「卜蔵（ぼくら）庭園」 島根県 / "Bokura Garden”Shimane pref

「卜蔵（ぼくら）庭園」

元禄時代の築庭だが、１８００年代以降に出雲流庭園の様式を取り入れた庭園に改変されている。卜蔵家は松江藩の出雲地方でたたら製鉄を生業とした代表的な一族のひつとであり江戸時代には絲原家などとともに藩主領内視察の際の本陣（宿泊所）の一つとなっていた。特に七代藩主・松平不昧公の時代には茶の湯を通して藩主をもてなすことが一般化したため、多くの本陣庭園が茶室などを備えている。この卜蔵家は屋敷を失ったため詳細は不明だが、大きな石灯籠を庭の中央に配するのは出雲流庭園の特徴であり、池の手前の白砂の飛び石は明らかに出雲流であり、礼拝石は籠置き石の可能性もある。池に架かる持ち上げ式の太鼓石橋や、不昧公好みの瓢箪型にくりぬかれた縁先手水鉢もその頃に付け加えられた可能性が高い。庭は時代とともに変化する性質を持つ。

この庭園は造園家・重森千靑氏によって復元整備された。

◼︎名称：「卜蔵庭園」

◼︎住所：島根県仁多郡出雲竹崎800

◼︎TEL: 0854-54-2260(奥出雲観光協会）

◼︎営業時間：２４時間無料で見学可能

◼︎休園日：蕎麦処「椿庵」の敷地内ですが営業日が曖昧、訪問時は土曜でしたが休みでした。

◼︎駐車場：有り（無料）

◼︎アクセス：JR出雲横田駅からバスで15分、徒歩１時間３６分

"Bokura Garden”Shimane pref.

This garden was built in the Genroku period (1700s), but it has been modified since the 1800s to incorporate the Izumo style.

Throughout the Edo period, the Bokura family brought great prosperity to the Izumo region of the Matsue domain as one of the representative families that made a living in ``tatara iron manufacturing.'' The Bokura family, along with the Ihara family and others, served as one of the main camps (accommodations) for the feudal lord's inspections of the territory.

Particularly during the era of the seventh feudal lord, Matsudaira Fumai, it became common to show hospitality to the feudal lord through tea ceremonies, so many honjin gardens are equipped with a tea room.

The Bokura family lost their mansion, so the details are unknown, but placing a large stone lantern in the center of the garden is a characteristic of Izumo style gardens, and the white sand stepping stones in front of the pond are clearly Izumo style, and the Reihai stone is also possible that it was the Kagooki stone of the feudal lord. It is highly likely that the gourd-shaped ensaki water basin and the drum bridge over the pond were also added around this time. Gardens have the property of changing with the times.

◼︎Name: “Bokura Garden”

◼︎Address: 800 Takezaki, Izumo, Nita-gun, Shimane Prefecture

◼︎TEL: 0854-54-2260 (Oku-Izumo Tourism Association)

◼︎Opening hours: Free viewing available 24 hours a day

◼︎Closed days: It is located on the premises of the soba restaurant "Tsubakian", but the business days are vague, and when I visited it was Saturday, but it was closed.

◼︎Parking: Available (free)

◼︎Access: 15 minutes by bus or 1 hour 36 minutes walk from JR Izumo Yokota Station