「顕揚坊庭園」 福岡県英彦山 /“Kenyobo Garden" Fukuoka Pref

「顕揚坊庭園」 福岡県田川郡英彦山

英彦山は、平安時代から山岳信仰の聖地として知られ、特に神仏習合の修験道が盛んでした。鎌倉時代には多くの修験者たちが集い、江戸時代には3000人以上の修験者が住み、800の坊舎が建ち並んだほど栄えていたと言われています。室町時代には明朝から帰国した雪舟が応仁の乱を逃れて英彦山に３年間滞在し複数の庭を作ったと伝わっています。ほとんどの宿坊では茶が栽培され茶室を設け豊かな庭園文化が花開いていました。明治維新の神仏分離令・廃仏毀釈により、修験道は禁止されほぼ全ての宿坊が消滅し庭園は荒れ果て草木に埋もれていきました。現在の英彦山で往時の面影を偲べる庭はほぼすべてがほとんど手入れがなされない遺跡庭園と化しています。そんな中にあって「顕揚坊庭園」 だけは手入れが継続され現在まで受け継がれている貴重な庭園です。しかも江戸後期の書院も残され庭園と建物が両方残されている点は特筆すべきと言えます。この庭園を作ったのは雪舟を慕った室町時代末期の禅僧「雪村」と伝わり滝の石組みなどは雪舟の時代の様式を受け継いでいます。英彦山神宮参道沿いの神宮に向かって右手に門がありいつも扉が閉まっていますが、良識ある人にだけ無言で門戸を開くことが許されています。見学が終わったら必ず門戸を閉めて下さい。

◼︎名称：「顕揚坊庭園」

◼︎住所：福岡県田川郡添田町大字英彦山　英彦山神宮参道沿い

◼︎TEL: なし

◼︎駐車場：なし

“Kenyobo Garden" Tagawa District, Fukuoka Prefecture

Hikosan has been known as a sacred place of mountain worship since the Heian period, and Shugendo, a syncretic form of Shinto-Buddhist fusion, was particularly popular. Many Shugendo practitioners gathered there during the Kamakura period, and it is said that in the Edo period, more than 3,000 Shugendo practitioners lived there and 800 temple buildings were built, making it such a prosperous place. During the Muromachi period, Sesshu, who had returned from the Ming Dynasty, was unable to return to Kyoto due to the Onin War and stayed at Hikosan for three years, creating several gardens. Many lodgings at Hikosan cultivated tea and set up teahouses, and a rich garden culture flourished. Due to the Shinbutsu Bunri Rei (law to separate Buddhism from Shinto) and Haibutsu Kishaku (Buddhist demolition) of the Meiji Restoration, Shugendo was banned, almost all lodgings disappeared, and the gardens fell into disrepair and were buried in vegetation. Almost all of the gardens that recall the past at Hikosan today have become relic gardens that are barely maintained. Among them, the "Kenyobo Garden" is a precious garden that has been maintained and passed down to the present day. Moreover, the Shoin (Japanese study) from the late Edo period remains, and it is noteworthy that both the garden and the building remain. It is said that this garden was created by "Sesson", a Zen monk from the late Muromachi period who admired Sesshu, and the stonework of the waterfall inherits the style of Sesshu's time. There is a gate on the right hand side of the shrine along the approach to Hiko-san Shrine, and the door is always closed, but only people with good sense are allowed to open the gate silently. Please be sure to close the gate when you finish viewing.

◼︎Name: " Kenyobo Garden"

◼︎Address: Hiko-san, Soeda-cho, Tagawa-gun, Fukuoka Prefecture, along the approach to Hiko-san Shrine

◼︎TEL: None

◼︎Parking: None