone
  




. SPRING FESTIVAL 2008  
Tanjo-Ji Neirkuyo 誕生時 練り供養
 


. wispering words
of eternal love
 
December 2009



. Colors of Hope at Tanjo-Ji
New Year 2009
 



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. INVITATION
Take a Ginko Haiku Walk in Temple Tanjo-Ji



01 Tanjoji winter ginko walk till Number 59



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The Big Buddha of temple Tanjo-Ji

Amida Nyorai no Daibutsu 阿弥陀如来

He has been standing in the dark at the foot of a hill, surrounded by trees and gravestones, in a gloomy part of the temple compound.


. The Big Buddha covered with Moss (2007)



Since December 2009 he is out in the open, freshly cleaned and on a huge podest.


49 the Big Amida in the Back



backlit

32 siluhettes




above the pine needles

34 pine needles




beside the bamboo grove

17 Big Amida Buddha


19 Amida Buddha




some people have work
some people have no work
New Year is coming








仕事ある人
仕事が無い人も
お正月



. Haiku and Happiness




The former companions of the Big Buddha Statue



28 stone Buddhas and moss



29 graves of the unknown muenbotoke

muenbotoke, graves of the unknown




More of my PHOTOS from Temple Tanjo-Ji

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I enjoyed viewing the photos that you have posted. Quite amazing.
Marie