Kyu Shiba Rikyu Garden

The Shibarikyu Park (Japanese旧 芝 离宫 恩赐 庭园, Kyū Shiba Rikyū Onshi files ) is a park from the Edo period in the district of Minato in Tokyo.

In the Kan'ei - time (1624-1644) was located in the region of the residence, the princes ( daimyo ) of Aizu, Katō Yoshiaki. 1678 took over the Prince of Odawara and Chancellor ( roju ) of the Shogun, Okubo Tadatomo ( 1652-1712 ), the property and designed the garden, which he called Rakujuen. The standing with the sea change in conjunction garden said to have been created by him. Later, the fief ( han ) Kishū used the area until the Meiji Restoration as a secondary residence.

1871 was the site of Prince Arisugawa, then it came in 1875 under the administration of the Ministry of Interior as alternative quarters of the imperial family in case of emergency, 1876 finally a " exterior palace " (离宫, Rikyū ). When Kantō earthquake, the garden was badly damaged in 1924 the city of Tokyo left. 1962 lost the garden of 4,800 sqm with the construction of the Shinkansen.

The small park surrounds a relatively large pond with three islands, Nakajima ( which stands for the mythical Hōraijima ) Ukijima and Ōshima. A characteristic element is the dam across the West Lake ( China) Nakajima, which is also found in the Koishikawa Korakuen. There are small hills, Ōyama, Karatsuyama ( memory of the former fief of the Okubo, Karatsu ). Traces of a place for training horses ( bakenjo ), a Wisterien - trellis, arbor garden complete this composition in a confined space. Since the twenties, the park is also remodels from the water side, but is still a place of silence in the city. Since 1979, the park entry costs, it was declared under the Act for the protection of cultural property as meisho ( worth seeing).

North adjacent to the park was established Egawa Hidetatsu framework of national defense a training ground for guns and rifles at the end of the Edo period.

Characteristics

  • Carrier: Tokyo Prefecture
  • Opening: April 20, 1924
  • Area: 43070.53 sqm, including 5,453 sqm lawn
  • Trees: 1928 Trees ( 1995)
  • Busch stock: 3,059 bushes 852 m² bushland
  • Lawn: 5,453 m²
  • Facilities: driving range, archery, kiosk

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Nakajima

Garden game

Nine -foot hill

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