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*''Built: [[1629]], c. [[1669]]''
*''Other Names'': 小石川後楽園 ''(koishikawa kourakuen)''
*''Japanese'': 後楽園 ''(kourakuen)''
Kôrakuen is a Japanese garden in Tokyo, originally founded by [[Tokugawa Yorifusa]], ''daimyô'' of [[Mito han]], as a private garden within the grounds of his [[daimyo yashiki|Edo mansion]]. Construction began in [[1629]], but the garden was lost to a fire. It was completed by Yorifusa's son and successor, [[Tokugawa Mitsukuni]], around [[1669]].
The garden's design shows strong Chinese influences, and its name, meaning roughly "Garden of Later Pleasures", was chosen at the suggestion of [[Zhu Shunsui]], a Chinese retainer of Mito, based on a proverb or famous quotation, "work first, pleasure later".
It is one of only seven places in Japan to be designated both a Special Designated Place of Historic Interest (特別史跡) and Special Designated Place of Scenic Beauty (特別名勝).
==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%BE%8C%E6%A5%BD%E5%9C%92 Kôrakuen]." Digital Daijisen. Shogakukan, Inc.
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
*''Other Names'': 小石川後楽園 ''(koishikawa kourakuen)''
*''Japanese'': 後楽園 ''(kourakuen)''
Kôrakuen is a Japanese garden in Tokyo, originally founded by [[Tokugawa Yorifusa]], ''daimyô'' of [[Mito han]], as a private garden within the grounds of his [[daimyo yashiki|Edo mansion]]. Construction began in [[1629]], but the garden was lost to a fire. It was completed by Yorifusa's son and successor, [[Tokugawa Mitsukuni]], around [[1669]].
The garden's design shows strong Chinese influences, and its name, meaning roughly "Garden of Later Pleasures", was chosen at the suggestion of [[Zhu Shunsui]], a Chinese retainer of Mito, based on a proverb or famous quotation, "work first, pleasure later".
It is one of only seven places in Japan to be designated both a Special Designated Place of Historic Interest (特別史跡) and Special Designated Place of Scenic Beauty (特別名勝).
==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%BE%8C%E6%A5%BD%E5%9C%92 Kôrakuen]." Digital Daijisen. Shogakukan, Inc.
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]