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Lit. Pure Land garden. Large pond gardens at Pure land Buddhist temples which recreate the palatial garden of *Amida ˆ’–ν‘Ι Buddha's Pure Land joudo ς“y Paradise. Typically these Heian period gardens are built on the west side and in front of the temple's Amida Hall. The main feature of the Pure Land garden is the lotus pond which symbolizes the lotus pond of Amida's Western Paradise saihou Ό•ϋ in which souls are reborn. Because Pure Land temples were often built on the sites of aristocratic villas, joudo teien were often converted from secular gardens in the shinden style *shinden-zukuri teien Q“a‘’’뉀. Despite the very different functions of the two gardens, the harmony between the pond and structures as well as in the treatment of the shoreline and rock groupings are similar. The best known but much altered examples of Pure Land gardens are Byoudouin Hououdou •½“™‰@–P™€“° (1053), and Joururuji *Amidadou ς—Ϊ—žŽ›ˆ’–ν‘Ι“° (1107), both in Kyoto. Although all of the original structures have burned down, the Pure Land garden at Moutsuuji –Ρ‰zŽ› in Iwate prefecture preserves the original 13c dimensions, contours and rock groupings. Perhaps the greatest joudo teien was that built by Fujiwara Michinaga “‘Œ΄“Ή’· (966-1027) at Houjouji –@¬Ž› in Kyoto. Other Pure Land gardens, such as those originally at Saihouji Ό‘ΫŽ› and Rokuonji Ž­‰‘Ž› in Kyoto, were significantly altered in the Muromachi period to accommodate new Chinese garden styles.
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