Garden making record - Saiteiki

This book on gardening methodology from the mid-Heian period is the oldest book of garden secrets in the world. It consists of one volume. It is also called "Senzai Hisho" and "Sonoike Hisho." It describes in detail how to handle the topography of Shinden-zukuri gardens, as well as the design and techniques of standing stones, and has had a huge impact on the development of Japanese gardens. The oldest surviving copy is the "Tanimura family copy," which is thought to have been handed down to the Maeda family. In the "Gunsho Rui Juhon," it is written, "From the first volume onwards, the original handwritten version by Kyogoku-dono has been copied without a single character," so it was believed to have been written by Gokyogoku Yoshitsune, but recent research has suggested that it was written by Tachibana Toshitsuna (1028-94), who was Shuri-no-daibu (chief of the Fushimi Shuri). Since the Kamakura period, this style has been passed down to the Northern Fujiwara clan and has been considered the mainstream of garden design. Therefore, people of this school are called the "Sakutei-ryu" school.

[Shigemori Kando]

"Hisakagaki Hideharu's 'Sakutei-ki Hisho' (1979, Seibundo Shinkosha)"

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

平安中期の作庭方法論書。いわゆる庭園の秘伝書として世界最古のもの。全1巻。『前栽秘抄(せんざいひしょう)』『園池秘抄』ともよばれる。寝殿造(しんでんづくり)庭園の地形の取扱い方や、立石(たていし)意匠・技法などについて詳細に述べ、日本庭園の発達に及ぼした影響はきわめて大きい。現存最古の書写本は「谷村家本」で、これは前田家に伝来したものと考えられる。「群書類従本」では、「本云　右一巻以後京極殿御自筆本不違一字書写畢」とあるところから、後京極良経(よしつね)の著書とされていたが、近年の研究では、伏見(ふしみ)修理大夫(しゅりのだいぶ)であった橘俊綱(たちばなのとしつな)（1028―94）の著書とされている。鎌倉期以来、藤原北家に伝承されて作庭の本流とされた。よってこの派の人々を「作庭記流」といっている。

［重森完途］

『久垣秀治著『作庭記秘抄』（1979・誠文堂新光社）』

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