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| Also called a "boat stone" funa-ishi MΞ or treasure-boat stone takarabune-ishi σMΞ. Lit. Penglai boat. A garden stone in the shape of a boat. The houraibune represents a boat that travels to and from Mt. Penglai *Houranisan HR where, according to legend, ships landed to gather secret treasures and the elixir of immortality. Penglai boat stones are often shown in close proximity to stones or planted islands representing Mt. Penglai (*houraiseki HΞ, *hourai gantou Hβ). They are usually placed in ponds, but are sometimes used in dry landscape *karesansui ΝR gardens such as that at Daisen'in εε@ at Daitokuji εΏ. Stones chosen as houraibune usually have the distinctively curved shape of old ships: they are flat in the middle, sharply upturned at the front, and upturned less dramtically at the rear. Ships on their way to Penglai are represented with thicker stones suggesting empty boats riding high in the water; boats coming back are represented with thinner stones suggesting they are weighed down with goods. In older gardens most of the houraibune stones are thick and thus show "outgoing" boats, while Edo period gardens usually show thinner "returning" ships. Good examples of houranibune in pond gardens can be seen in the gardens at Toukouji υ, in Yamanashi prefecture, Joueiji νh, in Yamaguchi prefecture, Senshuukaku ηHt at Tokushima prefecture, and Rengeji @Ψ, in Kyoto. | ||||||
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