柳生但馬守からのバレンタインのお返し。

───秋の紅葉によく映える、古木の楓。

現在の奈良市柳生下町に現存する、芳徳禅寺。
かつて柳生但馬守の願いを受けた沢庵和尚が建立した
柳生の菩提寺である。
北から禅寺へと登る坂は霊源坂と呼ばれ、
坂の登り口にかかる橋は古楓（もみじ）橋と呼ばれる。
これらの風景は、沢庵が選んだと云われる「柳生十景」
に数えられている。

（沢庵は生涯、柳生庄を訪れなかったとの説もある）

Valentine's return gift from Yagyu Tajima-no-kami.

An old maple tree and its autumn foliage...a most dazzling sight.

Houtokuji is a temple that still exists today in Nara City's Yagyushimochou.
It is the Yagyu family temple, built by the monk Takuan, who was commissioned by Yagyu Tajima-no-kami.

The hill that leads up to the temple is called Reigenzaka, and the bridge at the foot of the hill is called the Momiji (Old Maple) Bridge.
These sights and others throughout the area have been dubbed the "Ten Sights of Yagyu," which were selected by Takuan.

(There is also a theory that Takuan never set foot at Yagyu Estate in his life.)