Izumidono

Japanese: 泉殿 - いずみどの
Izumidono

Another name for the houses of aristocrats built in the Heian and Kamakura periods that incorporated famous springs in Kyoto. Famous examples include Shirakawa Izumidono and Rokuhara Izumidono. In Kyoto, gardens were created to take advantage of underground water, so places where groundwater gushed forth were more important than drawing in a stream, and this was an important condition for building shinden-zukuri houses with gardens. For this reason, houses with springs were popular, and ponds were dug to make use of the springs. Small pavilions built overlooking such ponds for the purpose of cooling off in the evenings or enjoying themselves are also called Izumidono. Note that in shinden-zukuri houses, there is a theory in old books that the buildings overlooking the pond at the end of the left and right central corridors are called Izumidono and Tsuridono, respectively, but this is incorrect.

[Kudou Yoshiaki]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

平安・鎌倉時代に京都で有名な泉を邸内に取り入れてつくられた貴族の住宅の別称。白川泉殿、六波羅(ろくはら)泉殿などが著名である。京都では地下水の伏流を求めて作庭したため、遣水(やりみず)を引き入れるよりも地下水が湧(わ)き出る場所が貴重視され、庭を構えた寝殿造の住宅の造営にあたって、重要な条件となっていた。こうしたことから湧泉(ゆうせん)のある邸宅が好まれ、湧泉を利用して池が掘られた。このような池泉に臨んで建てられた納涼や遊興の小亭も泉殿の名でよばれている。なお、寝殿造の住宅で、左右の中門廊の先端の池に臨んだ建物をそれぞれ泉殿、釣殿(つりどの)とする説が古書にみえるが、誤りである。

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