Dry Garden at Ryoanji Temple

Kyoto, Japan, 1480

Katsura Rikyu

(Katsura Imperial Villa)

Kyoto, Japan, 1620-1663

New Shoin veranda

New Shoin interior detail

Teahouse interior

Old Shoin

Middle Shoin

New Shoin

Music Room

Gepparo teahouse

Old Shoin: Second Room (#9) looking into the Spear Room (#7)

Old Shoin

Old Shoin: Moon Viewing Platform

Old Shoin

View from the Old Shoin Second Room (#9) into the Middle Shoin corridor

Old Shoin

Middle Shoin

Middle Shoin

New Shoin

Music Room

View from the New Shoin past the Music Room to the Middle Shoin

Gepparo teahouse

Gepparo: view into pantry (#3) from Second Room (#5)

Shokintei teahouse

Shokintei:

view from First Room (#4)

looking out to lake and

Island of the Immortals