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[[File:Senganen-canal.JPG|right|thumb|320px|A section of the large canal which passes through the grounds, and which served the hydroelectric dam which formerly powered the complex.]]
[[File:Iso-residence.JPG|right|thumb|320px|The entrance to the Iso Palace]]
*''Built: [[1658]]''
*''Built: [[1658]]''
*''Other Names'': 磯庭園 ''(Iso teien)''
*''Other Names'': 磯庭園 ''(Iso teien)''
The garden is also home to the oldest ''kyokusui'' garden in Japan,<ref>A style of garden designed to allow for imitation of the famous Orchid Pavilion Gathering organized by [[Wang Xizhi]] in [[353]], in which participants floated wine cups on a small stream within Wang's garden, and played a game of trying to compose a poem before the next cup passed them.</ref> and a variety of [[Bakumatsu period|Bakumatsu]]/[[Meiji period]] technological innovations, including a hydroelectric dam which powered not only the factories of the Shûseikan complex, but also electric lights within the Iso residence.
The garden is also home to the oldest ''kyokusui'' garden in Japan,<ref>A style of garden designed to allow for imitation of the famous Orchid Pavilion Gathering organized by [[Wang Xizhi]] in [[353]], in which participants floated wine cups on a small stream within Wang's garden, and played a game of trying to compose a poem before the next cup passed them.</ref> and a variety of [[Bakumatsu period|Bakumatsu]]/[[Meiji period]] technological innovations, including a hydroelectric dam which powered not only the factories of the Shûseikan complex, but also electric lights within the Iso residence.
The Iso Palace became the chief Kagoshima residence of the Shimazu following the [[Meiji Restoration]]. Most of the compound was renovated in [[1884]], and about a third of it survives today.
The Iso Palace became the chief Kagoshima residence of the Shimazu following the [[Meiji Restoration]]. Most of the compound was renovated in [[1884]], and about a third of the residence's buildings survive today.
The gardens were used extensively in the filming of the 2008 NHK [[Taiga Drama]] ''[[Atsu-hime]]''.
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==References==
==References==
*Pamphlet available at Shôkoshûseikan.
*Pamphlet available at Shôkoshûseikan.
*Signs on-site at Sengan'en.
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==External Links==
==External Links==