The main gate of Engaku-ji, in a print done by Shiro Katamatsu in 1953. The Sanmon is not the physical entrance to the temple, but the symbolic one. The open concept lower level evokes emptiness, formlessness, and inaction, all good things in a Zen Buddhist context. The present structure was built in 1785 and is the only building in the temple to pre-date the 1923 earthquake.
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