Yoshiki-en
Yoshiki-en is a Japanese garden in Nara, Japan, to the immediate southwest of Isui-en.History
Adjacent to Yoshiki-en flows the Yoshiki River, celebrated in the Man'yōshū. According to an old plan of Kōfuku-ji, the site was occupied until the Edo period by one of its branch temples, Manishu-in. The land became private property during the Meiji period. In 1919 the residence and gardens were laid out. The gardens have been open to the public since the end of the Shōwa period. In 2011 the garden residence was designated a Prefectural Cultural Property.Gardens
The gardens consist of a pond garden, moss garden with tea house, and camellia garden.Residence
Twelve component structures of the Taishō-period Former Shōhōin Family Residence have been jointly designated a Prefectural Cultural Property, seven in the main residence, three in the detached residence, an arbour, and the front gate, along with supplementary designations of two munefuda or inscriptions relating to the building, fencing, and twelve painted fusuma panels; the last, formerly part of the Crane Room and Spring Orchid Room, were removed in 2006 and are now in the Nara Prefectural Museum of Art.
