nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: At present, the lower half contains the image and the upper half includes the inscriptions of 30 Zen priests following the foreword but the image and inscriptions were originally stuck to the front and back of a small standing screen.
Japanese: 現状、紙面の下半に絵があり、上半部には序文に続けて30名の禅僧による賛が書かれているが、当初は座屏（ついたて）の表裏にそれぞれ絵と賛を貼ったものであった。
English: Hosen-in Temple is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Tendai Sect located in Ohara, Kyoto.
Japanese: 宝泉院（ほうせんいん）は、京都・大原にある、天台宗の寺院の一つである。
English: Hosen-in Temple was founded in 1012 as the monks' living quarters of Taigen-ji Temple (Shorin-in Temple).
Japanese: 大原寺（勝林院）の僧坊の一つとして、1012年（長和2年）に創建されたものである。
English: The temple has both the Bankan-en Garden (meaning difficult to leave, and also known as 'picture frame garden') in which a 300 year old sal tree (Shorea robusta) stands and the Tsuru-Kame Garden (viewed through a grating within the building).
Japanese: 庭園として盤桓園（立ち去りがたいという意味、額縁庭園とも言う）、鶴亀庭園（建物内の格子ごしに鑑賞する）をもち、盤桓園には樹齢300年の沙羅双樹の木が茂る。
English: The 'bloody ceiling' within the monks' quarters was made from wooden floorboards from Fushimi-jo Castle to serve as a memorial to the several hundred people who committed suicide under Mototada TORII, a retainer of the Tokugawa clan, during the Siege of Fushimi that led to the Battle of Sekigahara.
Japanese: また、坊内にある「血天井」は、関ヶ原の戦いの前哨戦となった伏見城の戦いの際に徳川氏家臣鳥居元忠以下数百名が自刃した伏見城の床板であり、その霊魂を供養するため天井板としているものである。
English: Visitors pass through a tatami mat room from which the five-needle white pine in the Bankan-en Garden can be seen and are able to exchange a maccha tea coupon that is distributed at the entrance for a cup of maccha tea and a traditional Japanese snack.
Japanese: 拝観客は、盤桓園・五葉の松の見える座敷に通され、境内入口で渡されたお抹茶券と交換に一服の抹茶と茶菓子を供される。
English: (In the event that the maccha tea coupon is lost, a replacement will be issued if temple staff are notified.)
Japanese: （お抹茶券を紛失した場合、その旨を申告すれば代わりの券をそっと渡してもらえる。）
English: Funda-in Temple is a sub-temple located within the precinct of Rinzai sect Tofuku-ji school Daihonzan (head temple) Tofuku-ji Temple in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City.
Japanese: 芬陀院(ふんだいん)は京都市東山区にある臨済宗東福寺派大本山･東福寺の塔頭(たっちゅう)である。
English: Funda-in Temple was founded between 1321 and 1324 by Kanpaku (chief advisor to the emperor) Uchitsune ICHIJO who named as kaisan (founding priest) Jozan Sozen, the dharma grandson of Tofuku-ji Temple kaisan Enni (Shoichi kokushi).
Japanese: 元亨年間(1321年～1324年)に時の関白であった一条内経(うちつね)が東福寺開山・円爾（聖一国師）の法孫にあたる定山祖禅(じょうざんそぜん)を開山として創建。
English: After the original building was destroyed by fire in 1755, the building that was originally part of the palace of the Emperor Momoyama's wife Kyoraimonin was granted to the temple and underwent reconstruction in 1899.
Japanese: 宝暦5年(1755年)の火災焼失後に桃園天皇の皇后・恭礼門院の御所の一棟を下賜され，移築したもので、明治32年(1899年)に改築された。
English: This teahouse was rebuilt in 1969 on the 300th anniversary of the death of Akiyoshi ICHIJO who had a great knowledge of the tea ceremony, and includes a tea garden in which a stone wash basin and lantern with connections to Keikan remain.
