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	Kyoto Travel: Ryoanji
		Ryoanji is a Zen temple in northwestern Kyoto.
		Ryoanji is a 5 minute bus ride or 15 minute walk west of Kinkakuji, the Golden Pavilion.
		Ryoanji can also be reached by the Keifuku Kitano Line, a small train that runs through the calm residential areas of northwestern Kyoto and offers a connection to Arashiyama.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e3909.html (229 words)

	Kyoto Temples: Ryoanji
		Considering the attention Ryoanji now attracts, it is surprising that until the middle of the twentieth century, it was virtually forgotten.
		Ryoanji was built in 1450 by Hosokawa Katsumoto (1430 - 1473), one of the powerful warlords of the time, in the grounds of an older estate he had obtained.
		Ryoanji's garden has been tentatively ascribed to the famous landscape painter Soami (1455 - 1525), but there are numerous conflicting opinions and all proof is lacking.
	www.xs4all.nl /~daikoku/junrei/reijo/bangai-2.htm (1216 words)

	Japanese Architecture: Ryoanji temple, Kyoto
		The Zen garden of Ryoanji is famous for its simplicity—made of nothing but clay walls, raked sand, and fifteen rocks.
		The architect of Ryoanji is not known, but tradition attributes it to Somai (1480?-1525), an artist who also worked at Daisen-in.
		Ryoanji is justifiably one of the pivotal works of Japanese garden design.
	www.orientalarchitecture.com /kyoto/RYOANJI.htm (649 words)

	Ryoanji, Ryoan-ji - Kyoto, Japan
		Ryoanji is most famous for its karesansui (dry landscape) Zen rock garden, thought to date from the late 1400s.
		It is one of the most notable examples of the dry-garden style — some say it is the highest expression of Zen art and teachings and perhaps the single greatest masterpiece of Japanese culture.
		So you must have a total view of the garden to make it a whole and meaningful experience, and yet, in the conditions of this world, that is not possible.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /japan/kyoto-ryoanji.htm (882 words)

	Photos/Pictures of Ryoanji Temple (Kyoto, Japan)
		Ryoanji Temple, originally an aristocrat's country villa, was converted into a Zen temple in 1450.
		When these were destroyed by fire in 1797, the Seigen-in Temple's abbot's quarters, build in 1606, was relocated to Ryoanji Temple; this structure is the present Hojo, which serves as the main hall of the temple.
		A rock-and-gravel garden comprising 15 rocks in five groupings, arranged on a bed of white gravel, it is renowned throughout the world as the ultimate example of the karesansui, or "dry landscape" style rock gardens, in which nature is compressed and given abstract expression within the confines of a very narrow space.
	www.danheller.com /kyoto-ryoanjitemple.html (231 words)

	Ryoanji Garden in Kyoto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		No one really knows who designed it and when, and today, several different approches try to bring an explanation to these questions, ones speculating that it was conceived by Zen monks, others by the famous landscape painter Soami, by the end of the 15th century.
		Although the original appearance of the garden and its function are also unknown, in its current state, the Ryoanji measures 30mx10m, framed on the south and west by a wall.
		What makes the Ryoanji garden so fascinating is that no matter where you sit, only 14 of the rocks are visible at any one time.
	www.geocities.com /aasgaraly/ryoanji.html (353 words)

	Ryoanji Temple in Kyoto, Japan
		Ryoanji (Temple of the peaceful dragon) is in the northwest section of Kyoto, not far from Kinkakuji.
		Hosokawa Katsumoto (1430-73), a military commander of the Muromachi Period (1336-1573) then built his estate on the ruins, but he was killed during the Onin Wars (1467-77) and left the 120 acres of the estate to become a temple - this was when Ryoanji was founded.
		The Onin wars however were not yet over, and along with almost the entire city of Kyoto, the original buildings were burnt to the ground as the city became a battlefield.
	www.yamasa.org /japan/english/destinations/kyoto/ryoanji.html (1951 words)

	Significance Behind the Karesansui
		Ryoanji is well known and signified for its minimalism.
		The karesansui at Ryoanji is the "epitome of Zen tranquitlity and reflection." This garden is compiled enitrely of rocks, resulting in a view similar to a seascape.
		The fifteen rocks at Ryoanji weighed heavy on the destiny of the karesansui in Japan.
	www.stolaf.edu /courses/2004sem2/Art/260/guinn/significance1.htm (847 words)

