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English: It is considered one of the three great gates of Kyoto along with the Sam-mon Gate of Chion-in Temple and Mieido-mon Gate of Higashi Hongan-ji Temple.
Japanese: 知恩院三門、東本願寺御影堂門とともに、京都三大門の一つに数えられている。
English: Destroyed by fire in 1895 when the charcoal brazier of kotatsu (fireplace with a coverlet) was not properly extinguished but rebuilt in 1909.
Japanese: 明治28年（1895年）にこたつの火の不始末で焼失した後、明治42年（1909年）に再建されたもの。
English: The Ohojo was formerly a Tensho era imperial palace building that was granted to the temple when the Keicho era imperial palace complex underwent reconstruction.
Japanese: 大方丈は慶長度の御所建て替えに際し、天正建設の旧御所の建物を下賜されたもの。
English: There are many sources that claim that it was the old Seiryo-den palace building that was relocated but it was in fact the building that stood opposite the Nyoin-gosho palace.
Japanese: 「旧御所清涼殿を移築した」とする資料が多いが、清涼殿ではなく女院御所の対面御殿を移築したものである。
English: A total of 120 sliding screen and paper wall paintings, all dedicated Important Cultural Properties, done by artists of the Kano school adorn the rooms of the Ohojo which includes the willow room, musk room, lunch room, flower and bird room (west room), crane room and Narutaki room.
Japanese: 大方丈には狩野派の絵師による障壁画があり、柳の間・麝香の間・御昼の間・花鳥の間（西の間）・鶴の間・鳴滝の間の各間にある襖や壁貼付など計120面が重要文化財に指定されている。
English: These were inherited from the old imperial palace but when the building was moved, the configuration of the sliding screens was drastically changed and many that were once part of a continuous series became placed in different rooms.
Japanese: これらは旧御所の障壁画を引き継いだものであるが、建物の移築に際して襖の配置構成が大幅に変更されており、本来ひと続きの画面であった襖が別々の部屋に配置されているものも多い。
English: It is said that the partition paintings in the Kohojo are the work of Tanyu KANO, but the style has led to speculation that they are in fact the work of numerous artists.
Japanese: 小方丈の障壁画は狩野探幽の作と伝えられるが、作風上からは数名の絵師による作と推測されている。
English: The dry landscape garden, commonly known as 'Tora-no-Ko Watashi-no-Niwa (The crossing of tigercubs),' at the front of the hojo is said to have been created by Enshu KOBORI and has been designated a place of scenic beauty.
Japanese: 名勝に指定されている方丈前の枯山水庭園は小堀遠州作といわれ、「虎の子渡しの庭」の通称がある。
English: Established during the Oei era (1394 - 1428) by Daigo Osho in the Takagamine area of the Rakuhoku district (Kita Ward, Kyoto City) and relocated to its current location by Ishin Suden in around 1605.
Japanese: 応永、洛北鷹ヶ峰（北区(京都市)に大業和尚が創建し、慶長10年（1605年）頃以心崇伝によって現在地に移築された。
English: The garden named 'Tsurukame-no-Niwa' (Garden of Cranes and Turtles) is a designated place of scenic beauty and said to have been created by Enshu KOBORI.
Japanese: 特別名勝に指定されている庭園は「鶴亀の庭」と言われ、小堀遠州の作という。
English: This sub-temple was constructed on the site of the upper palace of retired Emperor Kameyama's detached palace and is considered to be the origin of Nanzen-ji Temple.
Japanese: 亀山上皇の離宮時代の「上の宮」跡に造られた南禅寺の塔頭で、南禅寺発祥の地といわれる。
English: Founded as a burial place for founding priest Mukan Fumon and rebuilt in 1602 by Yusai HOSOKAWA.
