The imperial forbidden garden created at Heiankyo's founding in 794 — where Kukai invoked rain and Japan's first goryo-e spirit-pacification rite gave birth to the Gion Festival
創建
794 年
種別
寺院
Access
3 min walk from Subway Tozai Line Nijo-jo-mae Station
Shinsen-en is a pond garden created as the imperial forbidden garden during the construction of Heiankyo, adjacent to the south of Nijo Castle. It was established at almost the same time as the Heian capital's founding in 794 and served as a place for imperial banquets and rain-prayer rites. In 863 Japan's first goryo-e (spirit-pacification ceremony) was held here, and the site is also said to be …
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Shinsen-en was established as an imperial forbidden garden adjacent to the southern precinct of the Daidairi (Great Imperial Palace) of Heiankyo in 794, coinciding with the founding of the Heian capital. The spacious pond garden served as a site for imperial banquets and boating excursions, and rain…