PLATE XXII. 



GARDEN AT KOMAGOME. 



This beautiful modern park covers the site once occupied by the garden 

 called Mukusa-no-Sono, belonging to Yanagisawa, a favourite of the Shogun Tsuna- 

 yoshi Ko. This noble was famous as having risen from the rank of a petty court 

 chamberlain to that of the wealthiest territorial Daimio. The grounds, as extended 

 by their present owner, cover nearly a hundred acres, and comprise, the lake-garden 

 immediately facing the residence ; a winding stream, the banks of which are thickly 

 wooded; numerous plantations of pines, cedars, and other evergreens; groves of blossom- 

 ing trees ; orchards of fruit trees ; a duck pond ; a vegetable garden ; and a model 

 farm. The lake view shown in Plate XXII. is remarkable for its serene and unassum- 

 ing grandeur. In other gardens of this class a multiplicity of detail, in the form of 

 hillocks, spherical bushes, rocks, and lanterns, creates, a restless finical effect which is 

 here altogether absent, being replaced by a dignified repose and stately simplicity. 

 The lawns surrounding the ornamental water are adorned with some magnificent 

 old pine-trees of picturesque shape, and of a size rarely found in such numbers in a 

 single garden; and these, together with a colossal stone lantern, a few shrubs, and 

 rocks judiciously and sparingly arranged, impart a noble scale to the foreground of 

 the composition. In the background may be observed a high Standing stone con- 

 stituting the central feature of the view, but not in this case connected in any way 

 \vith the water-supply of the lake. The cascade is at the eastern extremity of the 

 lake, tastefully designed to suggest a mountain torrent. In the middle of the wide 

 expanse of water may be seen a group of rocks arranged to form an open archway, 

 in imitation of the hollowed sea-rocks which are seen at various places near the 

 Japanese coast. The lake is also furnished with a pretty wooded island connected 

 to the shore by a simple curved bridge of timber and wattling covered with earth. 

 A single garden hill of considerable height, thickly planted with camellias, azaleas, 

 pines, and oaks, forms an important feature of the background, and commands a fine 

 view of the surrounding garden. 



