Isuien Garden
Name of Building
Isuien Garden
Town or City, Country where the building was originally established
Nara, Japan
Date the building was designed and/or first built
Front: Mid 17th Century
Rear: 1899
Name of Architect, Builder, or Primary Patron Responsible
Front: Merchant Kiyosumi Michikiyo
Back: Businessman Seki Tojiro
Geo-Location
34.686058181809145, 135.83717459134138
Materials
Garden
Building Description
A two part garden that was combined into a larger display of "borrowed scenery", which means recreating the scenery around the garden inside. Neiraku Museum sits in the middle of the garden.
Image source
Image 1:Isuien and Nandaimon.JPG (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Isuien_and_Nandaimon.JPG)
Image 2:Isuien Garden - panoramio - Tomi Mäkitalo (1).jpg (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Isuien_Garden_-_panoramio_-_Tomi_M%C3%A4kitalo_(1).jpg)
Image 2:Isuien Garden - panoramio - Tomi Mäkitalo (1).jpg (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Isuien_Garden_-_panoramio_-_Tomi_M%C3%A4kitalo_(1).jpg)
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Creative Commons or other copyright information
Image 1: Creative Commons
Image 2: Creative Commons
Image 2: Creative Commons
Student First and Last Name
Waldemar Barrios
Citation
Front: Merchant Kiyosumi Michikiyo and Back: Businessman Seki Tojiro, “Isuien Garden,” World Architecture, accessed June 28, 2026, https://www.worldarchitecture.artinterp2.org/items/show/261.
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