	Salon Wanderlust \| Ryoanji reflections
		The first time I visited Ryoanji I was overwhelmed -- first by the spareness of the site and second by loudspeakers that every fifteen minutes squawked out a recorded message about the history and spirit of the garden to the busloads of obedient schoolchildren and tourists who filed through.
		I have seen Ryoanji in spring, when the cherry trees bloomed, and in fall, when their branches were bare; in winter, when snow covered the moss, and in summer, when the cicadas buzzed beyond the wall.
		It is in this sense that Ryoanji is, for me, the essential sacred place: It is complete in itself, but for you to completely perceive it, you have to transcend the boundary between inner and outer -- to travel inward as well as outward, to find and finish it in your mind.
	www.salon.com /wlust/pass/1998/12/14pass.html (890 words)

	CD "Rock's Role (After Ryoanji)", Art in General, USA 2004
		Based on the original Ryoanji, one of the most famous Zen gardens in Japan and the title of a series of pieces composed by sound artist John Cage (1983-1985), this exhibition was created by gathering 17 works from an open call for submissions.
		The visual and auditory affect of the exhibit is meant to mimic the effect of a Japanese rock garden like the famous one at the Ryoanji temple in Koyoto visited by Cage on his first trip to Japan.
		The idea was to create a tribute to John Cage's series of musical compositions called "Ryoanji," which Cage had undertaken in 1983, basing his work on the famous 16th-century karesansui garden of that name in Kyoto.
	www.bernhardgal.com /cd_rocksrole.html (2630 words)

	Ryoanji - John Cage - Music Reviews
		An hour in length with an ensemble of seven performing it, John Cage's Ryoanji is among his most focused and beautiful works.
		This is precisely notated to begin two measures before each instrumentalist enters, continues during their silences, and is played two measures after everyone is finished in the score.
		With the percussion notated in uneven increments and not a constant pulse, we are aware of the passage of time via sense impression, not accuracy.
	www.mp3.com /albums/441843/reviews.html (971 words)

	Advanced Kyoto: Ryoanji and Kinkakuji
		Ryoanji is a vigorous 15 minutes walk from Kinkakuji, mostly uphill and on a narrow sidewalk.
		Ryoanji is perhaps my favorite temple in Kyoto, a highpoint of Zen architecture, and famous for its rock garden.
		The fifteen stones invite contemplation, while the patterns in the walls and gravel seek to confuse your mind until it clears of otherwise worthless desires and interests.
	www.travelwithyourkids.com /destinations/advanced-kyoto-ryoanji-and-kinkakuji (488 words)

	CD Baby: BRIAN TAIRAKU RITCHIE: Ryoanji
		Brian Ritchie's new album Ryoanji encompasses traditional Japanese pieces from a thousand years ago to the present and even spins into 60s jazz and modern music while remarkably managing to present a seamless whole.
		Apparently John Cage wrote the title piece Ryoanji with the shakuhachi in mind, and in Ritchie's version, the garden of sounds is at times even a bit ominous, somewhat reminescent of King Crimson's "Red" days with one's consciousness of time's passage heightened by the ma or space between the isolated percussive beats.
		I have had to listen to it in bits because the sound is too deep to absorb all at once.
	cdbaby.com /cd/btritchie (772 words)

	Schott Music - Shop - CDs - Variations II / Eight Whiskus / Music for two / Ryoanji
		"Measure and comply" is also the motto behind "Ryoanji" (1983/85), written more than twenty years after "Variations II" (Malcolm Goldstein's adaptation is based on the version for voice and percussion, but reinterprets the phonemes of the text as various violin timbres and forms of articulation.).
		The meticulously raked, white sand of the Japanese Ryoanji monastery is represented by the regular pulse of the percussion part.
		Ryoanji for voice and percussion; voice part transcribed for violin by Malcolm Goldstein with permission of John Cage
	www.schott-music.com /shop/3/show,93686.html (452 words)

