The garden of Manganji Temple,Nikko

The garden of Manganji Temple,Nikko

Shoyoen Garden is located on the south side of the main hall at Manganji Temple. It was destroyed by fire in 1871 during the Boshin War. Modeled after Omi-Hakkei, the Chisenkaiyu-style garden remains to this day as a representative garden of the Edo Period. The Manganji main hall was formerly located between present-day Hobutsu-den and Shiunkaku of Rinoji Temple.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number92‐13‐0]

A stone bridge at Mito Garden

A stone bridge at Mito Garden

Mito Garden is present-day Koishikawa Korakuen Park, designated as a Special Scenic Place and Important Historic Site by the Japanese government. This is the chisenkaiyu style garden started by the first lord of the Mito Clan, Tokugawa Yorifusa and completed by the second lord Mitsukuni. The bridge is named Engetsukyo (Full Moon Bridge), because the reflection of the bridge resembles the full moon.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number88‐31‐0]

Motomiya Garden,Hikone

Motomiya Garden,Hikone

Genkyu-en is the garden at the former second residence of the Ii family in the San-no-maru section of Hikone Castle. It was completed by the 4th feudal lord of the Oumi Domain, Ii Naooki, in 1679. A garden of the chisenkaiyu style, it incorporates features of the Chinese Eight Scenes of Xiaoxiang and the Eight Scenes of Oumi and to this day provides an excellent example of early Edo Period landscaping. The name is derived from the villa of Chinese Emperor Xuanzong (685-763) of the Tang Dynasty.==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number81‐27‐0]

Motomiya Garden,Hikone

Motomiya Garden,Hikone

Genkyu-en is the garden at the former second residence of the Ii family in the San-no-maru section of Hikone Castle. It was completed by the 4th feudal lord of the Oumi Domain, Ii Naooki, in 1679. A garden of the chisenkaiyu style, it incorporates features of the Chinese Eight Scenes of Xiaoxiang and the Eight Scenes of Oumi and to this day provides an excellent example of early Edo Period landscaping. The name is derived from the villa of Chinese Emperor Xuanzong (685-763) of the Tang Dynasty.==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number81‐26‐0]

The Shoyoen,Rinnoji Temple

The Shoyoen,Rinnoji Temple

Shoyoen Garden is located on the south side of the main hall at Manganji Temple. It was destroyed by fire in 1871 during the Boshin War. Modeled after Omi-Hakkei, the Chisenkaiyu-style garden remains to this day as a representative garden of the Edo Period. The building on the right, Shiunkaku, was built on the site of Manganji Temple, previously destroyed by fire.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo?, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number65‐24‐0]

The Shoyoen,Rinnoji Temple

The Shoyoen,Rinnoji Temple

Shoyoen Garden is located on the south side of the main hall at Manganji Temple. It was destroyed by fire in 1871 during the Boshin War. Modeled after Omi-Hakkei, the Chisenkaiyu-style garden remains to this day as a representative garden of the Edo Period. The Manganji main hall was formerly located between present-day Hobutsu-den and Shiunkaku of Rinoji Temple.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number54‐25‐0]

Motomiya Garden,Hikone

Motomiya Garden,Hikone

Two women admire wisteria blossoms. The title Hikone suggests that this was taken in Genkyu-en, the garden of the former second residence of the Ii family in the north San-no-maru section of Hikone Castle. The chisenkaiyu-style garden (with a path meandering through the garden around a central pond) was completed in 1679 by the 4th feudal lord of the Oumi domain, Ii Naooki.==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐165‐0]