Shorinen

Japanese: 松林苑 - しょうりんえん

A garden and pond attached to Heijo Palace. In historical documents, the Shoku Nihongi (Chronicles of Japan Continued) mentions it only in 729 (Tenpyo 1), 730, 735, and 738, and it is also called Shorin Palace, Shorin, and Kita Shorin, where important annual court events and banquets were held, such as the Great Archery on January 17, the Kyokusui Banquet on March 3, and the Horseback Archery on May 5. The origins of such gardens and ponds lie in China, where they were often built to the north of palaces, such as the Hualin Garden at Luoyang Castle in the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Western Inner Garden at Chang'an Castle in the Tang Dynasty. In Japan, too, Asuka Kiyomihara Palace had a "Hakukinkoen" (White Brocade Rear Garden), and it is inferred from excavated wooden tablets that Fujiwara Palace also had a garden and pond to the north of the palace.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

平城宮に付属する苑池。文献史料では《続日本紀》の729年(天平1)，730年，735年，738年を限ってみえ，松林宮，松林，北松林ともあり，そこで正月17日の大射，3月3日の曲水宴，5月5日の騎射など宮廷の重要な年中行事が行われ，宴が催されている。こうした苑池の源流は中国にあり，北魏洛陽城の華林園，唐長安城の西内苑などのように，苑池は宮城の北に設けることが多いが，日本の場合も，飛鳥浄御原宮には〈白錦後苑〉があり，藤原宮も宮の北に苑池の存在したことが出土木簡などから推測される。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

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