Jimbei Shaku
ASIN: B012VGBXDI
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 49
Hello my dear friends all over the world Kyoto became the capital of Japan about 1200 years ago. At first, Tenno emperors governed the country, but gradually political power passed into the hands of nobility or warriors. With that, Kyoto lost the function that was the center of the politics. But still emperors kept living in the imperial palace what we call ‘Gosho’. A lot of temples and shrines were built to guard the palace and to pray for the prosperity of emperors as well. Emperors required the best things in their daily life of food, clothing and shelter. Necessarily everything was refined in accordance with his request. The culture has been developed, refined and spread down to among the citizens’ lives, which were destined to refine the Kyotoian public life. Kyotoian culture is also the essence and flower of that traditional Japanese culture. I could say there lies every Japanese ...