Japanese: 昭和44年(1969年)に茶道に造詣の深かった一条昭良(昭良)の三百年忌に当り再建された茶室で、露地には恵観ゆかりの手水鉢と灯籠が残されている。
English: This dry landscape garden attributed to renowned master painter Sesshu was partially damaged by fires that occurred during the Genroku era and the Horeki era but was restored in 1937 by Mirei SHIGEMORI.
Japanese: 画聖として知られる雪舟が作庭したと伝わる枯山水庭園で、元禄と宝暦の火災などにより一部荒廃したが，昭和12年(1937年)に重森三玲(しげもりみれい)により復元された。
English: Yogen-in Temple is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Gengo-in school of the True Pure Land Sect located in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City.
Japanese: 養源院（ようげんいん）は、京都市東山区にある浄土真宗遣迎院派の寺院。
English: Yogen-in Temple was founded and Seihaku (a cousin of Nagamasa and a monk of Mt. Hiei) named as kaisan (founding priest) in 1594 when Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI's concubine Yodo-dono requested that Hideyoshi found a temple in memory of her father Nagamasa ASAI.
Japanese: 文禄3年（1594年）に豊臣秀吉の側室・淀殿が父・浅井長政の供養のために秀吉に願って成伯（長政の従弟で比叡山の僧）を開山として創建。
English: In 1621, the remains of Fushimi-jo Castle were relocated to the site by the request of Hidetada TOKUGAWA's lawful wife Sugenin, and it became the family temple of the Tokugawa family.
Japanese: 元和(日本)7年（1621年）、徳川秀忠が正室・崇源院の願により伏見城の遺構を移築し、徳川家の菩提所となる。
English: Main hall: Said to be the relocated remains of Fushimi Castle-jo and the ceiling of the corridor to the left, right and front is known as the bloody ceiling.
Japanese: 本堂－伏見城の遺構を移築したものと言い、左右と正面の廊下の天井は血天井として知られる。
English: Bloody ceiling: Over 1000 men died under Mototada TORII while defending the castle during the Siege of Fushimi, a conflict which is said to have led to the Battle of Sekigahara, and the floorboards from the corridor in which the remaining men committed suicide were made into this ceiling to serve as a memorial on which fresh-looking bloodstains can still be seen.
Japanese: 血天井－関ヶ原の戦いの前哨戦ともいわれる伏見城攻防戦で鳥居元忠以下1000人余りが城を死守し，最後に自刃した廊下の板の間を供養のために天井としたもので、今も生々しい血の痕があちこちに残る。
English: Such a bloody ceilings are present at Hosen-in Temple, Seiden-ji Temple and Genko-an Temple but that at Yogen-in Temple is said to be the most vivid.
Japanese: 同じ血天井は宝泉院・正伝寺・源光庵にもあるが、生々しさでは養源院が一番といわれる。
English: Uguisubari-no-roka (nightingale corridor): Said to have been created by early Edo period carpenter and sculptor Jingoro HIDARI who is famed for the nemurineko (sleeping cat) prayer board at Nikko Tosho-gu Shrine.
Japanese: 鶯張廊下-日光東照宮の眠り猫で有名な江戸初期の大工・彫刻師である左甚五郎が造ったものと伝わる。
English: Sliding panel paintings and cedar doors: Created by Sotatsu TAWARAYA (Important Cultural Properties) and said to have been painted in memory of those who committed suicide at Fushimi-jo Castle.
Japanese: 襖絵と杉戸絵–俵屋宗達作の（重要文化財）があり、これも伏見城で自刃した将兵の霊を供養するために描かれたものと伝えられています。
English: The stylized depictions of elephants, lions and giraffes on the cedar doors are known for their original appearance.
Japanese: 杉戸の象や獅子や麒麟などを図案化した構図は、表現の奇抜さでも知られています。
English: 8 color paintings on 4 cedar doors (lions on the front and giraffes on the back; lions on the front and white elephants on the back) by Sotatsu TAWARAYA.