Japanese: 開山の無関普門の塔所として開かれた塔頭で、慶長7年（1602年）に細川幽斎によって再建された。
English: Zenrin-ji Temple prayer written by Emperor Kameyama
Japanese: 亀山天皇宸翰禅林寺御祈願文案（かめやまてんのうしんかんぜんりんじごきがんもんあん）
English: Ohojo partition paintings: The 120 Ohojo partition paintings have been designated Important Cultural Properties under the following four designations.
Japanese: 大方丈障壁画　120面大方丈障壁画120面は、以下の四件に分けて重要文化財に指定されている。
English: (b) 8 waterfall images; 8 court lady images; 6 cherry blossom and stream images; 4 plum tree, bamboo and bird images (all color on paper with gold leaf background)
Japanese: (b)瀑布図8面、宮嬪図8面、桜花渓流図6面、梅竹禽鳥図4面（各紙本金地著色）
English: (c) 8 waterfall, weeping willow and egret images; 5 peony flower and civet images; 10 pine tree, hawk and egret images; 4 pine tree and hydrangea images; 4 loquat and green pheasant images; 6 chrysanthemum and bush clover images (all color on paper)
Japanese: (c)瀑布垂柳白鵞図8面、牡丹麝香猫図5面、松鷹白鷺図10面、松紫陽花図4面、枇杷雉子図4面、菊萩図6面（各紙本著色）
English: (d) 10 crane images; 4 peach blossom and bird images; 4 white plum and bird images; 4 ducks and geese near water images; 2 cypress and mandarin duck images; 2 paulownia flower and bird images (all color on paper)
Japanese: (d)群鶴図10面、桃花小禽図4面、白梅禽鳥図4面、水辺鴨雁図4面、桧鴛鴦図2面、桐花小禽図2面（各紙本著色）
English: It is said to have made its way from Kyoto on the cargo ships that sailed the Sea of Japan during the Edo period.
Japanese: 江戸時代に北前船に乗って京都から西廻り航路で伝わったといわれている。
English: Koryu-ji Temple, located in the Uzumasa area of Ukyo Ward, Kyoto City, is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Omuro branch of the Shingon Sect.
Japanese: 広隆寺（こうりゅうじ）は、京都市右京区太秦（うずまさ）にある真言宗御室派の寺院。
English: The temple is also known by the names Hachioka-dera, Hoko-ji, Hatanokimi-dera and Uzumasa-dera.
Japanese: 蜂岡寺（はちおかでら、ほうこうじ）、秦公寺（はたのきみでら）、太秦寺などの別称がある。
English: It served as the ujidera (temple devoted to a clan's guardian deity) of the Hata clan of naturalized citizens and is the oldest temple in Kyoto, originating since before the relocation of the capital city to Heiankyo.
Japanese: 帰化人系の氏族である秦（はた）氏の氏寺であり、平安京遷都以前から存在した、京都最古の寺院である。
English: The temple is known for its statue of the Bodhisattva Maitreya sitting contemplatively in the half-lotus position, a National Treasure, and is one of the seven major temples constructed by Prince Shotoku.
Japanese: 国宝の弥勒菩薩半跏思惟像を蔵することで知られ、聖徳太子建立七大寺の一つ。
English: Koryu-ji Temple is located in Uzumasa, which is famous for Kyoto Uzumasa Eigamura (Toei Movie Land), but it is unknown whether it has always stood on this site since the time of its founding and there is a likely theory that it was built somewhere else during the first half of the 7th century and moved to its current location around the time of the relocation of the capital to Heiankyo.
Japanese: 広隆寺は、東映太秦映画村で有名な太秦に所在するが、創建当初からこの地にあったものかどうかは未詳で、7世紀前半に別の場所に創建され、平安遷都前後に現在地に移転したという説が有力である。
English: At the time of its founding, the temple was dedicated to the bodhisattva Maitreya but became dedicated to Bhaisajyaguru around the time of the relocation of the capital to Heiankyo and became a place of devotion to Bhaisajyaguru and Prince Shotoku.
