NAKA, Takahiro

FUJII, Eijiro

The compositions of the early stages of shoin-style gardens are analyzed using historical materials like "Miyoshi-chikuzennokami-Yoshinaga-ason-tei-e-onari-no-ki" in the Eiroku period (1558-1569). The fundamental composition of Miyoshi's garden has a similarity to that of the exterior spaces of Hosokawa Tenkyu's residence which was drawn in the Rakuchu-Rakugai-byobu owned by Uesugi. It is also similar to the exterior spaces of Nishi-honganji's Taimenjo, whose composition of interior spaces is a typical type of the shoin-style. Therefore, we considered the composition of the exterior spaces of Miyoshi's residence is a prototype of that of the gardens in front of Nishi-honganji's Taimenjo. We also considered the gardens in front of Kaisho and Izumidono as those prior to the shoin-style garden. Finally, we suggested that the constructers might have developed their techniques with the constructions of these prototype gardens, and they could have applied their techniques in the constructions of shoin-style gardens.