Seison-kaku

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The Seison-kaku ( Japanese 成 巽 閣 ) in Kanazawa was the old age residence of the mother of Maeda Nariyasu, the 13th head of the Maeda clan. Erected in 1863 on the edge of the Kenroku-en park, the well-preserved residence is an example of late Japanese feudal architecture and is registered as an important cultural asset . The 644.71 m² “garden of the flying crane” ( 飛鶴 庭 , Hikaku-tei ) is also classified as a “beautiful landscape” ( 名勝 , meishō ).

Overview

The complex that stands where the Takezawa Palace once was was originally called Tatsumi-Goten ( 巽 御 殿 ) because it is in the southeast corner of Kenroku-en. The main entrance is located in the southeast, it is flanked on one side by the Tatsumi longhouse ( 辰 巳 長 屋 ), 31 m long and 5.5 m wide. It was the accommodation of the employees and also served as a warehouse. The surrounding gray tiles are bordered with protruding white ribs. This cladding is called the " sea ​​cucumber wall" ( 海 鼠 壁 , Namako-kabe ) because of its gray color .

From the park you enter the complex through the “Red Gate” ( 赤 門 , Akamon ) and after a few steps you are in front of the entrance at the rear of the residence.

The individual rooms

Rooms on the ground floor

  • The Ayu hallway ( 鮎 の 廊下 , Ayu no rōka ) runs parallel to the northwest side of the residence, parallel to the reception room behind it.
  • The reception room ( 謁見 の 間 , Ekken no ma ) has, as usual, a rear half raised by a foot's width with a tokonoma , called Jōdan no ma ( 上 段 の 間 ), and a front half, Gedan no ma ( 下 段 の 間 ).
  • The bedchamber ( 亀 の 間 , Kame no ma ) is called "Turtle Chamber" because turtles are painted on the side boards ( 腰板 , koshi-ita ).
  • The study room ( 蝶 の 間 , Chō no ma ) in the Shoin style has a tokonoma with side boards that are painted with butterflies ( chō ).
  • The small rest room ( 松 の 間 , Matsu no ma ) is also designed in the Shoin style, but simplified. Here the side boards are decorated with pines ( matsu ). On one wall is a stained glass, imported from the Netherlands, depicting a bird perched on a ring.
  • A long corridor ( つ く し の 縁 , Tsukushi no roka ) extends on the southeast side of the residence and opens up to a garden with a stream flowing through it.

Rooms on the upper floor

The small attached roof pavilion is in a kind of Sukiya style in terms of ceiling, walls and coloring . There are seven smaller rooms there.

  • The Gunjō room ( 群青 の 間 , ~ no ma ) takes its name from the ceiling painted in ultramarine blue.
  • The Ajiro room ( 綱 代 の 間 , ~ no ma ) takes its name from its wickerwork ceiling decoration.
  • The Etchū room ( 越 中 の 間 , ~ no ma ) takes its name from its ceiling, which is made of cedar trees from Mount Tate-yama in the province of Etchū .

  • Hikaku-tei

  • Main entrance to the residence (left the nave)

  • Front gate to the residence

  • Seison-kaku, back

  • Dutch stained glass

  • In the turtle room

Remarks

  1. ↑ 巽 = Southeast is read sino-Japanese son , or, since it is the "dragon-snake direction" within the twelve branches of the earth , tatsu-mi in Japanese .
  2. ↑ Today Toyama Prefecture .

literature

  • Leaflet of the pavilion (Japanese and English)
  • Ishikawa-ken no rekishi sampo henshu iinkai (Ed.): Ishikawa-ken no rekishi sampo. Yamakawa Shuppan, 2013, ISBN 978-4-634-24617-1 .

Web links

Commons : Seisonkaku  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 成 巽 閣 庭園 . In: 石川 県 に 世界 遺産 を / For the World Heritage. Council to Promote World Heritage Inscription in Ishikawa Prefecture, accessed August 27, 2015 (Japanese).

Coordinates: 36 ° 33 ′ 40 "  N , 136 ° 39 ′ 47"  E