Couplets of the Hall of Dharma Transmission (Rentou dou 聯燈堂), Manpukiji (萬福寺)

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Couplets of the Hall of Dharma Transmission (Rentou dou 聯燈堂), Manpukiji (萬福寺) Liu, Jeffrey; Wan, Ziling

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Couplet outside the Hall of the Dharma Transmission (Rentou dou 聯燈堂) in Manpuku-ji Temple (萬福寺), an Ōbaku 黄檗 Zen temple in Uji 宇治, Kyoto prefecture 京都府, Japan. The right couplet reads "One flower blossoms with five petals, Each petal fully sharing its fragrance. 一華開五葉々々悉聯芳" (Image 01). The left couplet reads "One torch divides into a thousand lamps, Each lamp continuing the flame. 一炬分千燈々々皆續燄" (image 02). They are written by Master Kacho Bunshu 華頂文秀 (1740-1827), the twenty-fifth abbot of Manpukuji.

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Title	Couplets of the Hall of Dharma Transmission (Rentou dou 聯燈堂), Manpukiji (萬福寺)
Creator	Liu, Jeffrey; Wan, Ziling
Contributor	From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued	2023-07-25
Description	Couplet outside the Hall of the Dharma Transmission (Rentou dou 聯燈堂) in Manpuku-ji Temple (萬福寺), an Ōbaku 黄檗 Zen temple in Uji 宇治, Kyoto prefecture 京都府, Japan. The right couplet reads "One flower blossoms with five petals, Each petal fully sharing its fragrance. 一華開五葉々々悉聯芳" (Image 01). The left couplet reads "One torch divides into a thousand lamps, Each lamp continuing the flame. 一炬分千燈々々皆續燄" (image 02). They are written by Master Kacho Bunshu 華頂文秀 (1740-1827), the twenty-fifth abbot of Manpukuji.
Subject	Manpukuji; Buddhism; Temples; Edo period; Plaque; Calligraphy
Geographic Location	Uji-shi (Japan); Kyoto (Japan); 34.91350992; 135.8069985
Type	Still Image
Language	chi
Notes	Author affiliations: University of Arizona
Series	Cluster 1.5: Extended Textual Communities
Date Available	2024-01-05
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0438452
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/87113
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Graduate; Undergraduate
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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