Rakuzanso - Kanoashi District

Visited by lighting up on 2021/11/7.

Autumn leaves seen from the second floor ? It was beautiful ?

I felt that the garden of Rakusanso was different from the Mori Garden and the temples in Kyoto. I was impressed with the landscaping on the outskirts between Tsuwano and Hagi.

I visited during the autumn leaves season. The garden is great, but The reception of the people of the preservation society Very great! I was able to see it comfortably.

Rakuzanso Garden is the main garden of the dig garden. A pond spring recreational garden on the back of a natural rocky mountain slope, where the mountain slope was artificially cut to drop a waterfall, dig a pond, plant trees, and set footsteps and stone steps for strolling. It is a garden. This garden is built with a mansion on a flat ground made by embankment along the slope of the mountain and building a stone wall, and it is a somewhat old-fashioned style for a garden in the Taisho era, this is an old-fashioned mountain Buddhist temple, It is often seen in the garden of Sesshu in the Muromachi period. Tsuwano, where this moat garden is located, and Masuda, which is adjacent to the moat garden, are one of the areas where Sesshu used to be active. Therefore, I wonder if the garden of this Rakusanso has been influenced by this traditionally. In the garden, there is a large snowy lantern installed in the pond, and on the slope of the mountain behind it there are thirteen stone towers, 17 large and small stone lanterns, stone shrines, etc. Trees, azaleas, and azaleas, which are considered to be over 100 years old, make up a beautiful landscape. The slope of the rocky mountain on the back is steep, but the stone steps continue to a very high place, so you can cross the stone bridge in front of the waterfall (now closed). The style in which a small stone warp bridge is built over the waterfall in this way is a style that was popular in the Azuchi-Momoyama period, such as the Yujin style. The Yugan ceremony is basically expressed in a reduced view, but it may be rare that it can actually be crossed by people. If you go up the stone steps to the top of the waterfall, you can see not only the garden, but also the "Warakuen" built on the mountain slope on the opposite side of the road, and the surrounding environment of this digger's mansion You can see very well that everything is maintained as a garden. The “Natsume-type” edged water bowl on the first floor of Rakuzanso is very large and has a “Suikin cave”, so you can listen to the mysterious and beautiful sound by listening to the bamboo tube. In addition, the stone walls that support the grounds of the buildings and gardens of Rakuzanso are made by processing green stone (diorite) mined from the mountain behind the main building. Draws a beautiful curve and is deprived of eyes. It is said that the ants cannot pass through the stone wall. Is the stone sliced ​​thin and pasted on concrete? Although it seems to be misunderstood, it is a real stone wall made of three-dimensional stones, and it is a valuable thing that continues the high technology of masonry from the Meiji era. (November 13, 1980)