Shukkei-en
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Shukkei-en (縮景園?) is a historic Japanese garden in the city of Hiroshima, Japan.
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Construction began in 1620 during the Edo period at the order of Asano Nagaakira, daimyo of the Hiroshima han. The seventh lord of the han summoned an expert in the construction of Japanese gardens from Kyoto, who greatly reconstructed Shukkei-en.
Since the Meiji period, the garden served as the villa of the Asano family. When under Emperor Meiji the Imperial General Headquarters were relocated to Hiroshima, the emperor briefly lodged at the villa. The gardens were opened to the public, and in 1940 the Asano family donated them to Hiroshima Prefecture. Being a short walk from Ground Zero of the nuclear attack on Hiroshima, Shukkei-en suffered extensive damage, and then became a refuge for victims of the war. After renovations, it reopened in 1951.
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- 名勝縮景園 (in Japanese)
- 庭園の写真 - 縮景園 (in Japanese)
