Two-Toned Mophead Hydrangeas 縁取りの紫陽花と上野（谷中）天王寺

英語の後に日本語が続きます。

In Japan, June is the month of rain and hydrangeas, and people across the nation enjoy their various types. Those in this post are one of them, two-toned mophead hydrangeas.

I saw some of such blooms at Tennoji temple in Ueno Tokyo, which has an interesting history. The temple originally belonged to the Nichiren school of Buddhism but was persecuted by the Edo government and at the end of the 17th century forcefully converted to the Tendai school with two monks at the temple being sent away to a distant island. This occurred because the Nichiren school refuted other Buddhist schools, provoking the anger of not only the priests but also the country's rulers, resulting in the persecution of the Nichiren sect and temples of that sect. 

But now, nothing at the temple reminds visitors of such a history. The old temple just sits there with beautiful hydrangeas.

2021/6/9 at Tennoji temple

2026/5/29

2026/5/29

2021/6/9 at Tennoji temple

2021/6/9 at Tennoji temple

2021/6/9 at Tennoji temple

2021/6/9 at Tennoji temple

2021/6/9 Tennoji temple

2021/6/9 at Tennoji temple

2021/6/9 at Tennoji temple

2021/6/9 at Tennoji temple

2021/6/9 at Tennoji temple

2021/6/9 at Tennoji temple

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縁取りの紫陽花です。上野天王寺で初めて見た時は驚きました。

天王子は元々日蓮宗のお寺でしたが、江戸幕府に弾圧され、17世紀末には天台宗に改宗させられました。なかなか激しい歴史です。でも今はそんな姿を露も感じさせない静かな佇まいと四季折々の花や草木で私たちを楽しませてくれます。

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