PLATES XX. AND XXI. 



TSUYAMA GARDEN, TOKIO. 



The spot occupied by this garden is of some historical interest, having been 

 presented by lyeyasu, the first of the Tokugawa Shoguns, to one of his Ministers of 

 State. It afterwards passed into the hands of the Daimio Tsuyama Matsudaira. The 

 present owner is a wealthy silk merchant named Sugimura, but the garden is still 

 known as the Tsuyama Garden. Three views of these grounds are given; jthe first 

 being taken from across the narrower end of the lake, showing the outlet at the side 

 of the residence, crossed by a wooden bridge. On the further side is a conical 

 hillock shaped to represent Fuji-san, having its slopes adorned with rounded bushes 

 and artificially trimmed pine-trees. This hill has a spur and the intermediate depres- 

 sion is crowded with stones and low bushes, high evergreens occupying the back- 

 ground. The lower view on Plate XX. is taken from in front of the building, looking 

 across the whole length of the lake. Two important features may be observed in 

 the form of peninsulas or promontories jutting out into the water, one in the right 

 foreground, and the other in the distance on the left. Both are provided with a 

 pebble-strewn beach, ornamented with low shrubs, numerous rocks, and a stone lantern. 

 The distant promontory carries in addition a little arbour partly hidden amid trees. 

 This may be considered the principal view of the garden, the further banks of the 

 lake having a large rockery indicating the imaginary source of water. Plate XXI. 

 presents another aspect of this composition, as seen from the opposite end looking 

 towards the residence. It shows more clearly the further promontory with its sea-beach, 

 lantern, and pine-tree stretching out over the water. The lower illustration on this 

 Plate is taken from a public garden at Mukojima, called the Komatsushima Garden, 

 receiving its name from the island of small pine-trees in the centre of the lake. It 

 is somewhat bare and uninteresting in the details, but is given as an example of the 

 more common kind of public garden frequented by holiday-makers. 



