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Sankei-en
thumb| is a traditional Japanese-style garden in Naka Ward, Yokohama, Japan, which opened in 1906. Sankei-en was designed and built by (1868–1939), known by the pseudonym Sankei Hara, who was a silk trader. Almost all of its buildings are historically significant structures bought by Hara himself in locations all over the country, among them Tokyo, Kyoto, Kamakura, Gifu Prefecture, and Wakayama Prefecture. Ten have been declared Important Cultural Property, and three more are Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan designated by the City of Yokohama. Badly damaged during World War II, the garde
Key facts
- Park.name
- Sankei-en
- Park.native_name
- 三溪園
- Park.native_name_lang
- ja
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- Sangkaien Garden.jpg
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- Sankei-en's Main Pond with Tōmyō-ji's former Three-storied Pagoda in the background
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- Japan
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- Location in Japan
- Park.type
- Urban park
- Park.location
- Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Features
- Kakushōkaku
- Sankei Memorial
- Outer Garden
- Former Yanohara House
- Inner Garden
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb| is a traditional Japanese-style garden in Naka Ward, Yokohama, Japan, which opened in 1906. Sankei-en was designed and built by (1868–1939), known by the pseudonym Sankei Hara, who was a silk trader. Almost all of its buildings are historically significant structures bought by Hara himself in locations all over the country, among them Tokyo, Kyoto, Kamakura, Gifu Prefecture, and Wakayama Prefecture. Ten have been declared Important Cultural Property, and three more are Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan designated by the City of Yokohama. Badly damaged during World War II, the garden was donated in 1953 to the City of Yokohama, which entrusted it to the . Sankei-en was then restored almost to its pre-war condition.
==Features== thumb|left|The Rinshunkaku and the Teisha BridgeSankei-en has a total surface of 175 thousand square meters and features ponds, streams, and undulating paths designed by Sankei Hara himself, plus many historic buildings, such as , originally constructed in Kyoto in 1457 and relocated in 1914, and the , originally the private residence of the Yanohara family.