Specifications:
Item: 0038-1Sm
Title: Saihouji Koke Niwa
Size: approx. 20 1/2 inches wide by 27 inches high including tabs. Natural bamboo rod included ready to hang.
Description: Design in shades of yellow greens, blues and browns with dramatic black outlining. Bark look brown borders.
History: Saihoji or Kokedera (Moss Temple) was originally founded in the Nara Period (710-794) and later reconstructed in 1339 by Muso Kokushi, a well known Zen priest and landscaper, in what is now central Kyoto. The temple has two gardens. The upper dry landscape garden (karesansui) is thought to be the oldest of its kind and an inspiration for all dry gardens in Japan, including the famous rock garden at Ryoan-ji. The lower "strolling" garden has a large pond with two moss covered islets built in the Chinese style that symbolize Horai (Buddisht paradise). It is the velvety-green and yellow moss, 120 different varieties, spread underneath the trees and everywhere throughout this garden, that make the temple famous—hence the temple is better known as Kokedera (koke=moss, niwa=garden). Ironically, the moss was not planned but is believed to have been a result of neglect during periods of civil war and periodic floods of the river. Saihoji was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994.
Our small size wall hangings are made from handkerchiefs, scarves and small furoshiki. They are machine quilted, hand-guided, using two layers of low loft polyester batting to provide added depth and dimension. Sizes listed under each item are approximate. For the width, the panel size itself is measured not the rod (which extends an inch or so past the panel on each side))--and the length is measured from the top of the tabs to the bottom of the panel.
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