A Basic Study of Garden Design Techniques and Their Dissemination as Seen in Tsukiyama teizoden

2024 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K14945
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 23040:Architectural history and design-related
• Research Institution: Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
• Principal Investigator: Chinatsu Takahashi 独立行政法人国立文化財機構奈良文化財研究所, 文化遺産部, 室長 (00516601)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2025-03-31
• Keywords: 築山庭造伝 / 近世庭園 / 造園技術 / 造園書

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study analyzed the contents of “Tsukiyama Teien Den (Parts I and II),” published in the late Edo period, to examine the landscape gardening techniques and design characteristics of the early modern period. In addition, the study advanced the interpretation of “Enji,” an ancient landscape gardening text believed to have been introduced to Japan during the same period, as a comparative reference.Furthermore, through field surveys of private gardens in the San'in region, this study sought to identify the characteristics of private gardens from the late Edo period to the modern era.

Free Research Field

庭園史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

『築山庭造伝』や『園冶』等の近世に流布した造園書の研究としてはまだまだ課題が多いものの、住宅や町家等に伴う座敷庭の特質と変遷を把握し、文化財として保存していくための基礎的な検討を進めることができた。特に近世に遡る民家建築は全国に保存されているため、これに伴う庭園についても学術的な評価を進めていく必要があり、今後の研究の発展的展開が期待できる。