一眼カメラを借りることができたので張り切って撮影。やっぱりスマホカメラとは全然違う。感動。ところでこの安楽寺、とても悲しい謂れがある。御所に仕えていた松虫姫と鈴虫姫、才色兼備の女官だったが、虚飾に満ちた現世に嫌気が差し、出家を志すようになった。ある夜ついに御所を忍び出て、住蓮上人と安楽上人に剃髪してもらい出家を果たす。が、激怒した後鳥羽天皇は両上人を斬首の刑に処す。両上人はもちろん、姫たちの心境たるや想像するだけで苦しい。そんな彼らを弔う住蓮山安楽寺、今は季節の花々に彩られ、静かに穏やかに時が流れている。なんと、内部にけっこうな広さのカフェもある。木の内装がほっこり。今昔の対比が…何とも言いがたいものがある。
I borrowed a single-lens reflex camera! So I was exuberant to take pictures with it at Anraku temple. It's totally different from a smartphone camera, of course. I am impressed by the quality and depth it can capture. By the way, there is a very sad story about this temple. Princess Matsumushi and Princess Suzumushi, two talented and beautiful courtesans who served the imperial palace, grew tired of the pretentiousness of this place and decided to become priestesses. One night, they finally sneaked out of the palace to have their hair shaved by Priests Juren and Priest Anraku. However, Emperor Go-Toba enraged and had them both beheaded. One can only imagine how the princesses must have felt, not to mention the two priests. The temple where their spirits are mourned is now decorated with seasonal flowers, and time passes quietly and peacefully there. To my surprise, there is a café inside the temple, which is quite spacious. The wooden interior gives a relaxing atomosphere.