Daitokuji Graveyard、 大徳寺の墓地

Under the blue sky
Marveling at a cold stone
Unbroken silence

青い空の下
涼しい石を驚く
静か静か

I've always had a bit of a fascination with cemeteries. The innate macabre, the history, and the mystery of the lives of those buried. They speak to something deep rooted that makes us human.

私は墓地がずっと驚きます。　墓地の死と歴史とミステリはおもろいと思う。　墓地は深い何かに話します。　　　　

This modern looking tomb lays in Daitokuji attached to Obai-in Temple. The cemetery also houses soldiers who died during a 100 year period of conflict starting in 1467.

この墓場は現代的みたいだ。　　大徳寺のおばいいんのそばにあります。　　千四百六十七からこの墓地の中に百人の侍の墓場があります。　　

While I don't remember where I got the information, I believe Takuan Soho a famed Zen monk is buried here. Takuan Soho was the head abbot of Daitokuji. He also had close ties to the Yagyu clan and the Tokugawa Shogunate. He was influential in the bonding between Samurai and Zen Buddhism.

その正確さが忘れる間、この有名な人そほ・たくあんというはここに埋めたと思います。　　そほ・たくあん様は大徳寺の長でした。　　とうがわとやぎゅうのかぞくに近い絆がありました。　　侍とゼンの絆は影響を与えた。

You can read one of his books, "The Unfettered Mind".

彼の本を読むことできる。


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