Yoshiki-en

Yoshiki-en (吉城園) is a Japanese garden in Nara, Japan, to the immediate southwest of Isui-en.

History

Adjacent to Yoshiki-en flows the Yoshiki River (宣寸川 or 吉城川), celebrated in the Man'yōshū. According to an old plan of Kōfuku-ji (興福寺古絵図), the site was occupied until the Edo period by one of its branch temples, Manishu-in (摩尼珠院). The land became private property during the Meiji period. In 1919 the residence and gardens were laid out. The gardens have been open to the public since the end of the Shōwa period. In 2011 the garden residence was designated a Prefectural Cultural Property.[1][2][3]

Gardens

The gardens consist of a pond garden, moss garden with tea house, and camellia garden.[4]

Residence

Twelve component structures of the Taishō-period Former Shōhōin Family Residence (旧正法院家住宅) have been jointly designated a Prefectural Cultural Property, seven in the main residence (the north, central, and south buildings, north entrance corridor, south corridor, and two earthen storehouses), three in the detached residence, an arbour, and the front gate, along with supplementary designations of two munefuda (棟札) or inscriptions relating to the building, fencing, and twelve painted fusuma panels; the last, formerly part of the Crane Room and Spring Orchid Room, were removed in 2006 and are now in the Nara Prefectural Museum of Art.[5][6][7]

See also
  • List of parks and gardens of Nara Prefecture

References
  1. 吉城園 [Yoshiki-en] (in Japanese). Nara Prefecture. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  2. 吉城園 [Yoshiki-en] (in Japanese). Nara Prefecture. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  3. "奈良県指定文化財一覧" [List of Prefectural Cultural Properties of Nara Prefecture] (PDF) (in Japanese). Nara Prefecture. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  4. 吉城園 [Yoshiki-en] (in Japanese). Nara Prefecture. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  5. 奈良県指定有形文化財追加指定の概要 [Overview of Additional Designations of Prefectural Cultural Properties of Nara Prefecture] (PDF) (in Japanese). Nara Prefecture. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  6. 曾我蕭白筆「美人図」及び「吉城園襖絵」が県指定文化財に [bijin-zu by Soga Shōhaku and fusuma-e of Yoshiki-en designated Prefectural Cultural Properties of Nara Prefecture] (in Japanese). Nara Prefecture. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  7. 奈良県指定文化財 [Prefectural Cultural Properties of Nara Prefecture] (PDF) (in Japanese). Nara Prefecture. Retrieved 23 November 2015.

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