「萩城・花江茶亭・梨羽家茶室」山口県 /“Hagi Castle, Hananoe Teahouse, and Nashibake Family Teahouse" Yamaguchi pref.

「萩城・花江茶亭・梨羽家茶室」山口県萩市

萩城跡指月公園には歴史的な２つの茶室が移築され保存されています。

一つは茅葺き屋根の「花江茶亭」（はなのえちゃてい）で、１３代藩主の毛利敬親（たかちか）が萩城内の三の丸の橋本川沿いにあった花江御殿に設けた茶室。この茶室で敬親は支藩主や家臣たちと茶事に託して時制を論じ国事を画策したと言われています。維新後、紆余曲折を経て地元有志の熱い想いで萩城内の現在地に移築されました。もう一つは「梨羽家茶室」（なしばけちゃしつ）。萩藩寄組梨羽家の別邸茶室、年末の萩城煤払いの際に藩主が休息したため「煤払いの茶室」との別名があります。外観は瓦葺き、内部は七事式を創り上げた表千家第七代家元・千宗左（如心斎）やその弟子で江戸千家の流祖・川上不白が好んだ八畳敷で江戸時代中期の花月楼形式と呼ばれる茶室です。

これら２つの茶室が移築された場所はかつて藩主が暮らした「奥書院」が建っていた場所。茶室のそばに奥書院に付属していたと思われる庭が残されています。現在、庭の池は枯れていますが護岸がしっかりしているので以前は水をたたえた池泉回遊式庭園であったようです。築山の上にはいかにも藩主の庭らしい勇壮な印象の立石がそそり立ち、また鈴が潰れたような不思議なかたちの奇岩が据えられちょっとユーモラスでもあります。茶室の周辺にはかっては庭園のものであったろうと思われる景石や石灯籠が置かれ往時を偲ばせます。

◼︎名称：「萩城・花江茶亭・梨羽家茶室」

◼︎住所：萩市堀内1-1（萩城跡指月（しづき）公園内）

◼︎TEL: 0838-25-1826（指月公園料金所）

◼︎営業時間：【4～10月】8:00～18:30、【11～2月】8:30～16:30、【3月】8:30～18:00

◼︎定休日：無休

◼︎駐車場：指月第一駐車場を利用（無料）／普通車51台、大型車2台

◼︎アクセス：萩循環バス（西回り）「萩城跡・指月公園入口・北門屋敷入口」バス停より徒歩5分

"Hagi Castle, Hananoe Teahouse, and Nashibake Family Teahouse" Hagi city, Yamaguchi pref.

Two historic teahouses have been relocated and preserved in Shizuki Park, the ruins of Hagi Castle.

One is the thatched-roof "Hananoe Teahouse," which the 13th feudal lord, Mori Takachika, established in the Hanae Palace along the Hashimoto River in the Sannomaru area of ​​Hagi Castle. It is said that Takachika and his vassals discussed policy in this teahouse, entrusting it to tea ceremonies. After the Meiji Restoration, it went through many twists and turns and was moved to its current location within Hagi Castle with the passion of local volunteers.

The other is the "Nashibake Family Teahouse." This is the villa teahouse of the Nashibake family of the Hagi domain, and is also known as the "soot-cleaning teahouse" because the feudal lord rested there during the year-end soot-cleaning of Hagi Castle. The exterior is covered with tiles, while the interior is an eight-tatami room, the style of which was preferred by Sen Soza (Joshinsai), the seventh head of the Omotesenke school, and is known as the Kagetsuro style teahouse from the mid-Edo period.

The location where these two teahouses were moved to was where the "Okushoin" (inner study) where the feudal lord lived once stood. Beside the teahouse remains a garden that is thought to have been attached to the Okushoin. The pond in the garden is now dry, but the banks are sturdy, so it is assumed that it was once a pond-filled stroll-style garden. Atop the artificial hill stands a standing stone that gives a majestic impression, befitting a feudal lord's garden, and there is also a strangely shaped rock that looks like a crushed bell, which is somewhat humorous. Around the teahouse are landscape stones and stone lanterns that are thought to have once been part of the garden, evoking times of the past.

◼︎Name: "Hagi Castle, Hananoe Teahouse, and Nashibake Family Teahouse"

◼︎Address: 1-1 Horiuchi, Hagi City (inside Shizuki Park, Hagi Castle Ruins)

◼︎TEL: 0838-25-1826 (Shizuki Park Tollgate)

◼︎Opening hours: [April-October] 8:00-18:30, [November-February] 8:30-16:30, [March] 8:30-18:00

◼︎Closed days: Open everyday

◼︎Parking: Use Shizuki Daiichi Parking (free) / 51 regular cars, 2 large cars

◼︎Access: 5 minutes walk from the bus stop "Hagi Castle Ruins Shizuki Park Entrance/Kitamon Yashiki Entrance" on the Hagi Circular Bus (westbound)