Japanese: 着色杉戸絵（表獅子・裏波に麒麟図、表獅子・裏白象図）4枚（8面）、俵屋宗達筆
English: Nanzen-in Temple is a sub-temple located within the precinct of Rinzai sect Nanzen-ji school Daihonzan (head temple) Nanzen-ji Temple in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City.
Japanese: 南禅院（なんぜんいん）は、京都市左京区にある臨済宗南禅寺派大本山・南禅寺の塔頭である。
English: The temple fell into ruin following the Onin War but was rebuilt in 1703 by Keishoin (mother of 5th Tokugawa Shogun, Tsunayoshi TOKUGAWA's).
Japanese: 応仁の乱以後は荒廃していたが，元禄16年（1703年）に桂昌院（徳川5代将軍・徳川綱吉の母）によって再建された。
English: Rebuilt in 1703 by Keishoin with sliding panel paintings by artists of the Kano school in the inner area.
Japanese: 元禄16年（1703年）に桂昌院によって再建され、内部の襖絵は狩野派によるものである。
English: A mausoleum standing in the southeastern corner of the garden in which some of ashes of the retired emperor were buried according to his will.
Japanese: 庭園の東南隅に建つ廟で、上皇の遺言により分骨された遺骨が埋葬されている。
English: This Japanese style garden with a path around a central pond is said to have been created by the Emperor Kameyama himself and looks amazing during the new greenery of spring and the red leaves of autumn.
Japanese: 亀山天皇が自ら作庭したと伝わる池泉回遊式庭園で、新緑と紅葉の頃は絶景である。
English: A sculpture of Cloistered Emperor Kameyama, the kaiki (founding patron) of Nanzen-in Temple, and the oldest surviving statue of an emperor.
Japanese: 南禅寺の開基亀山法皇の肖像彫刻で、現存する天皇の肖像彫刻としては最古のものである。
English: A portrait of Ichizan Ichinei, an envoy of the Emperor of Yuan Dynasty China who came to Japan and served at Kencho-ji and Engaku-ji temples in Kamakura before becoming the 3rd head priest of Nanzen-ji Temple, that is said to have been crafted soon after his death.
Japanese: 中国・元の皇帝の使節として来日し、鎌倉の建長寺･円覚寺を経て南禅寺の第三世住持となった一山一寧（いちざんいちねい）の頂相彫刻で、一山の没後間もない頃に制作されたものといわれる。
English: It was ranked as a Kokuhei Chusha under the old shrine classification system and became independent of any comprehensive religious corporations such as the Association of Shinto Shrines following the World War II.
Japanese: 旧社格は国幣中社で、第二次世界大戦後は神社本庁などの包括宗教法人に属さない単立となっている。
English: It is generally referred to as 'Moto Izumo' and 'Sennen-gu' due to the Mt. Sennen mountain in which the deity was traditionally believed to dwell to the rear of the shrine.
Japanese: 「元出雲」の通称があり、背後に「千年山」という神体山があることから「千年宮」とも呼ばれる。
English: Until the Meiji period, Izumo Taisha Shrine was named Kizuki Taisha Shrine and therefore the name Izumo-jinja Shrine referred to this Izumo Taisha Shrine until the end of the Edo period.
Japanese: いわゆる出雲大社は明治時代に至るまで杵築大社を称していたため、江戸時代末までは、出雲神社と言えばこの出雲大神宮を指していた。
English: The 'Izumo' described by Kenko YOSHIDA in the 236th column of Tsurezuregusa (Essays in Idleness) which reads 'There is a place called Izumo in Tanba' refers to this particular shrine.
Japanese: 吉田兼好が徒然草の第236段で記した「丹波に出雲と云ふ処あり」の「出雲」とはこの神社のことである。
English: Confusion may arise with regard to names but this shrine is different from the Izumo Taisha Kyoto Branch Shrine in Shimoyada-cho, Kameoka City.
Japanese: また、地元でも混同されがちだが亀岡市下矢田町にある出雲大社京都分院とは別である。
English: The main enshrined deities are Okuninushi no mikoto and Mihotsuhime no mikoto which are enshrined along with Amatsuhikone no mikoto and Amenohinatori no mikoto.