Japanese: 創建当初は弥勒菩薩を本尊としていたが、平安遷都前後からは薬師如来を本尊とする寺院となり、薬師信仰とともに聖徳太子信仰の聖地となった。
English: There are references to the founding of Koryu-ji Temple in ancient texts such as "Nihon Shoki" and it has been confirmed by excavations that the temple dates from the 7th century, but the ancient records were lost to fire in the year 818 and the temple's early history cannot be determined for sure.
Japanese: 『日本書紀』等に広隆寺草創に関わる記述があり、発掘調査の結果等からも草創が7世紀にさかのぼる古寺であることは確かだが、弘仁9年（818年）の火災で古記録を失ったこともあり、初期の歴史は必ずしも明確ではない。
English: According to "Nihon Shoki," in the year 603, after Prince Shotoku asked his servants 'I have this sacred Buddhist statue, but who is here to worship it?' naturalized citizen HATA no Kawakatsu of a powerful local family received the statue and constructed 'Hoko-ji Temple.'
Japanese: 『書紀』によれば、推古天皇11年（603年）聖徳太子が「私のところに尊い仏像があるが、誰かこれを拝みたてまつる者はいるか」と諸臣に問うたところ、帰化人系の豪族秦河勝（はたのかわかつ）が、この仏像を譲り受け、「蜂岡寺」を建てたという。
English: On the other hand, "Koryu-ji Engi" (The Origin of Koryu-ji Temple) written in 838 and the late 9th century "Koryu-ji Shizai-Kotai Jitsurokucho" (Record of the Replacement of Materials of Koryu-ji Temple) state that the temple was constructed in 622 as a memorial to Prince Shotoku who passed away in the same year.
Japanese: 一方、承和(日本)5年（838年）成立の『広隆寺縁起』や9世紀後半成立の『広隆寺資材交替実録帳』には、広隆寺は推古天皇30年（622年）、同年に死去した聖徳太子の供養のために建立されたとある。
English: One explanation for this is that the temple's construction was initiated in 603 and completed in 622 and another explanation states that Hoko-ji Temple built in 603 and Koryu-ji Temple built in 622 were initially two separate temples that later merged.
Japanese: これについては、寺は603年に草創され、622年に至って完成したとする解釈と、603年に建てられた「蜂岡寺」と622年に建てられた「広隆寺」という別々の寺院が後に合併したとする解釈とがある。
English: The location of Hoko-ji Temple's founding is not known for sure but archaeological excavation of the first 7th century artifacts in the remains of Kitano Temple in Kitano, Kita Ward, Kyoto City have given rise to a likely theory that it was moved to its current location (or merged with another temple) in Uzumasa at the same time as the relocation of the capital to Heiankyo.
Japanese: 蜂岡寺の創建当初の所在地については、確証はないものの、7世紀前半の遺物を出土する京都市北区北野の北野廃寺跡がそれであり、平安京遷都と同時期に現在地の太秦へ移転（ないし2寺が合併）したとする説が有力である。
English: Originating from the Silla Kingdom of ancient Korea, the Hata clan were naturalized citizens based in Kado-no-gori (equivalent to the modern area of Nishikyo Ward and the southern part of Ukyo Ward in Kyoto City) and possessed skills such as sericulture, weaving, sake brewing and river management.
Japanese: 秦氏は、新羅系の帰化人の家系であり、葛野郡（かどのごおり、現・京都市右京区南部・西京区あたり）を本拠とし、養蚕、機織、酒造、治水などの技術をもった一族であった。
English: Konoshimanimasu-Amaterumimusubi-jinja Shrine (Kaiko-no-yashiro) near Koryu-ji Temple and Umenomiya-taisha Shrine in Umezu, Ukyo Ward and Matsuno-taisha Shrine in Arashiyama, Nishikyo Ward (both devoted to the deity of sake brewing) are also said to be connected to the Hata clan.
