"Funda-in, one of Tofuku-ji's sub-temples, has a karesansui (dry landscape garden) that originally was laid out by Sesshu Toyo (1420-1506), a master of suiboku-ga (ink painting) and Zen Buddhist priest. The Rinzai-shu sect temple is also called Sesshu-ji for this fact.
The southern garden is one of the oldest karesansui gardens in Kyoto. It was designed before the style of abstract karesansui was established and some say that it has a style similar to ikeniwa (pond garden). This temple also has interestingly shaped ishidoro (a stone lantern) and tsukubai (a wash basin) in its roji (chaniwa, a tea garden)."
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