Gansho-in Temple, a Soto Zen temple in Obuse-machi, famous for the ceiling painting "Happo-nirami Hoou-zu" (Eight-Direction Glaring Phoenix) painted by Katsushika Hokusai in his later years. The 21-tatami phoenix painting, into which the nearly 90-year-old Hokusai poured his full strength, is a late masterpiece said to make eye contact with the viewer no matter where they stand. The temple grounds…
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