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Sa-an
さあん
An Important Cultural Property at Gyokurin-in, Daitoku-ji: a three-mat room with a centre board, attached to the Nanmei-an built by the Kōnoike family in 1742. Shingle-roofed; generally closed.
A tea room at Gyokurin-in, a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji. According to the temple's official site, in 1742 the wealthy Kōnoike family of Osaka, devotees of the priest Dairyū, founded the Nanmei-an. Built to the taste of Joshinsai of Omotesenke, it consists of a memorial hall and two tea rooms, Sa-an and Kasumidoko-no-seki, and is known as a building for Buddhist rites conducted in the form of a tea gathering.
Gyokurin-in was founded in 1603 by the physician Manase Shōrin to honour Manase Dōsan; after a fire in 1609 it was rebuilt by Katagiri Katsumoto and others and renamed. The main hall (with its sliding-door paintings) and Nanmei-an are Important Cultural Properties.
The official site offers no public viewing, and Sa-an cannot normally be visited.
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Gyokurin-in is generally closed, and no public viewing of Sa-an is offered.
Visitor informationInformation
| Address | Gyokurin-in, Daitoku-ji, Murasakino, Kita Ward, Kyoto |
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| Status | Generally closed to the public |
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Photo: the roji garden before the tea room at Gyokurin-in — the site where this tea room stands, not the room itself. Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 / hiro
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