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| *''Japanese'': 後楽園 ''(kourakuen)'' | | *''Japanese'': 後楽園 ''(kourakuen)'' |
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− | 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]]. | + | 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 [[Mito Edo mansion|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]]. |
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− | 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". | + | The garden's design shows strong Chinese influences, including a pond meant to resemble the famous [[West Lake]] of [[Hangzhou]],<ref>[[Marius Jansen]], ''China in the Tokugawa World'', Harvard University Press (1992), 80.</ref> 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". |
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| 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). | | 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). |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| *"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%BE%8C%E6%A5%BD%E5%9C%92 Kôrakuen]." Digital Daijisen. Shogakukan, Inc. | | *"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%BE%8C%E6%A5%BD%E5%9C%92 Kôrakuen]." Digital Daijisen. Shogakukan, Inc. |
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| [[Category:Historic Buildings]] | | [[Category:Historic Buildings]] |
| [[Category:Edo Period]] | | [[Category:Edo Period]] |