PLATE IX. 



GINKAKUJI GARDEN, KIOTO. 



The Regent Yoshimasa, following the example of his predecessor Yoshimitsu, 

 built himself a secluded retreat which he called Ginkakuji, or the Silver Pavilion, and 

 which bore a striking resemblance to the Kinkakuji just described. The landscape- 

 artist, Shoami, is said to have been the designer of the surrounding garden. It 

 bears many traces of the Tea Garden style, which received a great impetus during 

 the rule of Yoshimasa. A lake containing pine-clad islands and rare water-rocks is 

 the principal feature of the grounds; it flows close up to the silver-plated pavilion, 

 a structure of two stories, and of more modest proportions than the gilded pavilion of 

 Yoshimitsu. A view of the lake and dwelling, as they now remain, is given in the 

 lower illustration of Plate IX., and the upper illustration represents a portion known 

 as the lotus-lake, thickly overgrown with lotus leaves, and crossed by monolithic 

 granite bridges, with an intervening island of rocks and pine trees. A thickly wooded 

 hill in the background imparts a charming beauty to this view. Other interesting 

 features of this old garden are referred to in the writer's previous volume on " Land- 

 scape Gardening in Japan." 



