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KATSURA RIKYU - IMPERIAL VILLA

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2024
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The area around Katsura was for several generations, from the Heian period, the property of the Fujiwara family. During the Kamakura period, this area became the domain of the Konoe. In 1600, in the months before the famous Tokugawa victory at Sekigahara, the daimyō Yūsai Hosokawa, was under siege by anti-Tokugawa forces. The castle was about to fall when Emperor Go-Yōzei intervened and granted a truce, saving Yūsai and allowing him to continue teaching the tradition to his younger brother, known in history as Hachijō-no-miya Toshihito (1579-1629). Katsura is now considered the pinnacle of Japanese aesthetics. The Bauhaus alumni, the Corbus (followers of Le Corbusier) all have their little couplet and rightly marvel at the beauty of this palace. Since the 1930s, international architects have found in it the confirmation of many modern principles, such as the relationship between exterior and interior, simplicity and elegance of form and function. When you come from the bus stop, you turn left to go along the river for about 500 meters and then turn left again. After 200 meters, on the left, a formidable bamboo wall begins, undoubtedly one of the most beautiful to be seen in Japan. The perfect regularity of the bamboo and the system of links reveal the simplicity and efficiency of the structure.


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Un des plus beaux sites à Kyoto. Pas simple d'y accéder (réservation obligatoire via le site de la Maison impériale, or les places partent très très vite...) mais c'est un incontournable. Visite en petits groupes à un rythme imposé (un peu plus d'une heure en tout), ce qui est un peu dommage mais on n'a pas le choix. Audioguides en français.

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