The garden was built at Kuri (living quarters of monks) of Jofuku-ji, a temple of the Izumoji school of the Shin sect, in the mid-Edo Period. It is a Karesansui garden at the south of the temple and uses the view of Mt. Fumuro and other Hino mountains as borrowed scenery over the front hedge. The garden is an excellent example of landscape techniques during the mid-Edo Period.
cultural property : historic sites and places of scenic beauty as natural monuments
type : places of scenic beauty
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This is a garden built for Kuri (living quarters of monks) at Jofuku-ji, a temple of the Izumoji school (the Shin sect), in the mid-Edo Period. It is told that Jofuku-ji and its precinct were relocated to the current location in 1624.
The garden is located at the south of the Kuri. It is a Karesansui (dry landscape) garden with borrowed scenery of the Hino mountains, such as Mt. Fumuro, which can be enjoyed over the front hedge. The garden well preserves landscape techniques of the mid-Edo Period.
A low Tsukiyama (artificial hill) is placed at the south of the study, and the principal stone is installed at the center of the Tsukiyama. The foot of the Tsukiyama has flat stone arrangements representing the pond shore, and Tateishi (standing stones) are placed as deity stones on both ends.
The area in the front is flat and covered with moss. The worshipping stone is located at the center, and a turtle island, a crane island, and a boat island are arranged in the area.
The Tsukiyama has a large tree of false holly (Osmanthus heterophyllus) on top.
There are not many materials that indicate when the garden was built, but it is a good example of a flat Karesansui garden created in the mid-Edo Period.