Japanese: 広隆寺の近くにある木嶋坐天照御魂神社（蚕の社）や、右京区梅津の梅宮大社、西京区嵐山の松尾大社（ともに酒造の神）も秦氏関係の神社といわれている。
English: "Nihon Shoki" states that in the year 623 (622 according to other sources), Silla Kingdom and Imna Confederacy messengers came to Japan where they enshrined Buddhist statues in Kadonohata-dera Temple and there is a theory that these correspond to the two wooden statues of the Bodhisattva Maitreya sitting in the half-lotus position which remain in Koryu-ji Temple.
Japanese: 『日本書紀』には、推古天皇31年（623年、伝本によっては推古天皇30年とも）、新羅と任那の使いが来日し、将来した仏像を葛野秦寺（かどのはたでら）に安置したという記事があり、この仏像が、今も広隆寺に残る、2体の木造弥勒菩薩半跏像のいずれかに該当するとする説がある。
English: The principal image of Koryu-ji Temple was changed to Bhaisajyaguru in the year 797, directly following the relocation of the capital to Heiankyo.
Japanese: なお、広隆寺の本尊は平安遷都直後の延暦16年（797年）以来、薬師如来となっている。
English: Starting with the fire in the year 818, the temple has been devastated by fire on numerous occasions and none of the original buildings from the time of the temple's founding now remain.
Japanese: 弘仁9年（818年）の火災をはじめ、たびたび災害に見まわれており、創建当時の建物は残っていない。
English: In the year 836, Koryu-ji Temple chief priest Dosho (disciple of Kukai) put great efforts into the restoration of the fire-ravaged statue and buildings and he became known as the Restoration Patriarch.
Japanese: 承和3年（836年）に広隆寺別当（住職）に就任した道昌（空海の弟子）は焼失した堂塔や仏像の復興に努め、中興の祖とされている。
English: Following this, the temple was completely destroyed by fire in 1150 but was rebuilt in a relatively short period of time and a dedication ceremony was held for all of the halls in 1165.
Japanese: その後、久安6年（1150年）にも火災で全焼したが、比較的短期間で復興し、永万元年（1165年）に諸堂の落慶供養が行われている。
English: It is said that the surviving Ko-do (lecture hall) (Important Cultural Property) underwent extensive modification following the medieval period, however, can be considered the same structure completed in 1665.
Japanese: 現存する講堂（重文）は、中世以降の改造が甚だしいとはいえ、永万元年に完成した建物の後身と考えられている。
English: Ko-do (lecture hall) (Important Cultural Property): Almost all original external elements are believed to have been lost through rebuilding in 1165, modifications between 1558 and 1570 and repairs undergone in modern times, but the interior ceiling and frame retain a Heian period legacy.
Japanese: 講堂（重文）-永万元年（1165年）の再建で、永禄年間（1558－1570）に改造を受け、近世にも修理を受けていて、建物の外回りには古い部分はほとんど残っていないとされているが、内部の天井や架構には平安時代の名残がみられる。
English: Enshrined within is a sitting statue of principal image Amida Nyorai (National Treasure) flanked by a sitting statue of Ksitigarbha (Important Cultural Property) on the right and a sitting statue of Akasagarbha on the left.
Japanese: 内部には本尊阿弥陀如来坐像（国宝）を中心に向かって右に地蔵菩薩坐像（重文）、左に虚空蔵菩薩坐像を安置する。
English: A palatial style building with a cypress bark hip-and-gable roof, within which is a miniature shrine that houses the principal image standing statue of Prince Shotoku.
Japanese: 入母屋造、檜皮葺きの宮殿風建築で、堂内奥の厨子内には本尊として聖徳太子立像を安置する。
English: This statue engraved with the year 1120 depicts Prince Shotoku aged 33 when he granted the statue HATA no Kawakatsu and is wearing underwear over which real clothing is worn.
