6 月 22 日、妻と私は朝日旅行社のバス旅行「あじさいの曼荼羅園と養翠園庭園」に参加した。まず、和歌山市の養翠園を見学した。これは、紀州第 10 代藩主徳川治宝(とくがわ はるとみ)が、1818 年から 1826 年にかけて造営した広大な大名庭園である。同園で貰った説明書の英文の方が和文より簡潔で分りやすいので、下に掲載する養翠園での写真のうち、3 枚目以下の説明には、ところどころに単語の和訳を挿入するだけで、前者の文をほとんどそのまま引用する。この庭園には、アジサイは正門の近くに少ししか植えられていなくて、撮影し損なった。
On June 22, my wife and I joined the bus trip named "Mandala-en and Yōsui-en in the season of hydrangea flowers," sponsored by Asahi Sun Tours. First, we visited Yōsui-en in Wakayama. Harutomi Tokugawa, the 10th feudal lord of Kishu (presently Wakayama Prefecture) built this vast garden in the years from 1826 to 1818. The following photos were taken in Yōsui-en. In the leaflet we got at the garden, explanations in English are simpler and more understandable than those in Japanese. Therefore, for explanations of the third to the last photos, I quote part of the English explanations only by inserting Japanese for a few words. In this garden, there were only small amount of hydrangeas near the main gate so that I missed taking shots of them.
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御茶屋「養翠亭」。左斜め登り廊下は全国にも例がないという。
Yōsui-tei, a resting booth in the garden. It is said that, in the whole country,
there is no example of the left-climbing corridor built in the resting booth.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf2MPqB2650M7ui55dNyJ1abCuiDZeBf_E3O0BkqgF6WWd8zVZ1_MmTNszI5-2IxJkgd-fAaO5HQd7vdJvDbJhMP-Pc7JB4WF5Mw95Gz4Yr36t7RmM2FZe4bmOcf2tc0H0Q5jLG0vMMBMu/s400/D130622715.jpg)
キンメイチク(金明竹)。
Phyllostachys bambusoides Sieb.
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There are many old pine trees in the 33,000 m2 garden. At the center, there is a 10,000 m2 pond filled with sea water. So, the water level changes with tides. [...] Two bridges,
Taikobashi [太鼓橋] and Mitsuhashi [三ツ橋], span the pond.
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The pond is shaped like the West Lake [西湖] in China. The artistic design of Yōsui-en is such that the characteristic straight line of the Chinese style pond [as seen in this picture] contrasts
beautifully with the complicated curved lines of the surrounding Japanese garden
[as seen in the previous and next photos].
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyGHkcWD7bJZYVnRUbei8uedz4IEMa1brdHSdlGIitN5aa1ottH_7R2bbjnXTZYIUjJYYlhHUdf4jtZi9ml_tUrxzlvbATw-CjjP4z-tZKLFPdbLkj6WckHZMMcLYUiEgnmgLHRx63HzS0/s400/D130622719.jpg)
A guardian deity [守護神] is enshrined on the island in the middle of the pond.
On June 22, my wife and I joined the bus trip named "Mandala-en and Yōsui-en in the season of hydrangea flowers," sponsored by Asahi Sun Tours. First, we visited Yōsui-en in Wakayama. Harutomi Tokugawa, the 10th feudal lord of Kishu (presently Wakayama Prefecture) built this vast garden in the years from 1826 to 1818. The following photos were taken in Yōsui-en. In the leaflet we got at the garden, explanations in English are simpler and more understandable than those in Japanese. Therefore, for explanations of the third to the last photos, I quote part of the English explanations only by inserting Japanese for a few words. In this garden, there were only small amount of hydrangeas near the main gate so that I missed taking shots of them.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirwRCmA1d7qIeXNVElywHxb2jvKtH6N7FnCwpJSmw9nWa9IZWzm-2yS7_qSxy0RSD7kiXb4QxMNPZz1j-BoTclShfvJzEMxzlxg-kefJPNjdZ_aANG6mzHc-0qZdinR829a8bNhvhH6LyD/s400/D130622714.jpg)
Yōsui-tei, a resting booth in the garden. It is said that, in the whole country,
there is no example of the left-climbing corridor built in the resting booth.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf2MPqB2650M7ui55dNyJ1abCuiDZeBf_E3O0BkqgF6WWd8zVZ1_MmTNszI5-2IxJkgd-fAaO5HQd7vdJvDbJhMP-Pc7JB4WF5Mw95Gz4Yr36t7RmM2FZe4bmOcf2tc0H0Q5jLG0vMMBMu/s400/D130622715.jpg)
Phyllostachys bambusoides Sieb.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyBR9Q_6-C5b80uhXKCtFmpdZXbAN-TntDqkwqA5abGAp7sKYJ1M6BJIuO9h-F0BpQSee1HUm6ScXv3a-MKeUUTFtXsLGie3O925HginWgeBFFR-LOgfmIs2WOyqAMiG5oRKJPb6Y2CnFD/s400/D130622716.jpg)
Taikobashi [太鼓橋] and Mitsuhashi [三ツ橋], span the pond.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNRxeORqQA384V1WAMXeEnxJp3rZ4lc3jjVYxslzMS_xt9axDrpFudWZtBp2aCkxv1fnmfvaL_W_YGv_QujIfsSw19XOFMbm9UYrayjFYLGPomKFzD8zLw9bnskABnYFRQmlgHUSCT2QyV/s400/D130622717.jpg)
beautifully with the complicated curved lines of the surrounding Japanese garden
[as seen in the previous and next photos].
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(つづく)
(To be continued)
(To be continued)