「長府毛利邸」山口県下関市・"Chofu Moritei" Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Pref.

「長府毛利邸」山口県下関市

長府毛利家第１４代当主である毛利元敏公により明治３６年（１９０３年）に完成した邸宅の庭園群。

庭園は主屋の書院に面した平庭の書院庭園（室内から鑑賞）と、その南の築地塀をへだて一段低い場所の傾斜に石を立てた築山から流れ下る枯流れが設えられた枯山水庭、さらにこれら２つの庭の西側に明治期庭園の特徴を示す芝生の広場をもつ西洋的な庭、および二筋の滝が流れ落ちる泉のような丸い形の池泉庭がある。この池の背後の山紅葉は秋には見事に紅葉し庭内各所に石蕗の花が咲き乱れる。池泉庭園に関しては明治天皇御行幸の度に宿泊された部屋からの眺めが最も美しい。これらゾーニングされつつも連続性をもつ４つ庭の他に、東西南の三棟の建物と北の渡り廊下に囲まれた中庭がある。この中庭には主木の紅葉や苔、手水鉢や飛び石が配され美しい。渡り廊下を隔てた北側に島根県津和野の堀庭園から移築された茶室・淵黙庵（えんもくあん）がある。この茶室は銅板葺の切妻屋根が印象的だが本来は茅葺きであった。正面の入り口は躙口ではなく頭を下げずに茶室にあがれる貴人口。堀家はもともと武家でありこの茶室も武家の流れを汲む流派に属した様式の茶室。一般客は茶室に入ることが出来ないが邸内で呈茶あり（抹茶とお菓子のセット・令和３年時点で一服４００円）。お菓子は下関市の松琴堂の「ゆきごろも」、大変美味しいのでお勧めします。福岡に帰ってからインターネット販売でお取り寄せしました。

■住所:　山口県下関市長府惣社町４−１０ 長府毛利邸

■TEL : 083-245-8090

■入園料：大人 210円

■開店時間: 9:00～17:00

■駐車場 : 無し

"Chofu Moritei" Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture

A group of gardens in a mansion completed in 1903 by Mototoshi Mouri, the 14th head of the Chofu Mouri family.

The garden is a flat garden facing the main building's Shoin, and a dry stream flowing down from the slope of an artificial hill (artificial hill) with stones erected on the slope of a lower place to the south of the Tsukiji wall. Kresansui garden. Furthermore, on the west side of these two gardens, there is a western garden with a lawn plaza that is characteristic of the Meiji period garden, and a pond garden with a round shape like a spring where two waterfalls flow down. The autumn leaves behind this pond are beautifully colored in autumn, and butterbur flowers are in full bloom in various parts of the garden. As for the pond garden, the view from the room where Emperor Meiji stayed is the most beautiful. In addition to these four zoned but continuous gardens, there are three buildings in the south, east, and west and a courtyard surrounded by a corridor in the north. Autumn leaves and moss of the main tree, chozubachi and stepping stones are arranged in this courtyard and it is beautiful. On the north side across the corridor is Enmokuan, a tea house relocated from the Hori Gardens in Tsuwano, Shimane Prefecture. This tea house has an impressive copper plate-roofed gable roof, but it was originally thatched. The front entrance is not a small Nijiriguchi, but a Kininguchi where noble people can enter the tea room without bowing. The Hori family was originally a samurai family, and this tea family is a samurai style tea house. General customers cannot enter the tea room, but they can receive a set of matcha and sweets in the house (400 yen per dose as of 3rd year of Reiwa). The sweets are "Yukigoromo" from Shokindo in Shimonoseki City, which is very delicious, so I recommend it. After returning to Fukuoka, I ordered it by internet sales.

■ Address: 4-10 Chofu Soshamachi, Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture Chofu Moritei

■ TEL: 083-245-8090

■ Admission fee: 210 yen for adults

■ Opening hours: 9: 00-17: 00

■ Parking lot: None