Japanese: この像には元永3年（1120年）の造立銘があり、聖徳太子が秦河勝に仏像を賜った時の年齢である33歳時の像で、下着姿の像の上に実物の着物を着せて安置されている。
English: The hall enshrines a statue of Prince Shotoku and, like the Yumedono of Horyu-ji Temple, is an octagonal circular hall but architecturally it is more casual with a purely Japanese style and a cypress bark roof.
Japanese: 聖徳太子像を祀る堂で、法隆寺夢殿と同じ八角円堂であるが、建築様式的には純和様で檜皮葺きの軽快な堂である。
English: It is not ordinarily open to the public but access is allowed to the exterior on Sundays and public holidays in April, May, October and November.
Japanese: 通常非公開で、4、5、10、11月の日曜、祝日のみ外観が公開される。
English: Of the two wooden statues of the bodhisattva Maitreya sitting contemplatively in the half-lotus position at Koryu-ji Temple, the one commonly known as 'Crowned Maitreya' is housed within the center of the Reiho-den.
Japanese: 広隆寺に2体ある弥勒菩薩半跏像のうち、「宝冠弥勒」と通称される像で、霊宝殿の中央に安置されている。
English: German philosopher Karl Jaspers' enthusiastic praise of the statue is well known.
Japanese: ドイツの哲学者カール・ヤスパースがこの像を激賞したことはよく知られている。
English: The statue stands at approximately 123 centimeters in height, is made from red pine wood with Ichiboku-zukuri (wooden figure carved of one tree) and shows Maitreya deep in thought with the right hand gently touching the cheek.
Japanese: 像高は約123センチ、アカマツ材の一木造で、右手を頬に軽く当て、思索のポーズを示す弥勒像である。
English: The style is very similar to that of the gilt bronze statue of the bodhisattva Maitreya sitting contemplatively in the half-lotus position at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul.
Japanese: この像は大韓民国ソウル特別市の国立中央博物館にある金銅弥勒菩薩半跏像と全体の様式がよく似ている。
English: There are no other surviving Korean wooden Buddhist statues of the same style from the same era but the Koryu-ji Temple statue was originally covered in gold leaf and it is clear from the few traces that remain on the abdomen that would have resembled a gilt bronze Buddhist statue when it was crafted.
Japanese: 同時期の朝鮮の木造仏で同型のものは残っていないが、広隆寺像も元来は金箔でおおわれていたことが、下腹部等にわずかに残る痕跡から明らかで、制作当初は金銅仏に近い外観であったことが推定される。
English: Its style has led to the theory that it made its way to Japan from the Korean Peninsula but there are also those who propose that it was crafted in Japan and the debate has not yet been resolved.
Japanese: 制作地については作風等から朝鮮半島からの渡来像であるとする説と、日本で制作されたとする説があり、今なお決着を見ていない。
English: In 1948, soon after World War II, Jiro KOHARA took a sample from the statue's hollow interior and used microphotography to determine that it was made of red pine wood.
Japanese: 第二次世界大戦後まもない1948年、小原二郎は、本像内部の内刳り部分から試料を採取し、顕微鏡写真を撮影して分析した結果、本像の用材はアカマツであると結論した。
English: Japan's Asuka period wooden Buddhas and giraku masks were almost without exception made from the wood of Japan's indigenous camphor tree and the fact that the Koryu-ji Temple statue is the only example in Japan of a piece made from red pine became the basis of the theory that it came from the Korean Peninsula.
Japanese: 日本の飛鳥時代の木彫仏、伎楽面などの木造彫刻はほとんど例外なく日本特産のクスノキ材であるのに対し、広隆寺像は日本では他に例のないアカマツ材製である点も、本像を朝鮮半島からの渡来像であるとする説の根拠となってきた。
English: However, in 1968 when the statue was being photographed for 'Maitreya' - part 4 of the Mainichi Newspaper's series entitled "Fascinating Buddhist Statues," it was confirmed the back-board of the uchiguri (a cavity cut into a statue to decrease weight and prevent cracking due to drying out) was made of camphor wood and also that the robes of the back had been carved from the same wood.
