Kaiyū Strolling Garden

回遊式庭園 / Edo period– / Style / Garden Styles

The daimyo strolling garden, where scenery is edited into view with every step along the path: pond at center, bridges, hills and teahouses — movement itself as the designed medium, space with a time axis.

Views that change as you walk / Pond-centered composition / Hide-and-reveal staging / Famous scenery in miniature

Kaiyū Strolling Garden — 兼六園（CC BY-SA 4.0） — 兼六園（CC BY-SA 4.0）／兼六園の徽軫灯籠（CC BY 2.0）

Kaiyū Strolling Garden — 兼六園の徽軫灯籠（CC BY 2.0） — 兼六園（CC BY-SA 4.0）／兼六園の徽軫灯籠（CC BY 2.0）

Dictionary entry

Best used for: Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type: Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition: Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
Material: Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
Caution: Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
Further study: Kenroku-en, Kōraku-en and Kairaku-en / Koishikawa Kōraku-en / the design of sequence

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