Seibi-en
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is a Japanese landscape garden and nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty in the city of Hirakawa, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.
==Overview== The garden was laid out between 1902 and 1911 by the 24th generation head of the Seitō family, Seitō Morihide, and covers an area of . In the Oishi Bugaku Ryu style of Japanese gardens, it incorporates a large pond, with standing and stepping stones, and stone bridges reminiscent of Momoyama period garden layouts. The gardens are attached to the , the Giyōfū style mansion that was formerly the residence of the Seitō family. This building is a Meiji-period fusion of Japanese and Western architectural styles, with an octagonal turret, a faux marble pillar in the tokonoma, and tatami floors.
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