Japanese: 現在は大国主と三穂津姫（みほつひめのみこと）を主祭神とし、天津彦根命・天夷鳥命を配祀するとしている。
English: Mihotsuhime no mikoto is the daughter of Takamusubi and legend states that she became the empress of Okuninushi during his transfer of the land.
Japanese: 三穂津姫尊はタカミムスビの子で、大国主の国譲りの際に大国主の后となったと伝えている。
English: One theory claims that the three deities Amatsuhikone no mikoto, Amenohinatori no mikoto and Mihotsuhime no mikoto are enshrined at Izumo Daijingu Shrine, whereas an alternative theory claims that originally only Mihotsuhime no mikoto was enshrined.
Japanese: 当社の祭神については、天津彦根命・天夷鳥命・三穂津姫命の三柱とする説や、元々は三穂津姫尊一柱のみであるという説もある。
English: It is believed that Okuninushi no mikoto was separated and transferred from Izumo Taisha Shrine (Kizuki Taisha) in Izumo Province but there is also the theory claiming that it was in fact the reverse and that the deity of Izumo Taisha Shrine was transferred from Izumo Daijingu Shrine, which is colloquially referred to as 'Moto Izumo.'
Japanese: 大国主命については、出雲国の出雲大社（杵築大社）から勧請したとされるが、逆に出雲大社の方が当社より勧請を受けたものとする説もあり、俗に「元出雲」とも呼ばれる。
English: "Tanba no Kuni Fudoki" (A Topography of Tanba Province) records that 'Emperor Genmei transferred Okuninushi no mikoto alone to the land of Kizuki in Shimane during the Wado era (708-715).'
Japanese: 『丹波国風土記』には、「元明天皇和銅年中、大国主命御一柱のみを島根の杵築の地に遷す」との記述がある。
English: The exact time that Izumo Daijingu Shrine was founded is not known but according to shrine legend, the shrine was constructed on November 30, 709.
Japanese: 創建の年代は不詳であるが、社伝では和銅2年（709年）10月21日に社殿を建立したと伝える。
English: The first historical reference to the shrine appears in "Nihongi Ryaku" (Summary of Japanese Chronologies) in an article for the 16th day of the 12th month of the year 818 (old lunar calendar) which states 'Izumo-sha Shrine in Kuwata County, Tanba Province has a rank of Myojin Taisha' - indicating that the shrine was already influential by this point in history.
Japanese: 国史の初見は『日本紀略』の弘仁8年（818年）12月16日条「丹波国桑田郡出雲社、名神に預る」という記述であり、この時代にはすでに有力な神社になっていたことがわかる。
English: The current main sanctuary was repaired by Takauji ASHIKAGA in 1345 and has been nationally designated an Important Cultural Property.
Japanese: 現在の社殿は、足利尊氏によって貞和元年（1345年）に改修されたものと伝え、国の重要文化財に指定されている。
English: There were once 36 auxiliary and subsidiary shrines but these were lost to fires arising from various conflicts so that now only the six shrines Kami-no-yashiro, Kurodayu-sha, Shoden-sha, Kasuga-sha, Inari-sha and Sujin Tenno-sha remain.
Japanese: かつては36社の摂末社を有していたが、兵火により失われ、現在は上の社、黒太夫社、笑殿社、春日社、稲荷社、崇神天皇社の6社がある。
English: Tenju-an Temple is a sub-temple located within the precinct of Rinzai sect Nanzen-ji school Daihonzan (head temple) Nanzen-ji Temple in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City.
Japanese: 天授庵（てんじゅあん）は京都市左京区にある臨済宗南禅寺派大本山・南禅寺の塔頭である。
English: Kokan Shiren founded Tenju-an Temple in 1339 as the burial place of Mukan Fumon, a founder Nanzen-ji Temple.
Japanese: 暦応2年(1339年)に虎関師錬(こかんしれん)が南禅寺を開山した無関普門の塔所(墓所)として建立。
English: The temple fell into ruin during the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States) but was restored in 1602 by military commander and poet Yusai HOSOKAWA.
