「絲原記念館」 庭園　島根県 / “Itohara Memorial Hall” Garden, Shimane Pref

「絲原記念館」 庭園　島根県

絲原家は松江藩に江戸時代から１５代続く旧家。現在は林業を営むが、大正時代までは「たたら製鉄」で栄えた。製鉄は江戸期には松江藩の主力産業の一つであり奥出雲地方だけで全国３割にもおよぶ製鉄量を誇っていた。絲原家は松江藩の鉄師頭取を務め地域発展に大いに貢献した。

庭園がある場所はもともと砂鉄を採取した跡地だっった。江戸時代末期から築庭が始まり５０年後の明治中期頃に完成した。庭園は書院前の出雲流庭園、１段下がった母屋前の鑓水庭園、そして蔵の前の池泉庭園の３つに大きく分かれながらも一つの庭園として調和している。本庭最大の特徴は松江藩独特の「出雲流庭園」であろう。出雲流庭園は、松江藩第七代藩主「松平不昧」公が京都より招いた庭師「沢玄丹」により考案されたと言われる露地の趣をたたえた枯山水庭園の様式で、庭の中央に細長い短冊石を置きその周辺に飛び石を配した設えで丸い石臼の廃材をアクセントとする。この出雲流庭園は島根県を中心とした山陰地方はもとよりその他の地域にも広く伝播し作例を見ることができる。たとえば九州地方・福岡市の「楽水園」茶室前の閉鎖的な露地の飛び石や、地元島根県の足立美術館の広大に視界がひらけた「白砂青松庭」池泉手前の飛び石などにもその影響を見ることができる。

◼︎名称：「絲原記念館」 国指定名勝

◼︎住所：島根県仁多郡奥出雲町

◼︎TEL: 0854-52-0151

◼︎入園料：庭園のみ￥400、記念館および庭園¥1.000

◼︎営業時間：AM9:00-PM17:00（入場は16:00迄）

◼︎休園日：毎週水曜日、年末年始・12/30~1/5

◼︎駐車場：有、無料

◼︎アクセス：松江市より車で60分

“Itohara Memorial Hall” Garden, Shimane Prefecture

The Itohara family is an old family in Shimane Prefecture that has been in existence for 15 generations since the early Edo period. Currently engaged in forestry, up until the Taisho period it prospered as a company known for its ``Tatara iron making'', which originated with the ancient Tatars. Iron was one of the main industries of the Matsue clan during the Edo period, and the Okuizumo region alone produced 30% of the nation's iron production. The Itohara family served as the head of the iron masters of the Matsue domain and greatly contributed to the development of the region.

The area where the garden is located was originally a site where iron sand was mined. Construction of the garden began at the end of the Edo period and was completed 50 years later, around the middle of the Meiji period.

The garden is divided into three parts: the Izumo-style dry landscape garden in front of the shoin, the Yarimizu garden in front of the main building, where a small stream flows, and the pond garden in front of the storehouse, all of which harmonize together as one .

The biggest feature of this garden is that it is an ``Izumo style garden'' unique to Matsue. The Izumo-ryu garden is a style of dry landscape garden that is said to have been devised by Gentan Sawa, a gardener invited from Kyoto by Matsudaira Fumai, the seventh lord of the Matsue clan, and is said to have been created in the style of karesansui garden.

A long, narrow stone is placed in the center of the garden, and stepping stones are placed around it, and round millstone waste is often used as an accent.

This Izumo style garden has spread widely not only in the San'in region centered on Shimane Prefecture, but also in other regions, and examples can be seen. For example, there are stepping stones in the closed Roji in front of the tea ceremony room of Rakusuien in Fukuoka City, Kyushu region, and stepping stones in front of the pond in the Hakusaseisho Garden, which opens out to a vast view of the Adachi Museum of Art in Shimane Prefecture.

◼︎Name: “Isohara Memorial Hall” Nationally designated scenic spot

◼︎Address: Okuizumo-cho, Nita-gun, Shimane Prefecture

◼︎TEL: 0854-52-0151

◼︎Entrance fee: Garden only ¥400, Memorial hall and garden ¥1,000

◼︎Business hours: AM9:00-PM17:00 (Admission until 16:00)

◼︎Closed days: Every Wednesday, year-end and New Year holidays, 12/30~1/5

◼︎Parking: Yes, free

◼︎Access: 60 minutes by car from Matsue City