Wooden couplets, Main Entrance Gate (Sōmon 総門), Manpukuji (萬福寺)

Wooden couplets with calligraphy written by Gaoquan Xingdun 高泉性潡 (1633-1695) located on the front side (left and right) of the main entrance gate (Sōmon 総門) (Image 03) of Manpukuji (萬福寺), an Ōbaku 黄檗 Zen head temple in Uji 宇治, Kyoto prefecture 京都府, Japan. The plaque on the right reads: 宋綱済道重恢廓 (Image 01). The plaque on the left reads: 聖主賢臣悉仰尊 (Image 02).Arts, Faculty ofAsian Studies, Department ofNon UBCUnreviewedAuthor affiliations: University of Edinburgh, Columbia University, University of British ColumbiaGraduat

Wooden plaque, Main Entrance Gate (Sōmon 総門), Manpukuji (萬福寺)

Wooden plaque with calligraphy written by Gaoquan Xingdun 高泉性潡 (1633-1695) located on the front side of the main entrance gate (Sōmon 総門) (Image 03) of Manpukuji (萬福寺), an Ōbaku Zen (黄檗) head temple in Uji 宇治, Kyoto prefecture 京都府, Japan. The three-character calligraphy reads: 第一義 (Daiichi-gi) (Image 01 & Image 02).Arts, Faculty ofAsian Studies, Department ofNon UBCUnreviewedAuthor affiliations: University of Edinburgh, Columbia University, University of British ColumbiaGraduat

Wooden plaque, Zhantan lin (旃檀林), Manpukuji (萬福寺)

Wooden plaque with calligraphy written by Qiandai Xing'an 千呆性安 (1636–1705), located on the inner/northern side of the main gate (Sanmon 三門/山門) of Manpukuji (萬福寺), an Ōbaku 黄檗 Zen head temple in Uji 宇治, Kyoto prefecture 京都府, Japan. The plaque reads: 旃檀林 (Image 01).Arts, Faculty ofAsian Studies, Department ofNon UBCUnreviewedAuthor affiliations: University of Edinburgh, Columbia University, University of British ColumbiaGraduat

Wooden couplets, Main Gate (Sanmon 三門/山門), Manpukuji (萬福寺)

Wooden couplets with calligraphy written by Qiandai Xing'an 千呆性安 (1636–1705), located on the inner/northern side of the main gate (Sanmon 三門/山門) of Manpukuji (萬福寺), an Ōbaku Zen (黄檗) head temple in Uji 宇治, Kyoto prefecture 京都府, Japan. The plaque on the right reads: 大道沒遮攔進步直登兜率殿 (Image 01). The plaque on the left reads: 法門無內外翻身入拶旃檀林 (Image 03).Arts, Faculty ofAsian Studies, Department ofNon UBCUnreviewedAuthor affiliations: University of Edinburgh, Columbia University, University of British ColumbiaGraduat

Wooden couplets, Main Gate (Sanmon 三門/山門), Manpukuji (萬福寺)

Wooden couplets with calligraphy written by Mu'an Xingtao 木庵性瑫 (1611–1684) located on the front side (left and right) of the main gate (Sanmon 三門/山門) (Image 03) of Manpukuji (萬福寺), an Ōbaku Zen (黄檗) head temple in Uji 宇治, Kyoto prefecture 京都府, Japan. The plaque on the right reads: 祖席繁興天廣大 (Image 01). The plaque on the left reads: 門庭顯煥日精華 (Image 02).Arts, Faculty ofAsian Studies, Department ofNon UBCUnreviewedAuthor affiliations: University of Edinburgh, Columbia University, University of British ColumbiaGraduat

Pair of vertical wooden plaques on Main Gate (Sanmon 三門/山門), Manpukuji (萬福寺)

Pair of vertical wooden plaques (Image 01 and Image 03) written in calligraphic script by Yinyuan Longqi (Jp. Ingen Ryūki) 隠元隆琦 (1592-1673), located on the right and left side of the main gate (Sanmon 三門/山門) of Manpukuji 萬福寺, an Ōbaku Zen (黄檗) temple in Uji 宇治, Kyoto prefecture 京都府, Japan. The plaque on the right reads: 地闢千秋日月山川同慶喜 (Image 02). The plaque on the left reads: 門開萬福人天龍象任登臨 (Image 03).Arts, Faculty ofAsian Studies, Department ofNon UBCUnreviewedAuthor affiliations: University of Edinburgh, Columbia University, University of British ColumbiaGraduat

Horizontal wooden plaque on Main Gate (Sanmon 三門/山門), Manpukuji (萬福寺)

Horizontal wooded plaque located on upper part on the main gate (Sanmon 三門/山門) of Manpukuji 萬福寺, an Ōbaku Zen (黄檗) temple in Uji 宇治, Kyoto prefecture 京都府, Japan. The plaque reads: 黄檗山 (Image 01 and 02).Arts, Faculty ofAsian Studies, Department ofNon UBCUnreviewedAuthor affiliations: University of Edinburgh, Columbia University, University of British ColumbiaGraduat

Temple name plaque on Main Gate (Sanmon 三門/山門), Manpukuji (萬福寺)

Wooded plaque with the name of the temple, 萬福寺 (Manpukuji), in calligraphic script, written by Yinyuan Longqi (Jp. Ingen Ryūki) 隠元隆琦 (1592-1673), located above the entrance on the main gate (Sanmon 三門/山門), of Manpukuji (萬福寺), an Ōbaku Zen (黄檗) temple in Uji 宇治, Kyoto prefecture 京都府, Japan.Arts, Faculty ofAsian Studies, Department ofNon UBCUnreviewedAuthor affiliations: University of Edinburgh, Columbia University, University of British ColumbiaGraduat