9 月 19 2008
玄宮園 Genkyu-en Garden
敷地:滋賀県彦根市金亀町
創建:江戸時代(1643年)
Location：Konkicho,Hikone City,Shiga Prefecture
Establishment:Edo period(1643)
感想 Ｉmpression
彦根城の外堀と内堀に囲まれた玄宮園と楽々園は、江戸時代(17世紀）に作庭された一つの庭園が二つに分けられた形になっています。西側にある楽々園が玄宮園の一部を19世紀初めに改造して作ったものと謂われ、枯山水形式の庭園になっていますが、規模も小さく東隣の玄宮園の添え物的な感が否めません。
玄宮園は、琵琶湖から引いた水を満々と湛えた大きな池を中心にした廻遊形式の広大な庭園です。園内には数奇屋風な建築が池に張り出し、島が浮かび、橋が架けられ、巨大な石組があり、この園を訪れる者を飽きさせない多彩な仕掛けがちりばめれていて、大いに楽しめます。池の周囲の遊歩道を歩いて北岸から池を望むと、西北岸に渡る橋や小さな中島の向こうに臨池閣と呼ばれる茅葺きの建築が水面に浮かぶように架け出されている。その背後の樹林越しには彦根城天守閣の白く美しい姿が借景として望見され、この庭園の見所と言えるでしょう。更に池沿いに北岸から東岸へ廻り込んでいくと、土橋が架かった大きな凹形の中島がある。この島の西岸に沿って鶴を模した石組の巨石が自然に立てられ、後ろの松や刈り込みともよく調和した景色がつくられている。東岸から南下して行くと、池に浮かぶ三つ目の中島が現れ、ここに架かる石の橋脚に支えられた橋を渡ると、さっきの池に張り出した臨池閣より南西の築山の上に位置する茶屋に出ます。鄙びた趣のある建築ですが、鳳翔台と呼ばれ、江戸時代には彦根藩主が客をもてなすための客殿だったと伝えられています。いかにも客殿に相応しく玄宮園全体の眺望を鑑賞するには絶好の場所でした。座敷に上がり、供された薄茶を喫しながら庭園の美しい景色を眺めていると、しばし時の流れを忘れさせてくれます。
Rakurakuen becomes the form which the 1 corner garden which was done with the landscape in the Edo period ( the 17th century ) was completely classified into with Genkyuen who was surrounded by the outer moat and the inner moat in Hikone-jo. It becomes the garden of the one which Rakurakuen which is in the west side made by remodeling Genkyuen’s part at the beginning of the 19th century, and the cause, the karesansui form but it isn’t possible to deny the sense having to do with an addition of Genkyuen in the east side small by the scale, too.
Genkyuen is a garden with the vast form which migrates mainly in the big pond to be fully of the water to have pulled out of Lake Biwa full by. The tea-ceremony pavillion style architecture projects to the pond, the island occurs to in the park, it spans with the bridge, there is a huge rockwork, and the eclectic mechanism not to make the person who visits this Garden be tired can be inlaid and it is possible to enjoy it greatly. “Rinchikaku” then, begin to span over there at the bridge which is introduced into the northwestern shore and in small Nakashima for the architecture with called thatch to float on the surface of the water when walking at the esplanade around the pond and wanting a pond from the northern coast. The appearance of the Hikone castle donjon which is beautiful, being white is from a distance seen as the shakkei and the wood crossing boiling of the rear will be able to be called highlights at this garden. There is big Nakashima of the concaveness where a bridge in earth was built when taking effect in the eastern coast from the northern coast of the more pond going-along boiling and being crowded. Megalith in the rockwork which imitated a crane along the west coast on this island is naturally stood and the scenery which was well harmonized with the pine and the pruning behind, too, is made.Third Nakashima who occurs to the pond emerges from the eastern coast when going south and going and when crossing a bridge which was supported by the pier of respectively spanning stone, he goes out to the bower which is located on the miniature mountain in the southwest than Rinchikaku which projects to a short while ago the pond. It is the architecture where there is rustic zest, but it tells to have been called Hoshodai and to have been the guest house for the Hikone seigneur to entertain a visitor in the Edo period and it breaks. To enjoy whole Genkyuen’s view just suitably for the guest house, it was to do the place being which is ideal.
When looking at the beautiful scenery of the garden while suffering the thin tea which finished resembling at the Japanese-style room and was served, it makes forget flow at the time for a while.
参照文献
「西澤文隆小論集ⅳ庭園論」/西澤文隆著/相模書房/1976 ”The short essay collection Ⅳ garden theory by Fumitaka Nishizawa “/written by Fumitaka Nishizawa/published by Sagami shobou/1976
「建築と庭 西澤文隆実測図集」/西澤文隆著/建築資料研究社/1997 “Architecture and Gardens collection of Survey Drawings by Fumitaka Nishizawa”/written by Fumitaka Nishizawa/published by Kenchiku Shiryo Kenkyusha/1997
 樹林越しに彦根城天守閣の美しい姿が借景として望見される The beautiful appearance of the wood crossing boiling Hikone-jo donjon is from a distance seen as the shakkei |
| 送信者 日本の伝統建築 Traditional architecture in Japan |
 鳳翔台と呼ばれる茶屋から玄宮園を見下ろす It overlooks Genkyuen Garden from the bower which is called Hoshodai |
| 送信者 日本の伝統建築 Traditional architecture in Japan |