Japanese: ところが、1968年に毎日新聞刊の『魅惑の仏像』4「弥勒菩薩」の撮影のさい、内刳り（軽量化と干割れ防止のため、木彫像の内部を空洞にすること）の背板にクスノキ材が使用され、さらに背部の衣文もこれに彫刻されていることが判明した。
English: (This is because statue was found to have been damaged during the Meiji period and camphor wood was used to repair the missing portion.)
Japanese: （明治時代に、この像は、破損した状態で発見され、このとき楠材を用いて欠損部分が補われている。）
English: Additionally, the theory that the statue was crafted in Japan comes from the fact that red pine also grows wild in Japan.
Japanese: また、アカマツが日本でも自生することから日本で制作されたとする説がある。
English: The theory that the statue came from the Korean Peninsula derives from the conviction that it is either the Buddhist statue received from Prince Shotoku in the year 603 or the Buddhist statue that arrived from the Silla Kingdom in 623 referred to in "Nihon Shoki."
Japanese: 朝鮮半島からの渡来仏だとする説からは、『日本書紀』に記される、推古天皇11年（603年）、聖徳太子から譲り受けた仏像、または推古天皇31年（623年）新羅から将来された仏像のどちらかがこの像に当たるのではないかと言われている。
English: On August 18, 1960, a 20-year-old student of Kyoto University touched the statue of Maitreya and broke its ring finger of the right hand.
Japanese: 1960年8月18日、京都大学の20歳の学生が弥勒菩薩像に触れ、像の右手薬指が折れるという事件が起こった。
English: It is often said of his motive that 'the statue was so beautiful that he just had to touch it' but in coverage that immediately followed the incident he said words to the effect of, 'When I actually saw it, I thought 'is this it?'
Japanese: この事件の動機についてよく言われるのが「弥勒菩薩像が余りに美しかったので、つい触ってしまった」というものだが、当の学生は直後の取材に対し「実物を見た時"これが本物なのか"と感じた。
English: I heard that it was covered in gold leaf but there was only the grain of the wood and it was covered in dust.
Japanese: 金箔が貼ってあると聞いていたが、貼ってなく、木目が出ており、埃もたまっていた。
English: There weren't any guards so I just gave it a quick touch but I still can't explain what going through my head at the time.'
Japanese: 監視人がいなかったので、いたずら心で触れてしまったが、あの時の心理は今でも説明できない」旨述べている。
English: The Kyoto District Public Prosecutors Office investigated the student on suspicion of violating the preservation of Cultural Properties but indictment was suspended.
Japanese: なお、京都地方検察庁はこの学生を文化財保護法違反の容疑で取り調べたが、起訴猶予処分としている。
English: The broken finger was restored using the collected fragments and it is now impossible to tell with the naked eye where the finger was damaged.
Japanese: また、折れた指は拾い集めた断片をつないで復元されており、肉眼では折損箇所を判別することは不可能である。
English: The statue is frequently referred to as 'The number one National Treasure' but it is simply the case that the National Treasure designation number assigned by the Minister of Education was 'Sculpture 1' and there were many other items that were also designated National Treasures on June 9, 1951.
Japanese: 本像についてしばしば「国宝第1号」ということが喧伝されるが、それは文部大臣から交付された国宝指定書の番号が「彫刻第1号」になっているに過ぎず、本像と同じく1951年6月9日付けで国宝に指定された物件は他にも多数ある。
English: One theory claims it to have been crafted during the late 7th/early 8th century in Japan as it is made from the wood of the camphor trees that are not found on the Korean Peninsula, however, there is another theory.
Japanese: 朝鮮半島には現存しないクスノキ材製であるところから、7世紀末～8世紀初頭頃の日本製と見られるが異説もある。
English: It is known as 'Crying Maitreya' due to its melancholy expression and right hand touching the cheek that makes it look as if it is crying.
