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[[File:Higohosokawa.jpg|right|thumb|400px|A view of the Higo-Hosokawa Gardens]]
*''Japanese'': 肥後細川庭園 ''(Higo Hosokawa teien)''
The Higo-Hosokawa Garden is a Japanese garden in Bunkyô-ku, Tokyo. It is associated with the [[Hosokawa clan]], and is located adjacent to the [[Eisei Bunko]] archive/museum, which houses much of the Hosokawa family's private collection of historical documents and artifacts.
For much of the [[Edo period]], this area was the mansion of a ''[[hatamoto]]'' family. In the [[Bakumatsu]] period, it came to be the "lower estate" (''shimo yashiki'') of the [[Shimizu Tokugawa clan]], and then of the [[Hitotsubashi Tokugawa clan]], and finally of the Hosokawa clan (lords of [[Kumamoto han]]), before the fall of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].
The land changed hands several times in the first half of the 20th century, before opening in 1961 as a public park owned/operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. In 1975, it came to be owned and operated by Bunkyô-ku. The Shôseikaku hall located within the gardens is still used today to host fancy receptions and meetings.
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==References==
*Pamphlet available on-site.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
*''Japanese'': 肥後細川庭園 ''(Higo Hosokawa teien)''
The Higo-Hosokawa Garden is a Japanese garden in Bunkyô-ku, Tokyo. It is associated with the [[Hosokawa clan]], and is located adjacent to the [[Eisei Bunko]] archive/museum, which houses much of the Hosokawa family's private collection of historical documents and artifacts.
For much of the [[Edo period]], this area was the mansion of a ''[[hatamoto]]'' family. In the [[Bakumatsu]] period, it came to be the "lower estate" (''shimo yashiki'') of the [[Shimizu Tokugawa clan]], and then of the [[Hitotsubashi Tokugawa clan]], and finally of the Hosokawa clan (lords of [[Kumamoto han]]), before the fall of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].
The land changed hands several times in the first half of the 20th century, before opening in 1961 as a public park owned/operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. In 1975, it came to be owned and operated by Bunkyô-ku. The Shôseikaku hall located within the gardens is still used today to host fancy receptions and meetings.
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==References==
*Pamphlet available on-site.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]