Rokkaku-do is one of Kyoto's oldest temples, and is also where Kyoto's oldest school of ikebana developed.

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   Ikenobō (池坊) is the oldest and largest school of ikebana, founded right here in Kyōto in the 15thC by the Buddhist monk Sennō Kuden (池坊専応口伝).

   Sennō lived at Rokkaku-dō (六角堂) and named his school after the monks' quarters that stood beside the temple pond.

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