This is a garden made at the shoin of An’yo-in, a sub-temple of Taisan-ji (the Tendai sect). It is a magnificent, elegant garden that uses the old-growth forest of Taisan-ji as borrowed scenery. The landscaping style and the stone arrangement techniques clearly show the characteristics of the Momoyama Period. The old-growth forest of the borrowed scenery is designated as an important area (an ecosystem encapsulating the biological characteristics of a region).
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 at the study of An’yo-in, a sub-temple of Taisan-ji (the Tendai sect). It is a majestic and elegant Karesansui (dry landscape) garden with the old-growth forest of Taisan-ji as borrowed scenery.
Enormous rocks as triad stones are placed at the center, with crane and turtle island stone arrangements are at each side. Inbetween is a valley, and stone are arranged as a Mt. Horai in the back of the valley.
It is a Karesansui garden that uses many large rocks, but its atmosphere is different from sand gardens often seen at typical Karesansui gardens. Taisan-ji was built in the Heian Period, but fires damaged it many times and historical materials that could indicate the date and person who created An’yo-in has been lost. The style and stone arrangement techniques used in the garden are characterstics to the Momoyama Period, indicating that the garden was built in the Period.
The old-growth forest of the borrowed scenery is designated as an important area (an ecosystem indicating the biological characteristics of a region).