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Kiyosumi Garden: the pond and tea house The Isle. Kiyosumi Garden (清澄庭園, Kiyosumi Teien) is a traditional Japanese stroll garden located in Fukagawa, Tokyo.It was constructed along classic principles in 1878–85, during the Meiji Period, by the shipping financier and industrialist Iwasaki Yatarō. [1]
Isui-en (依水園, Isuien) is a Japanese garden located in Nara, the old capital of Japan near Kyōto. It has been preserved since its creation in the Meiji era, and is the only walking garden (kaiyushiki teien) in Nara. [1] It is divided into two sections, which were originally two separate gardens, and each features a pagoda.
The oldest water fountain in Japan continues functioning at Kenroku-en in Kanazawa. The Three Great Gardens of Japan (日本三名園, Nihon Sanmeien), also known as "the three most famous gardens in Japan" are considered to include Kenroku-en in Kanazawa, Kōraku-en in Okayama and Kairaku-en in Mito. [1]
Hakone Gardens is an 18-acre (7.3 ha) traditional Japanese garden in Saratoga, California, United States. A recipient of the Save America's Treasures Award by the National Trust for Historic Preservation , it is recognized as one of the oldest Japanese-style residential gardens in the Western Hemisphere .
Sankei-en (三溪園, Three Creeks Garden) is a traditional Japanese-style garden in Naka Ward, Yokohama, Japan, which opened in 1906. [1] Sankei-en was designed and built by Tomitaro Hara (原富太郎) (1868–1939), known by the pseudonym Sankei Hara, who was a silk trader. [1]
Kokoen Garden, Traditional Japanese Garden in Himeji City (EOK article) 34°50′17″N 134°41′23″E / 34.83806°N 134.68972°E / 34.83806; 134 This Hyōgo Prefecture location article is a stub .
Japanese gardens are distinctive in their symbolism of nature, with traditional Japanese gardens being very different in style from occidental gardens: "Western gardens are typically optimised for visual appeal while Japanese gardens are modelled with spiritual and philosophical ideas in mind."
This garden was garden of the Sakai clan, daimyō of Shōnai Domain and was constructed in the third bailey of Tsuruoka Castle at some time after Sakai Tadakatsu became daimyō in 1622. It is a rare example of a Shoin -style garden in northern Japan, and includes a pond, dry waterfall, numerous stones to form an artificial canyon, and included ...