The square (rectangular) window at Genko-an represents a mind unenlightened.

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   Both windows open onto the same garden, yet the effect of looking through each window (one round, one square) is quite different.

   Without words they express the journey to enlightenment.

   the tree cut,
   dawn breaks early
   at my little window
   木をつみて夜の明やすき小窓かな
   -Masaoka Shiki (正岡子規 1867-1902)

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