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  2. Suikinkutsu - Wikipedia

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    Their rise in popularity and the name suikinkutsu originated from the middle of the Edo period (1603–1867), around the same time the stone basin chōzubachi was developed. The famous tea ceremony teacher Kobori Enshu of that time had a suikinkutsu in his garden, and he is subsequently often credited as the inventor of suikinkutsu.

  3. Fountain - Wikipedia

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    The most famous fountains of the Renaissance, at the Villa d'Este in Tivoli, were located on a steep slope near a river; the builders ran a channel from the river to a large fountain at top of the garden, which then fed other fountains and basins on the levels below.

  4. Drinking fountains in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Combination drinking fountains that provided a bubbler for people and a water trough for horses, and sometimes a lower basin for dogs, became popular. In particular, over 120 National Humane Alliance fountains were donated to communities across the United States between 1903 and 1913. The fountains were the gift of philanthropist Hermon Lee Ensign.

  5. Shishi-odoshi - Wikipedia

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    A shishi-odoshi breaks the quietness of a Japanese garden with the sound of a bamboo rocker arm hitting a rock.. Shishi-odoshi (literally, "deer-frightening" or "boar-frightening"), in a wide sense, refers to Japanese devices made to frighten away animals that pose a threat to agriculture, including kakashi (), naruko (clappers) and sōzu.

  6. History of fountains in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Fountains built in the United States between 1900 and 1950 mostly followed European models and classical styles. For example: The handsome Samuel Francis Dupont Memorial Fountain (aka Dupont Circle Fountain), in Dupont Circle, Washington D.C., was designed and created by Henry Bacon and Daniel Chester French, the architect and sculptor of the Lincoln Memorial, in 1921, in a pure neoclassical ...

  7. Drinking fountain - Wikipedia

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    A typical drinking fountain. A drinking fountain, also called a water fountain or water bubbler, is a fountain designed to provide drinking water. [1] [2] It consists of a basin with either continuously running water or a tap. The drinker bends down to the stream of water and swallows water directly from the stream.

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