Japanese: 沈うつな表情で右手を頬に当てた様子が泣いているように見えることから「泣き弥勒」の通称がある。
English: Wooden standing statue of Lakshmi (142.2 centimeter tall, designated an Important Cultural Property in 1917) (deposited at Tokyo National Museum)
Japanese: 木造吉祥天立像（像高142.2cm、1917年重文指定）（東京国立博物館寄託）
English: According to temple legend, the location of Saiho-ji Temple (西芳寺) was formerly the site of Prince Shotoku's villa, which Nara period monk Gyoki converted to a Hosso Sect temple known as 'Saiho-ji Temple (西方寺)' (a homophone of the current name) dedicated to the principal image Amida Nyorai.
Japanese: 寺伝では今、西芳寺のある場所は聖徳太子の別荘であったものを、奈良時代の僧・行基が寺にしたもので、当初は「西方寺」と称し、阿弥陀如来を本尊とする法相宗の寺であったという。
English: Although these legends cannot be taken at face value, it is believed that such a predecessor to the current temple genuinely did exist.
Japanese: こうした寺伝は額面どおり受け取ることはできないが、何らかの前身寺院があったものと思われる。
English: Over time, the temple fell into disrepair, and in 1339, the chief priest of the nearby Matsuno-taisha Shrine, FUJIWARA no Chikahide, summoned renowned monk and famous garden designer Muso Soseki (Muso Kokushi) to help him revive Saiho-ji as a Zen temple.
Japanese: 近くにある松尾大社の宮司藤原親秀（ちかひで）は、暦応2年（1339年）、当時の高僧であり作庭の名手でもあった夢窓疎石（夢窓国師）を招請して、すっかり荒れ果てていたこの寺を禅寺として再興した。
English: The original temple name 'Saiho-ji Temple (西方寺)' (meaning Western Temple) was suitable for a temple that enshrined an image of Amida Nyorai, primary Buddha of the Western Paradise but Muso Soseki changed this to 'Saiho-ji Temple (西芳寺)' (changing the 'ho' character).
Japanese: もとの寺名「西方寺」は、西方極楽浄土の教主である阿弥陀如来を祀る寺にふさわしい名称であるが、夢窓疎石はこれを「西芳寺」と改めた。
English: The new name 'Saiho (西芳)' was selected from the kanji used in two phrases related to early Zen monk Bodhidharma: 'Soshi seirai (祖師西来)' (Bodhidharma came from the West) and 'Goyo rempo (五葉聯芳)' (Bodhidharma's teachings shall spread and come to bear fruit like a five-petaled flower).
Japanese: 「西芳」は「祖師西来」「五葉聯芳」という、禅宗の初祖達磨に関する句に由来するという。
English: It is believed that the ruined original dry garden became covered in moss at the end of the Edo period.
Japanese: 元は枯山水であった荒廃した庭園が苔でおおわれるのは江戸時代末期に入ってからのようである。
English: It was originally the case that Saiho-ji Temple was open to the general public but this was stopped in 1977 and currently visitors are only admitted after making an application via return postcard.
Japanese: 西芳寺はかつては誰でも参観できる観光寺院であったが、1977年からは一般の拝観を中止し、往復はがきによる事前申し込み制となっている。
English: Visitors do not simply tour or observe the temple but must participate in religious services such as the transcribing of sutras.
Japanese: 単なる観光や見学ではなく写経などの宗教行事に参加することが条件となっている。
English: The eastern temple grounds include the moss garden centered around Ogon-chi (Golden Pond), the main hall (Sairai-do), the study and a three-storied pagoda housing sutras.
Japanese: 境内東側は黄金池を中心とした苔の庭園であり、東側には本堂（西来堂）、書院、三重納経塔などがある。
English: The garden itself contains three tea houses Shonan-tei (important cultural property), Shoan-do and Tanhoku-tei.
