Image View Description:
Garden, Tsukubai
Date:
ca. late 15 century CE
Location:
Kyoto (Japan)
Work Type:
architecture
Culture:
Japanese
Style / Period:
Muromachi
Photographer:
Cassy Juhl
Notes:

Tsukubai, which is a small basin provided at Japanese Buddhist temples for visitors to purify themselves by the ritual washing of hands and rinsing of the mouth.

Image Source:

The Trustees of Columbia University, Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archaeology

Record ID:
Ryoanji0098