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Created page with "*''Built: 1658'' *''Other Names'': 磯庭園 ''(Iso teien)'' *''Japanese'': 仙巖園 ''(Sengan'en)'' Sengan'en is a formal garden in Kagoshima, associated with the I..."
*''Built: [[1658]]''
*''Other Names'': 磯庭園 ''(Iso teien)''
*''Japanese'': 仙巖園 ''(Sengan'en)''
Sengan'en is a formal garden in [[Kagoshima]], associated with the Iso Palace, a secondary villa (''bettei'') of the [[Shimazu clan]]. It is today a part of the [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] complex.
The garden, along with the Iso Palace, were constructed in [[1658]], by [[Shimazu Mitsuhisa]]. The site was used for the personal leisure of the ''daimyô'', as well as for entertaining guests, including officials from [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], and a watchtower said to have been a gift from the King of Ryûkyû still stands on the grounds. Notable elements within the garden include the pewter-roofed main gate, and a set of lanterns said to have been the first gaslamps in Japan. The garden uses the "borrowed scenery" technique to borrow [[Kinko Bay|Kinkô Bay]] and [[Sakurajima]] into its arrangement, with the intention of producing the illusion of the two being merely a small hill in a pond, just beyond the walls.
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.
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==References==
*Pamphlet available at Shôkoshûseikan.
==External Links==
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E9%B9%BF%E5%85%92%E5%B3%B6%E7%B8%A3%E9%B9%BF%E5%85%92%E5%B3%B6%E5%B8%82%E5%90%89%E9%87%8E%E7%94%BA+%E4%BB%99%E5%B7%96%E5%9C%92&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=31.617135,130.578346&spn=0.005253,0.010568&sll=34.414186,-119.859201&sspn=0.020357,0.042272&oq=%E4%BB%99%E5%B7%96%E5%9C%92&t=h&hq=%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E9%B9%BF%E5%85%92%E5%B3%B6%E7%B8%A3%E9%B9%BF%E5%85%92%E5%B3%B6%E5%B8%82%E5%90%89%E9%87%8E%E7%94%BA+%E4%BB%99%E5%B7%96%E5%9C%92&z=17 Sengan'en on Google Maps]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
*''Other Names'': 磯庭園 ''(Iso teien)''
*''Japanese'': 仙巖園 ''(Sengan'en)''
Sengan'en is a formal garden in [[Kagoshima]], associated with the Iso Palace, a secondary villa (''bettei'') of the [[Shimazu clan]]. It is today a part of the [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] complex.
The garden, along with the Iso Palace, were constructed in [[1658]], by [[Shimazu Mitsuhisa]]. The site was used for the personal leisure of the ''daimyô'', as well as for entertaining guests, including officials from [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], and a watchtower said to have been a gift from the King of Ryûkyû still stands on the grounds. Notable elements within the garden include the pewter-roofed main gate, and a set of lanterns said to have been the first gaslamps in Japan. The garden uses the "borrowed scenery" technique to borrow [[Kinko Bay|Kinkô Bay]] and [[Sakurajima]] into its arrangement, with the intention of producing the illusion of the two being merely a small hill in a pond, just beyond the walls.
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.
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==References==
*Pamphlet available at Shôkoshûseikan.
==External Links==
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E9%B9%BF%E5%85%92%E5%B3%B6%E7%B8%A3%E9%B9%BF%E5%85%92%E5%B3%B6%E5%B8%82%E5%90%89%E9%87%8E%E7%94%BA+%E4%BB%99%E5%B7%96%E5%9C%92&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=31.617135,130.578346&spn=0.005253,0.010568&sll=34.414186,-119.859201&sspn=0.020357,0.042272&oq=%E4%BB%99%E5%B7%96%E5%9C%92&t=h&hq=%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E9%B9%BF%E5%85%92%E5%B3%B6%E7%B8%A3%E9%B9%BF%E5%85%92%E5%B3%B6%E5%B8%82%E5%90%89%E9%87%8E%E7%94%BA+%E4%BB%99%E5%B7%96%E5%9C%92&z=17 Sengan'en on Google Maps]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]