STORY

安土桃山期から続く浄土宗の庭。長らく荒れていた庭を一度解体し、既存の植生や石造物を活かしながら再構成。お寺に伝わる姫の物語から編まれた和歌をリズムに、道中［process］に広がる景色とそこにおける選択の多様さを説く宗派の教えを再解釈した、「道」そのものにスポットを当てた庭。あの世（浄土）とこの世（穢土）をつなぐ道の上で出会いと別れが交差する。

This is the garden of a Jodo sect temple that has existed since the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1597). We dismantled the garden, which had been neglected for many years, and then reconstructed it while making use of the existing vegetation and stone structures. Set to the rhythm of a waka poem compiled from a princess's story passed down at the temple, this garden reinterprets the sect's teachings that speak of the scenery that unfolds along the path [process] and the diversity of choices made along it, focusing on the "path" itself. On this path that connects the other world (the Pure Land) and this world (Here now), encounters and partings intersect.