PLATE VI. 



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FUKIAGE GARDEN. 



The- Kin-En, generally known as the Fukiage Garden, formed originally a part 

 of the grounds of the old Yedo Castle. A historical description noting the various 

 changes through which it has passed is given in "Landscape Gardening in Japan." At 

 present this garden is included within the grounds of the central Palace of the 

 Emperor, and is no longer accessible to the public. The upper illustration on Plate 

 IV. shows a portion of the hill-garden as it existed some few years ago, the centre 

 being occupied by a curious rockery and a cascade consisting of two falls. The 

 upper waterfall leaps from the hill-side into a basin formed by a rocky cliff, and 

 the overflow from this forms the second torrent. Flanking this lower cascade 

 may be observed the "Statue Stone," or "Guardian Stone," fully described in the 

 preceding treatise upon Japanese Gardening ; and on the opposite side of the view are 

 two stone lanterns of different designs, one on the hillock, and one on the level 

 below. The foreground is occupied by large reciunbent rocks and a row of stepping 

 stones leading to the rocky pathway which crosses the hills of the background past 

 another stone standard-lantern of what is called the Kasuga shape. The lower 

 illustration shows a portion of the grass-covered moor, or park, of this garden, 

 ornamented with rounded bushes, clumps of handsome trees, and an enormous stone 

 lantern of the " Snow-scene " class. At the side may be seen the end of the Fukiage 

 lake, a small sheet of water, with clipped bushes and a few rocks on its banks. 