Japanese: 戦国時代には衰退したが，慶長7年(1602年)に武将だが歌人としても知られる細川幽斎により再興された。
English: A shingled roof building restored by Yusai HOSOKAWA of which the interior is decorated with wall and sliding panel paintings by Tohaku HASEGAWA.
Japanese: 細川幽斎により再興された柿皮葺屋根の建物で、内部は長谷川等伯筆の障壁画で飾られている。
English: Paintings of Zen Sect Founders: These images depicting Zen teachings painted in a simplified style by Tohaku HASEGAWA during the later years of his life display his unique style.
Japanese: 禅宗祖師図－禅の教えを表現した禅機図を等伯晩年の簡略化された筆遣いで描いたもので、等伯独特の人物表現がみられる。
English: Paintings of the Four Sages of Mount Shang: Depictions of the four elderly sages who fled from the turbulence of the late Qin dynasty to Mt. Shang riding on donkeys and accompanied by servants in paintings for which wall and sliding door panels with the same title can be found at the Shinju-an sub-temple of Daitoku-ji Temple.
Japanese: 商山四皓図(しょうざんしこうず)－中国秦末の国難を避けて商山の山中に隠棲した４人の高士が従者を伴い，ロバに乗る姿を描いたもので、大徳寺・真珠庵にも同じ画題の障壁画を描いている。
English: This dry landscape garden in which white sand is traversed by diamond-shaped stepping stones surrounded by a moss border exhibits the straight line arrangement of the cut stones developed by Enshu KOBORI.
Japanese: 白砂の庭を苔に縁取られた菱形の畳石が横切る枯山水で、切石を組み合わせた直線的な構成は小堀遠州の発案である。
English: This Japanese style garden with a path around a central pond features thick Japanese cedar and maple trees and retains its Northern and Southern Court period appearance despite having been renovated during the Meiji period.
Japanese: 杉やカエデが鬱蒼と茂る池泉回遊式庭園で、明治期に改修されているが南北朝時代の姿も残す。
English: Color painting on silk portrait of Mukan Fumon: A self-inscribed portrait of Nanzen-ji Temple founding priest Mukan Fumon and the only surviving image of him to have been painted during is lifetime.
Japanese: 絹本着色無関普門像－南禅寺の開山・無関普門自賛の頂相(肖像画)で、無関の生前に描かれた現存唯一の寿像である。
English: Monochrome ink and light colored painting on silk portrait of Shiichi Kokushi (Enni): A self-inscribed portrait of Enni, Mukan Fumon's master, which is believed to be the earliest self-inscribed portrait of him.
Japanese: 絹本墨画淡彩聖一国師（円爾）像－無関普門の師である円爾（えんに）自賛の像で、円爾自賛像としては最初期のものである。
English: 2 color paintings on silk portraits of Heiden Jikin: Portraits of Heiden Jikin, the dharma heir of Dozan Genjo (Mukan Fumon's dharma heir) of Tofuku-ji Temple painted in a detailed style and depicting him near the end of his life.
Japanese: 絹本着色平田慈均像2幅－東福寺の道山玄晟（どうざんげんじょう、無関普門の法嗣）の法嗣である平田慈均(へいでんじきん)の頂相(肖像画)で、平田最晩年期の姿が細やかな筆遣いで表わされている。
English: Color painting on silk portrait of Yusai HOSOKAWA and color painting on silk portrait of Yusai HOSOKAWA's wife (Important Cultural Properties): A portrait of military commander and man of culture Yusai HOSOKAWA and his wife, of which that of Yusai HOSOKAWA has been inscribed by Ishin Suden, a monk who had the highest trust of Ieyasu TOKUGAWA.
Japanese: 絹本着色細川幽斎像・幽斎夫人像(重要文化財)－武将であり文化人として知られる細川幽斎とその夫人の像で、幽斎像には徳川家康の信任を得た以心崇伝の賛がある。
English: Tenbanofu: A work of calligraphy by renowned mid-Edo period painter and calligrapher IKE no Taiga with power yet has an air of gentleness that makes it a masterpiece among his many works.
