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" heart," in the a1)])reviated style of callij^raphy. It must have 

 heen an ancient Japanese ideal to care for this form in making" a 

 lake. As early as loio A.D., in the Tale of Genji, Lady Alura- 

 saki, the authoress, described a ])alace j^ru'den : "'Heart' of kd<;e 

 is deftly constructed, expanding- joyousi}- far." Later, in the 

 14th Century, Muso, a famous Buddhist priest, designed many 

 well-known gardens near Kioto. ( )ne garden he had ])uilt in 

 Saihoji Teni]de with its lake in the form of the Chinese letter for 

 heart, which, in Zenism, means " meditating center." 



From the Tea House to the Waiting Pavilion 



Leaving- the tea house one ])asses under a rustic d\)rii. The 

 Japanese characters over the arch mean, " Enter to the flowers " 

 (h^ig-. 6). Walking along the lake shore, toward the right, one 

 may look hack ujion the Ja])anese wisteria entwining over the 

 trellis roof of the wing of the tea liouse. Shading the ]-)ath, there 

 are a number of douhk^-flowered cherry trees (Yac-aaktira) , pine 

 trees, and Aarious shrubs. Just l)eyond these there is a i)lanting 

 of the |a])anesc Iris on the edge of the lake below, d'hese vari- 

 eties ha\'e come from Japan, where they are grown in s])ecial 

 gardens, and lai'ge numl)crs of peo])le \iew them in the flowering 

 season. Xear to the walk, a little beyond, is the Sleeve Fence 

 (Sodc-i:,(i/cl ) , used to screen off a certain i)art of the garden. The 

 term is deri\-ed troni its reseml)huice to the sleeve of a girl's 

 kimono, which was often a means of a ])ashful maiden for con- 

 cealing her secret expression in rm amorous dilennna. Ls co- 

 quettish use gives character to the garden, ddie ro];es foi" these 

 fences in Japan are made either of p;ilm lil)ers {SJiiiro) or wild 

 wisteria vine { I'uji-cunt) , in order to withstand ex])()sure to the 

 weather. ( )n the l)ank at the right side of the walk tliere are a 

 number ol" l)eautitul trees and shrul)s, including jiines, laiu'els, 

 and birches. 



A little further along the walk there stands the Waiting Pavilion 

 (Machi-at). It is a narrow rectangular l)uilding" with a shingled 

 roof supported by one frame wall, at the center o[ which there 

 is a square window (Fig. 7). The cross ])icces and lirackets at tlie 

 top of the wall ])osts carry the jirojecting roof, which shelters a 

 long narrow veranda constructed with the device of cedar planks 



