yarimizu　遣水

KEY WORD :　architecture / gardens

Lit. water course. An archaic term for a shallow, curving garden stream. The term, found in the 11c garden manual *SAKUTEIKI 作庭記, is used to describe the stream that feeds the central pond in shinden style gardens *shinden-zukuri teien 寝殿造庭園, Yarimizu also describes a kyokusui 曲水. Among extent gardens, the stream in the Kogosho 小御所 garden at Kyoto Gosho 京都御所 is called yarimizu.

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