Japanese: 天馬賦(てんばのふ)－江戸中期の画家・書家として名高い池大雅の書で、力強さの中にもおおらかさが漂い、大雅の書の中でも名作に入る出来映えである。
English: Nine-strip Buddhist surplice: A nine-strip Buddhist surplice said to have been owned by Mukan Fumon and received from his master during his time in Song Dynasty China.
Japanese: 九条袈裟－無関普門所用と伝わる九条袈裟で、宋での滞在中にその師から贈られたものである。
English: Juko-in Temple is a sub-temple located within the precinct of Rinzai sect Daihonzan (Head Temple) Daitoku-ji Temple in Murasakino, Kita Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 聚光院（じゅこういん）は京都府京都市北区(京都市)紫野にある臨済宗大本山大徳寺の塔頭のひとつである。
English: The name 'Juko-in Temple' is derived from 'Jukoinden zenshosaminshitsu shinkindaizenjomon,' the posthumous Buddhist name of Nagayoshi MIYOSHI.
Japanese: 聚光院という名は三好長慶の法名「聚光院殿前匠作眠室進近大禅定門」から採られたものである。
English: Yoshitsugu MIYOSHI, the adopted son of Nagayoshi MIYOSHI who was in the service of Yoshiharu ASHIKAGA, 12th Shogun of the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), founded Juko-in Temple in 1566 in order to pray for the soul of his adopted father and named Shorei Sokin as kaisan (first chief priest).
Japanese: 室町幕府12代将軍・足利義晴に仕えた三好長慶（みよしながよし）の養子・三好義継が永禄9年（1566年）に養父の菩提を弔うために笑嶺宗訢（しょうれいそうきん）を開山として建立。
English: The temple came to serve as the graveyard of successive members of the three Sen families (Omote Sen-ke, Ura Sen-ke, Mushanokoji Sen-ke) after SEN no Rikyu came to the temple to practice Zen with founding priest Shorei.
Japanese: 千利休が開祖・笑嶺和尚に参禅したことから利休の墓をはじめ，三千家（表千家・裏千家・武者小路千家）歴代の墓所となっている。
English: The building is highly representative of Momoyama period hojo architecture and the interior is decorated with wall and sliding door paintings by Shoei KANO and his son Eitoku KANO.
Japanese: 桃山時代の方丈建築を代表する建物で、方丈内部は狩野松栄(しょうえい)・狩野永徳父子による障壁画で飾られている。
English: Constructed and donated by Nyoshinsai, the 7th head of the Omote Sen-ke family, on the 150th anniversary of the death of SEN no Rikyu in 1741.
Japanese: 利休150回忌の寛保元年（1741年）に表千家７世・如心斎が造り、寄進したもの。
English: The middle post and alcove pillar feature the bark of the Japanese red pine and the ceiling above the host's mat is a slightly lower dropped ceiling.
Japanese: 中柱と床柱はともに赤松皮付きで、点前座の天井は一段低くなった落天井とする。
English: This tearoom within the same building as the Kaiin-seki Tearoom but situated on the eastern side of the mizuya (tea ceremony preparation area) is named "Masudoko-seki" (lit. masu alcove tearoom) as it has an alcove with a board floor at the same level as the tatami mats which resembles a regular square measuring container known as a "masu."
Japanese: 閑隠席と同じ建物内、水屋を隔てて東側にある茶室で、枡形（正方形）の踏込床があるため桝床席と呼ばれる。
English: The half-sized tatami mat of the four and a half tatami mat area forms the alcove, and the hearth is cut into the host's mat in the corner adjacent to the alcove.
Japanese: 四畳半平面のうちの半畳を床の間とした形式で、炉は床の間に接して向切りとする。
English: The approximately 2 meter high pagoda standing at the center of the ancestral graveyard of the three Sen families was originally a memorial pagoda of which SEN no Rikyu was particularly fond that stood on Mt. Funaoka and it is said that he selected it to serve as his grave marker.
