http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo.html Join me for a visual guided tour of Shisendo, the home of Ishikawa Jozan. See the Travel section for more information about visiting Shisendo virtually and in person. If no images display, please enable JavaScripts in your browser. http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo.html#0 9c27e787-838b-41cd-b403-96fccde5c861 http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/mon.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/mon.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_273_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_4">A modest gate with a moss covered roof stands by the road. Jozan called it Lesser Paradise Cave <span style="font-family: 'HiraMinProN-W3', 'Hiragino Mincho ProN'; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: 300; line-height: 23px; " class="style_2">小有洞</span><span style="line-height: 18px; " class="style_2">.</span></p></div></div> http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo.html#1 48334ab5-4098-46ab-a514-2f3ff65ac294 http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/27.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/27.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_273_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_5">The narrow path leads through a stand of bamboo. On the left is a small teahouse constructed after Jozan’s time.</p></div></div> http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo.html#2 cac3a135-82a0-4258-afe6-8ecbad96dd27 http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/ume.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/ume.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_273_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_5">A second gate obscures the view. Jozan named this one Old Plum Gate <span style="font-family: 'HiraMinProN-W3', 'Hiragino Mincho ProN'; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: 300; line-height: 29px; " class="style_1">老梅関</span>.</p></div></div> http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo.html#3 bb0885b8-7081-419d-b167-03e598d6c54d http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/genkan.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/genkan.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_273_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_4">Emerging through the gate, the eye is drawn up to the Moon Room <span style="font-family: 'HiraMinProN-W3', 'Hiragino Mincho ProN'; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: 300; line-height: 24px; " class="style_1">嘯月楼</span>.</p></div></div> http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo.html#4 9fdae96e-18d7-476f-8933-e1c5a325fdb1 http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/tiles.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/tiles.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_273_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_4">The uneveness of the roofs reflect the “uneven” (<span style="line-height: 15px; " class="style_3">凹凸)</span> kanji selected by Jozan when he named the villa Ototsuka. <br/></p></div></div> http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo.html#5 7e409551-3be6-4ac8-844f-331e828adbc6 http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/01.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/01.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_273_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_4">A traditional oven reveals the practical origins of Ishikawa’s home.</p></div></div> http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo.html#6 888f95ca-2933-493e-a878-bbacf3d81bf8 http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/spear.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/spear.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_273_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_4">A spear is mounted in a front room, the sole reminder of his samurai roots. Underneath hang two examples of wood carvings in his signature white on black style. </p></div></div> http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo.html#7 d7ad924e-7787-43bb-a022-a2e7f87a3f8c http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/07.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/07.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_273_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_4">Looking out from Shisendo, the Hall of Poets. This name replaced Ototsuka when referring to the entire house.</p></div></div> http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo.html#8 56f6b71c-011d-4cce-991d-054e64de8e37 http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/maples.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/maples.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_273_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_4">A view of the upper garden. The white sand looks like a blank sheet of paper in the sun.</p></div></div> http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo.html#9 d0f6d333-335c-4378-bf1c-5e253900b476 http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/roofie.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/roofie.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_273_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_4">The singular Moon Room with an unusual mix of straw and tile roofs.</p></div></div> http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo.html#10 af261d0a-3a5e-4e29-9e6a-e6b738ababa2 http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/sneaky.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/sneaky.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_273_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_4">Peering between the hedges at the upper garden.</p></div></div> http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo.html#11 65fbf78f-50af-41bb-ba0b-015bd47752b4 http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/sozu.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/sozu.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_273_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_4">The bamboo sozu fills with water and empties with a knock periodically. Designed to scare away grazing deer, it is as much a summer sound as the whirr of the cicada.</p></div></div> http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo.html#12 d32f16d0-70b7-46a9-8e2c-0a243ce419a1 http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/reeds.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/reeds.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_273_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_4"><span style="font-family: 'HiraMinProN-W3', 'Hiragino Mincho ProN'; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: 300; line-height: 24px; " class="style_1">残月軒</span><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_4">Zangetsuken, Pavilion of the Waning Moon</p></div></div> http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo.html#13 c3ad1483-4b8f-4964-917a-32aae58af636 http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/poemstone.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/poemstone.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_273_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_4">A poem stone nestled in the shade of a mossy hillside.</p></div></div> http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo.html#14 9990d84c-754a-43e3-8a84-d74629b4b8a2 http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/memorial.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/memorial.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_273_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_4">A memorial to Ishikawa Jozan.</p></div></div> http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo.html#15 29e721a3-0cfe-4116-a6d0-1d101e5bff27 http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/04.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.travisbelrose.com/Site/Shisendo_files/Media/04.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_273_80"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_4">Until next time.</p></div></div>