http://www.japannavigator.com/2009/06/28/the-color-of-ancient-wood/ Guide to Japan by Ad Blankestijn: Sake and food, Kyoto and travel, literature and intercultural affairs. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:46:07 +0900 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.japannavigator.com/2009/06/28/the-color-of-ancient-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-10003 Tornadoes28 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:43:35 +0000 http://www.japannavigator.com/?p=3289#comment-10003 Thank you. Thank you.

]]> http://www.japannavigator.com/2009/06/28/the-color-of-ancient-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-9722 Ad Blankestijn Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:41:34 +0000 http://www.japannavigator.com/?p=3289#comment-9722 The stones are not lanterns but grave stones and reliefs of Jizo statues (on the other side of the stone, on the photo you see the backside). Such stones would have been standing at roadsides in pre-modern Japan, but lost their "home" in the 20th c. when modern roads and pavements were laid out. Gangoji has kindly collected these "homeless" stones in its garden. Sometimes other temples do the same. The stones are not lanterns but grave stones and reliefs of Jizo statues (on the other side of the stone, on the photo you see the backside). Such stones would have been standing at roadsides in pre-modern Japan, but lost their “home” in the 20th c. when modern roads and pavements were laid out. Gangoji has kindly collected these “homeless” stones in its garden. Sometimes other temples do the same.

]]> http://www.japannavigator.com/2009/06/28/the-color-of-ancient-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-9711 Tornadoes28 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:00:27 +0000 http://www.japannavigator.com/?p=3289#comment-9711 Great photos. Are those stone lanterns in front of the Temple Hall? If so, I wonder what the meaning is to have so many lanterns in rows like that. Great photos. Are those stone lanterns in front of the Temple Hall? If so, I wonder what the meaning is to have so many lanterns in rows like that.

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