	John Cage & The Ives Ensemble - Ten, Ryoanji, Fourteen, Ives Ensemble \| CFRB
		The three pieces all employ microtonal music as their primary means of elucidating the musical text "Ten" is scored for flute, oboe, clarinet, trombone, percussion, two violins, viola, and violincello.
		This work differs in that distinct pitches are used; they were determined by using a visual form of notation for the work.
		In this version of "Ryoanji," the ensemble, comprised of only three players this time, is a bit slower and everything is played in the lower range.
	www.cfrb.com /album/495515/review (631 words)

	A R T i n G E N E R A L o n C A N A L (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		His works were created from a mathematical mapping of the architectural plan of the Ryoanji garden and temple that he then translated to entries on his analog rig.
		The artist draws parallels between this experience, and that of the Ryoanji garden, which can not be viewed in its entirety from any one viewpoint and thus offers a unique and separate experience from each vantage point.
		Rock's Role (After Ryoanji) at Art in General is part of NEW SOUND, NEW YORK, a city-wide festival of performances, installations and public dialogues featuring new works by sound artists who are exploring fresh connections among music, architecture and the visual arts.
	www.artingeneral.org /aig/exhibitions/archive-gallery-images.php4?galleryID=120 (1854 words)

	Ancient Rock Garden At The Ryoanji Zen Temple In Kyoto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Ryoanji?" I asked him, naming the famous rock and sand garden in Kyoto's most brochures and pamphleted Zen temple.
		The Ryoanji Temple garden consists of five rock and moss clusters...
		Otherwise, the Zen rock garden of the Ryoanji Temple in Kyoto, Japan, a...
	www.infotechspain.com /208/ancient-rock-garden-at-the-ryoanji-zen-temple-in-kyoto.html (536 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features
		THE garden at Ryoanji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, eludes conventional notions of what a garden should be.
		While the Ryoanji, literally translated as dragon peace temple, has many other types of gardens, the Zen garden is a premier example of karesansui and the most popular, Parkes said.
		It is about the size of a tennis court with a cover of gravel that is raked in subtle patterns to suggest the ocean or clouds.
	www.starbulletin.com /2000/01/14/features/garden.html (765 words)

	Burke's Backyard Archives 2003 - Ryoanji Temple Gardens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Don visited Ryoanji Temple in Kyoto to see one of the greatest masterpieces of Japanese culture - a superlative Zen garden.
		Thought to have been created around 1488, the garden is 30m long from east to west and 10m from north to south.
		Details on the fact sheets are accurate at the time of publishing, however prices and contact information are not updated and may change.
	www.burkesbackyard.com.au /2003/archives/2003/overseas_specials4/ryoanji_temple_gardens (193 words)

	Impressionen aus Japan - Kyoto - Ryoanji (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Der Ryoanji in Kyoto ist vor allem für seinen Steingarten weltberühmt.
		Sehenswert und von seltener Schönheit ist aber auch der große "Naturgarten", der zum Gelände des Ryoanji gehört.
		aus 15 Steinsetzungen in weißem Kies bestehende Zen-Steingarten des Ryoanji.
	www.budoforum.net /japan2001/ryoanji.html (113 words)

	Ryoanji Temple - Kyoto :: Japan Visitor
		Ryoanji Temple houses the most famous Zen rock garden in Japan arranged in the kare-sansui (dry landscape) style.
		Ryoanji is famous above all for its karesansui (dry landscape) rock garden.
		The garden is composed of raked gravel and fifteen moss-covered boulders.
	www.japanvisitor.com /index.php?cID=406&pID=1310 (153 words)

	Ryoanji Temple and Zen Rock Garden, Kyoto - Reviews of Ryoanji Temple and Zen Rock Garden - IgoUgo
		Ryoanji is the world's most famous Zen stone garden and dates from the fifteenth century.
		The Ryoanji Temple is located in the northwest section of Kyoto.
		Upon entering Ryoanji, there is an enormous pond that is home to a variety of different water birds.
	www.igougo.com /travelcontent/journalEntryActivity.aspx?Mode=2&ReviewID=1166399 (448 words)

	John Cage & The Ives Ensemble - Ten, Ryoanji, Fourteen, Ives Ensemble \| The Mix
		The three works recorded here, two of them ("Fourteen" and "Ten") being first recordings, all come from the last decade of John Cage's life.
		"Ryoanji" has been recorded in its large ensemble format over an entire disc, but not quite like this version.
		The three pieces all employ microtonal music as their primary means of elucidating the musical text "Ten" is scored for flute, oboe, clarinet, trombone, percussion, two violins, viola, and violincello.
	www.themix.com /album/495515 (135 words)