Japanese: 庭園内には湘南亭（重文）、少庵堂、潭北亭（たんほくてい）の3つの茶室がある。
English: Shonan-tei (Important Cultural Property): The tea house was originally constructed during the time of Muso Soseki but subsequently destroyed and said to have been later restored by SEN no Rikyu's second son SEN no Shoan.
Japanese: 湘南亭（重要文化財）-夢窓疎石の時代に建てられ、その後荒廃していたが、千利休の次男・千少庵によって再興されたと伝えられる茶室。
English: It is a bright, open teahouse and the alcove and guest seats of the 4 and 3/4-tatami mat main room with a Kato-mado (window with a special curvilinear top part) do not have Nijiriguchi (small door which leads into a tea ceremony hut) at the center but only a Kininguchi (an entrance made especially for noblemen or other dignitaries so that they can enter a tea ceremony room without bending) with a broad veranda running along the north from which the garden of woods and fountains can be viewed.
Japanese: 四畳台目の主室は、亭主床、客座の中央に火灯窓、躙口はなく貴人口のみ、北側は広縁に連なり林泉を見渡すことができ、明るく開放的な茶室である。
English: Tanhoku-tei: The tea house donated to the temple in 1928 by potter Zoroku MASHIMIZU.
Japanese: 潭北亭-1928年、陶芸家の真清水蔵六（ましみずぞうろく）から寄進された茶室である。
English: Buildings designated Special Places of Scenic Beauty, including 'Shonan-tei' and 'Tanhoku-tei,' were inspired by phrases from the Chinese Zen text "Biyanlu" (Blue Cliff Record).
Japanese: 「湘南亭」「潭北亭」などの建物の名勝は中国の禅書『碧巌録』に出てくる句にちなむものである。
English: Saiho-ji Temple Garden (Special Place of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Site): Created by Muso Soseki and comprised of the upper dry landscape garden and the lower pond-centered garden.
Japanese: 西芳寺庭園（特別名勝・史跡）-夢窓疎石の作庭で、上段の枯山水と、下段の池泉回遊式庭園の2つから成っていた。
English: In the northern temple grounds remains a dry landscape garden in which the arrangement of stones in the rock garden is said to show traces of how it looked in the time of Muso Soseki.
Japanese: 境内北方には上段の枯山水庭園の石組みが残り、この部分には夢窓疎石当時の面影が残っていると思われる。
English: Today Saiho-ji Temple Garden is best known for its moss garden centered around the Ogon-chi (Golden Pond), which is nestled in a grove of trees.
Japanese: 今日、西芳寺庭園としてよく知られるのは苔の庭で、木立の中にある黄金池と呼ぶ池を中心とした回遊式庭園である。
English: The garden is divided into the pond area at the base of the hill and Zen temple garden that utilizes the slope of the hill with a path leading up the hillside, atop which stands a rest stop named Shukuen-tei.
Japanese: 山麓に位置する地形の庭園構成を池と、その上の山の斜面を利用した禅堂の庭とに分けまたこの禅堂より山に登る道があって、頂上に縮遠亭という休憩所があった。
English: The garden displays a multi-level design concept with the summit offering a view of the Katsura-gawa River and the two-storied reliquary hall near the pond overlooking the garden.
Japanese: 頂上からは桂川周辺を展望しようとし、池辺の2層の舎利殿からは庭園を見下ろそうとする構想で、両者は同一の考えから出た、立体的な構想力を示したものであるとされる。
English: The pond has pavilions, is surrounded on 3 sides by flowers and trees pruned into two steps, and contains the three small islands Asahi Island, Yuhi Island and Kiri Island on which white sand has been spread and pine trees grow.
Japanese: 池には朝日島、夕日島、霧島と呼ぶ3つの島があり、小島には白砂が敷かれ松が植えられ、亭があり、池の3面の花木は2段に刈り込まれていた。