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*''Japanese'': 三渓園 ''(Sankeien)''
*''Japanese'': 三渓園 ''(Sankeien)''
Sankeien is a Japanese garden in [[Yokohama]], built by [[silk]] magnate [[Hara Sankei|Hara Tomitarô]]. It contains many historic buildings moved there by Hara, including the oldest extant [[pagoda]] in the [[Kanto region|Kantô region]].
Sankeien is a Japanese garden in [[Yokohama]], built by [[silk]] magnate [[Hara Sankei|Hara Tomitarô]]. It contains many historic buildings moved there by Hara, including the oldest extant [[pagoda]] in the [[Kanto region|Kantô region]]. Many of these buildings are officially designated [[Important Cultural Properties]].
==History==
==History==
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==Buildings==
==Buildings==
*Among the buildings located at Sankeien are the three-story pagoda and ''hondô'' (main hall) of the temple of [[Tomyo-ji|Tômyô-ji]], formerly located in the town of Kamo, in [[Kyoto prefecture]]. The temple was originally established in [[735]], during the reign of [[Emperor Shomu|Emperor Shômu]], but the structures moved to Sankeien date originally to the [[Muromachi period]]. The pagoda, built around [[1457]], is considered the oldest in the Kantô, though it has only been in the Kantô since 1914, when it was moved to Sankeien from Kyoto. The ''hondô'', meanwhile, after being damaged in a storm in 1947, was disassembled and put into storage, then reassembled at Sankeien in 1986 and restored.
*Among the buildings located at Sankeien are the three-story pagoda and ''hondô'' (main hall) of the temple of [[Tomyo-ji|Tômyô-ji]], formerly located in the town of Kamo, in [[Kyoto prefecture]]. The temple was originally established in [[735]], during the reign of [[Emperor Shomu|Emperor Shômu]], but the structures moved to Sankeien date originally to the [[Muromachi period]]. The pagoda, built around [[1457]], is considered the oldest in the Kantô, though it has only been in the Kantô since 1914, when it was moved to Sankeien from Kyoto. The ''hondô'', meanwhile, after being damaged in a storm in 1947, was disassembled and put into storage, then reassembled at Sankeien in 1986 and restored.
*One of the largest buildings on the grounds is the Rinshunkaku ("Facing Spring Tower"), which contains numerous ''[[fusuma]]'' paintings by [[Kano Tanyu|Kanô Tan'yû]], [[Kano Yasunobu|Kanô Yasunobu]], [[Kano Eitoku|Kanô Eitoku]], and [[Kaiho Yusho|Kaihô Yûshô]]. It was originally built in [[1649]], in what is now Iwade City, [[Wakayama prefecture]], as a summer home for Kishû Tokugawa family head [[Tokugawa Yorinobu]]. The rooms of the building are organized according to the theme of the Four Noble Pursuits of the Confucian gentleman: music, poetry, calligraphy/painting, and games of strategy. Hara Sankei obtained the building in [[1906]], and moved it to his garden in 1915-17.
*A teahouse on the grounds is called Ôjaku-an ("Inn of Flutes") on account of the flutes or decorations depicting flutes which once adorned the otherwise very simple structure. The flutes were destroyed in WWII, however. The age of the building, and its geographical origins are unknown.
*A teahouse on the grounds is called Ôjaku-an ("Inn of Flutes") on account of the flutes or decorations depicting flutes which once adorned the otherwise very simple structure. The flutes were destroyed in WWII, however. The age of the building, and its geographical origins are unknown.
[[Ojaku|Ôjaku]] was also the name of a court lady of the late [[Heian period]] who appears in the ''[[Heike Monogatari]]'', and who was in love with the courtier [[Saito Tokiyori|Saitô Tokiyori]]. When he refused her advances, and left court to be away from her, entering a monastery, she took the tonsure as well in order to follow him.
[[Ojaku|Ôjaku]] was also the name of a court lady of the late [[Heian period]] who appears in the ''[[Heike Monogatari]]'', and who was in love with the courtier [[Saito Tokiyori|Saitô Tokiyori]]. When he refused her advances, and left court to be away from her, entering a monastery, she took the tonsure as well in order to follow him.
*The Lotus Blossom Hall, or "Renka-in", is a teahouse first built in 1917. It is said that a column standing in the middle of the earthen-floored entryway, along with some part of the wall next to it, come from the famous [[Byodoin|Byôdô-in Phoenix Hall]] in [[Uji]].
*Another tearoom on the grounds, the Shunsôro, is 3 3/4 [[tatami]] in size, and is said to have been originally built by [[Oda Urakusai]], brother to [[Oda Nobunaga]]. Formerly known as the Kyûsôtei, the tearoom originally belonged to the Uji temple [[Mimuroto-ji]]. It was moved to Sankeien in 1918 along with the Gekkaden at the Konzô-in of that temple. The Gekkaden ("Moon Flower Palace") was originally built in [[1603]] by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] on the grounds of [[Fushimi castle]], where it served as a guest house for visiting ''daimyô'' before being moved to Mimuroto-ji.
*A stone lantern known as the ''migawari tôrô'' is associated with [[Sen no Rikyu|Sen no Rikyû]]. It is said that when he was about to be executed, Rikyû dodged the executioner's blade, which struck this lantern instead. Of course, Rikyû was eventually executed in the end.
*A stone water basin (''chôzubachi'') on the grounds is said to have previously been one of the stone piles for [[Gojo-Ohashi|Gojô-Ôhashi]] (the bridge over the [[Kamo River]] at Gojô Avenue in Kyoto), rebuilt in [[1589]] by [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]].
*The Chôshûkaku ("Listening to Autumn Tower") was built in [[1623]] for the third [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa shogun]], [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]].
*The Former [[Tenzui-ji]] Jutô-Ôidô is one of the few extant buildings today which can be definitively associated with Toyotomi Hideyoshi. It was built in [[1591]] as a special kind of mausoleum for [[Omandokoro|Hideyoshi's mother]].
*One of the few buildings in the garden to not be historical, but rather to be built originally for the garden, the Matsukaze-kaku, or "Pining Wind Tower," was built as a retreat, a second home, for [[Hara Zenzaburo|Zenzaburô]], Sankei's grandfather-in-law. Though it once looked out over a beautiful view of the water, today that bay is filled with industrial plants and the like. The original Matsukaze-kaku was destroyed in the 1923 earthquake, along with quite a lot else of course, and has been rebuilt in concrete and a rather plain and basic construction; it is unclear what the original might have looked like.
*One of the few buildings in the garden to not be historical, but rather to be built originally for the garden, the Matsukaze-kaku, or "Pining Wind Tower," was built as a retreat, a second home, for [[Hara Zenzaburo|Zenzaburô]], Sankei's grandfather-in-law. Though it once looked out over a beautiful view of the water, today that bay is filled with industrial plants and the like. The original Matsukaze-kaku was destroyed in the 1923 earthquake, along with quite a lot else of course, and has been rebuilt in concrete and a rather plain and basic construction; it is unclear what the original might have looked like.