	Ryoanji Temple \| Museum/Attraction Review \| Kyoto \| Frommers.com
		About a 20-minute walk southwest of the Golden Pavilion is Ryoanji -- home to what is probably the most famous Zen rock garden in all of Japan -- laid out at the end of the 15th century during the Muromachi Period.
		Fifteen rocks set in waves of raked white pebbles are surrounded on three sides by a clay wall and on the fourth by a wooden veranda.
		There's a 1,000-year-old pond, on the rim of which sits a beautiful little restaurant, Ryoanji Yudofuya, with tatami rooms and screens, where you can eat yudofu and enjoy the view.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/kyoto/A23816.html (336 words)

	MARGARETE ROEDER GALLERY: JOHN CAGE and MERCE CUNNINGHAM
		Cage himself used this installation principle, most notably in his solo exhibition at Espai Poublenou, Barcelona in 1990, when his own works were arranged throughout the galleries and also in his touring retrospective, Rolywholyover, 1992, when works by other artists were displayed within the context of Cage's own exhibition.
		The Where R = Ryoanji drawings are based on the Ryoanji rock gardens in Kyoto, Japan.
		Using a grid whose size was determined by the jacket and flaps of the book, Cage gathered together fifteen stones-the same number found in the Ryoanji garden-culled from his own collection.
	www.roedergallery.com /exhibitions/cage_cunn_pr.htm (484 words)

	CD Baby: BRIAN TAIRAKU RITCHIE: Ryoanji
		Brian Ritchie's new album Ryoanji encompasses traditional Japanese pieces from a thousand years ago to the present and even spins into 60s jazz and modern music while remarkably managing to present a seamless whole.
		The album opens with a folk piece called Kiso Bushi, starting off with a rollicking bass and drum beat, and soon Ritchie spins from basic melody into the kind of improvization that he does so well.
		I have had to listen to it in bits because the sound is too deep to absorb all at once.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/btritchie (787 words)

	Bamboo, Ryoanji, Kinkakuji \| Kyoto, Japan Travel Blog
		Here is the Ryoanji Temple, one of the places I had most been looking forward to visiting.
		I was thoroughly contented after lunch, glad to have found the restaurant and happy to have experienced the atmosphere and delicious food and setting.
		The Ryoanji temple and gardens sound a wonderful refuge of calm- and especially the vegetarian restaurant within the gardens.
	www.travelpod.com /cgi-bin/guest.pl?tweb_UID=amycm&tweb_tripID=sg-my-au-jp2006&tweb_entryID=1152712800&tweb_PID=ttravel (843 words)

	Gardens - NAGI'S RYOANJI - Sachio Izumi - 123/317 - World Wide Panorama
		In addition, I want to introduce Contemporary Art of the interesting space which I can sense bodily for a sense of own body which used "Garden" for a motif separately from it here.
		It is a work to call "Nagi's Ryoanji" by "Arakawa+Madeline Gins" which Nagi Museum Of Contemporary Art includes.
		This work does "Rock Garden of kyoto's Ryoanji" which is one of the most famous gardens in a motif in Japan.
	geoimages.berkeley.edu /worldwidepanorama/wwp606/html/SachioIzumi.html (303 words)

	All the Hazards and Threats of - TIME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Outside the Ryoanji temple, the newest Japanese surfaces shine.
		The Ryoanji temple's Zen rock garden—five austerely abstract boulder mounds set in a sea of curried sand pebbles—is a celebrated spiritual masterpiece.
		The abbot of Ryoanji, in a perfect eloquence of abnegation, wrote that the place should be called simply the "Garden of Nothingness."
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,921309,00.html (684 words)

	TIMEasia Magazine: Best of Asia - Ryoanji Temple Garden, Kyoto, Japan
		And among the most ineffable of koans is the Ryoanji temple rock garden in Kyoto.
		The acme of a Japanese garden style known as karesansui (dry landscape), Ryoanji is deceptively barren.
		Fifteen oddly shaped rocks of varying sizes lie on a 30-m-by-10-m bed of raked white sand.
	www.time.com /time/asia/2005/boa/boa_garden.html (202 words)

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