PLATES XV. AND XVI. 



SATAKE-NO-NIWA, HONJO. 



The Satake-no-Niwa is a characteristic example of the more artificial kind 

 of Hill Garden, and is at present easily accessible to the public. It abounds in rare 

 rocks, pagodas, and lanterns, collected by its original owner Mizuno Devva no Kami. 

 An extensive lake occupies the centre of the grounds, surrounded by hills which are 

 thickly planted with evergreen trees and bushes cut into rounded forms, presenting a 

 great variety of vivid colouring. During the spring and summer, the bright greens of 

 the foliage are set off by red maples, azaleas, and other flowering shrubs. The shores 

 of the lake are spread out at places into sanded and pebbly beaches, crowded with river 

 boulders, rocks, and picturesque stone lanterns. Plate XV. gives a general view of this 

 garden, showing the lake and opposite hillocks, and in the lower illustration of Plate 

 XVI. is shown a corner of the lake, thickly shaded with handsome trees, and over- 

 grown with irises and other water-plants. A rustic looking temple-shrine, with a Tom, 

 occupies the background. The upper illustration of Plate XVI. represents a portion 

 of a garden of a similar class at Shinjiku. Here may be seen to perfection the 

 typical Japanese arrangement of garden hills with rounded bushes and lanterns. 



