The site was completed in Karoto Shinden (currently Kisosaki-cho, Kuwana-gun, Mie Prefecture) in 1914 as a residence of the second Moroto Seiroku, who acceded to his family position as the village headman. The area spreads from east to west with a lawn, a garden pond, and a Tsukiyama that give depth to the garden, emphasizing its open space. The site holds extremely important academic value as a garden built by a wealty rural merchant in Japan’s modern times.
cultural property : historic sites and places of scenic beauty as natural monuments
type : places of scenic beauty
663−5 Kuwana, Kuwana-shi, Mie-ken511-0009
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The site was completed in Karoto Shinden (currently Kisosaki-cho, Kuwana-gun, Mie Prefecture) in 1914 as a residence of the second Moroto Seiroku, who acceded to his family position as the village headman. The residence stands at the right-hand side of the Ibi River, which flows from south to east in the north-eastern section of Kuwana City, Gifu Prefecture. When walking through Nagaya-mon (a gate built into row houses – Nagaya – at the entrance of a high-ranking samurai) adjacent to the river bank, and proceeding along the walking path meandering to the left, visitors can see a Western-style building designed by Josiah Conder to the front, and a unique Japanese-style building to the west, which is connected to the first building. The main garden is located at the south of these buildings. The area spreads from east to west with a lawn, a garden pond, and a Tsukiyama that give depth to the garden, emphasizing its open space.
There is also an inner courtyard in the back of the Japanese-style building. This yard originally had a tea room and a tea garden. The tea room was transferred to another location in the early Showa Era. The tea garden no longer maintains its original form but the structural remains still exist. The site carries extremely important academic value as a garden built by a wealty rural merchant in Japan’s modern era.