Japanese: 三千家の歴代墓地が並ぶ中央に位置する高さ約２ｍの宝塔で、もとは船岡山にあった供養塔を生前に利休が愛し，没後自らの墓標としたと伝わる。
English: The front garden of the hojo said to have been created by SEN no Rikyu features stones arranged in straight lines on the moss and is named 'Hyakuseki-no-Niwa' (lit. The Garden of a Hundred Stones) after the many arranged stones.
Japanese: 千利休作と伝えられている方丈前の庭で、苔庭に直線上に庭石を置き,石組みの多いことから「百積（ひゃくせき）の庭」といわれる。
English: The images brimming with life include combinations of plants and birds such as pine trees, bamboo, ume, mandarin ducks, wagtails and Japanese red-crowned cranes.
Japanese: 松・竹・梅にオシドリ・セキレイ・丹頂鶴などを組み合わせた花鳥図で、生命力にあふれている。
English: Depictions of indulgence in the four accomplishments of playing the zither, playing Chinese chess (igo/shogi), practicing calligraphy and painting that were deemed necessary by the Chinese scholar-bureaucrats (high-ranking bureaucrats who had earned academic degrees by passing Imperial examinations).
Japanese: 中国の士大夫(科挙出身の高級官僚)に必須とされた琴、棋(囲碁・将棋)、書、画に耽る姿を絵画化したものである。
English: Whereas the kacho-zu of the inner room are of a loose informal style, these paintings are characterized by a more formal serious appearance.
Japanese: 室中の間の「花鳥図」が行体で自由奔放に描かれているのに対し、この図は楷体で謹厳な筆致が特色である。
English: A depiction by Eitoku KANO's father Shoei KANO of the eight views of the area where the Xiao River and Xiang River converge at Lake Dongting which has been visited as a place of scenic beauty by writers and artists since ancient times.
Japanese: 古来より景勝の地として文人墨客がしばしば訪れた瀟水と湘水の合流する洞庭湖周辺の８つの風景を描いたもので、永徳の父・狩野松栄により描かれたものである。
English: Koho-an Temple is a sub-temple located within the precinct of Rinzai sect Daihonzan (Head Temple) Daitoku-ji Temple in Murasakino, Kita Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 孤篷庵(こほうあん)は京都府京都市北区(京都市)紫野にある、臨済宗大本山大徳寺の塔頭(たっちゅう)である。
English: The name Koho-an Temple is derived from 'koho,' the name received by Enshu KOBORI from his master Shunoku Soen.
Japanese: 庵号の「孤篷」は孤舟(こしゅう)のことで、小堀遠州が師事した春屋宗園(しゅんおくそうえん)から授かった号である。
English: In 1612, Enshu KOBORI founded the small Koho-an Temple within Ryuko-in Temple (Kyoto City), a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji Temple, and named Kogetsu Sogan as founding priest.
Japanese: 慶長17年(1612年)に小堀遠州が大徳寺塔頭の龍光院(京都市)内に江月宗玩(こうげつそうがん)を開祖として小庵・孤篷庵を建立。
English: The original size of the temple is unclear but the fact that it stood within Ryuko-in Temple indicates that would have been very small.
Japanese: 当初の規模は不明だが、龍光院内に建てられていたことから、小規模なものであったと思われる。
English: The temple was later destroyed by fire in 1793 but tea ceremony master and Matsue Domain Daimyo (feudal lord) Harusato MATSUDAIRA (Fumaiko) who revered Enshu rebuilt the temple based on the old drawings.
Japanese: その後、寛政5年(1793年)の火災により焼失するが、遠州を崇敬した大名茶人で松江藩主の松平治郷(不昧公)が古図に基づき再建した。
English: It was originally the kyakuden (guest hall) of Urin-in Temple that was relocated in 1797 after the temple was destroyed by fired in 1793.
