Water Fountain Garden
日本語
Water Fountain Garden
- The Thinker (LE PENSEUR)
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- The Thinker
- By Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
1880
Kyoto National Museum
- The Thinker, one of Auguste Rodin's most famous sculptures, was originally a part of his Gates of Hell. Although there are several examples of The Thinker, this work was cast at an early stage of its production.
- Hōkō-ji Temple Stonewall
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- Hōkō-ji Temple Stonewall
- National Historical Site
- The warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-98) built this stonewall for Hōkō-ji Temple, upon the grounds which the Kyoto National Museum now stands. Constructed in Tensho 16 (1588), this stone structure once had a tiled-roofed mud wall standing upon it. Later, when Hideyoshi's son Hideyori (1593-1615) rebuilt this wall, the tiled-roofed mud wall was replaced with a covered corridor. The traces of this former wall's pillar bases can still be seen in the southwest corner.
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