Sankeien Garden

This large garden is located in Sannotani, Honmoku, Naka Ward, Yokohama. It was built in 1905 (Meiji 38) by Yokohama businessman Hara Tomitaro (pen name Sankei, 1868-1939). It was opened to the public the following year, and in 1953 (Showa 28) it was transferred to the Sankeien Preservation Society, a foundation, and is open to the public except at the end of the year.

This Japanese garden, covering approximately 58,000 tsubo (approximately 191,400 square meters), was created by taking advantage of the natural topography of mountains and valleys near the coast, and is a natural-style comprehensive garden that incorporates the seascape. The land has been divided so that a pond and hills can be seen on either side, and a three-story pagoda can be seen in front, and structures that were moved from Kansai and Kamakura during the Meiji and Taisho periods have been cleverly arranged. Among the garden's structures are the three-story pagoda of the former Toumyoji Temple from the Muromachi period, the remains of Fushimi Castle (Gekkaden) from the Momoyama period, the Tokugawa family villa Rinshunkaku from the early Edo period, Choshukaku from Nijo Castle, the teahouse Shungusoro of Oda Uraku, and the former Yanohara family residence, a gassho-style house from Hida (all of which are nationally designated Important Cultural Properties). It is a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty.

[Shigemori Kando]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

横浜市中区本牧(ほんもく)三之谷にある大庭園。横浜の実業家原富太郎（号三渓。1868―1939）が1905年（明治38）に築造した。翌年から一般に公開され、1953年（昭和28）からは財団法人三渓園保勝会の手に移され、年末を除いて公開されている。

　海岸に近い、自然の山や谷の地形を利用してつくられた約5万8000坪（約19万1400平方メートル）の日本庭園で、海景を取り入れた自然式総合庭園。左右に池泉と丘、正面に三重塔が見えるよう地割され、明治から大正にかけて関西や鎌倉から移した建造物を巧みに配置する。室町時代の旧燈明寺(とうみょうじ)三重塔、桃山時代の伏見(ふしみ)城遺構・月華殿、江戸初期の徳川家別邸・臨春閣、二条城にあった聴秋閣、織田有楽(うらく)の茶室・春草廬(しゅんそうろ)、さらに飛騨(ひだ)の合掌造の民家・旧矢箆原(やのはら)家住宅など（いずれも国の重要文化財）がある。国指定名勝。

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