Japanese: 寛政5年(1793年)の火災による焼失後、寛政9年（1797年）に雲林院客殿を移築したものである。
English: A large 12 mat size room consisting of a nine tatami mat size area (including a single tatami mat for the host), a three tatami mat size area for companions to the guest of honor and a single bay width alcove.
Japanese: 九畳（手前座一畳を含む）と三畳の相伴席（しょうばんせき）からなる十二畳の広間の茶席で、一間幅の床（とこ）を設ける。
English: Rustic style teahouse design elements are incorporated with a translucent sliding screen in the wooden paneling below the mid-point of the wall of the host's mat adjacent to the alcove.
Japanese: 床脇の手前座の壁は腰に明かり障子を嵌め込み、草庵風の意匠も取り入れている。
English: Although rebuilt by Harusato MATSUDAIRA, it is a faithful reconstruction of the teahouse of which Enshu KOBORI was fond based on drawings made before the fire took place.
Japanese: 松平不昧による再建とは言え、焼失前の古図から忠実に再現された小堀遠州好みの茶室である。
English: The name Bosen is said to have been derived from the passage by Zhuangzi in which states 'Once the fish is caught, one can forget about the trap.'
Japanese: 忘筌(ぼうせん)とは荘子(そうじ)の「魚ヲ得テ筌ヲ忘レ」という句からとったものといわれる。
English: The phrase is implicated in a state of enlightenment of Zen mediation and compares words and meaning to a trap and a fish by implying that just as the trap exists because the fish, words exist because of meaning and once you have the meaning, you can forget the words.
Japanese: 「筌」とは魚をとるための道具で、前述の句は「目的を達すれば道具の存在を忘れる」という意味であり、禅の悟りの境地と結び付けられている。
English: A broad veranda lines the western edge facing the garden and the a translucent sliding screen separates the veranda from the garden.
Japanese: 庭園に面した西側には広縁を設け、広縁と庭の境には明かり障子を嵌め込む。
English: Only the lower half of this translucent sliding screen opens to give a view of the garden as if through a picture frame.
Japanese: この明かり障子は下半分のみが吹き放しになっており、この吹き放し部分が庭園を眺める際の額縁のような役割を果たしている。
English: A stone washbasin named 'Roketsu' and 'Yose-toro' lanterns made from stone collected from around Japan that can be seen from the tearoom are well-known.
Japanese: ここから見える「露結」（ろけつ）と称する蹲（つくばい）と、各地の名石を集めて作ったという「寄せ燈篭」は著名である。
English: A teahouse to the north of the shoin (study hall) is the size of four tatami mats plus one of less than normal size that is said to be modeled on the Mittan Teahouse at the Ryuko-in sub-temple of Daitoku-ji Temple.
Japanese: 書院の北に接する四畳半台目の茶室で、大徳寺龍光院の茶席「密庵」（みったん）の写しといわれる。
English: Ido tea bowls' are tea bowls that were made on the Korean peninsula for everyday use but became used by Japanese tea masters during the tea ceremony.
Japanese: 「井戸茶碗」は朝鮮半島では日用雑器として作られた茶碗を日本の茶人が茶器に見たてたもの。
English: Kizaemon Ido' tea bowls have been considered to be masterpieces among Ido tea bowls since ancient times.
Japanese: この「喜左衛門井戸」は、井戸茶碗と称される一群の茶碗の中でも古来名品と称されるものである。
English: As the successive owners of this tea bowl including tea ceremony master and Matsue Domain Daimyo (feudal lord) Harusato MATSUDAIRA developed tumors, the bowl was donated to this temple which is so closely related to Harusato following his death where it has remained.
Japanese: 大名茶人として知られる松江藩主・松平不昧をはじめとして、この茶碗の所持者が相次いで腫物を病んだために不昧没後にゆかりの寺である孤篷庵に寄進され現在に至る。
English: A depiction of how Enshu was imagined to have looked during his last years inscribed on the upper portion by Soen HARUYA who practiced Zen meditation under Enshu.
Japanese: 晩年の遠州の姿を想像して描かれたもので、上部に遠州の参禅の師である春屋宗園の賛がある。