「芳野旅館」 熊本県 /“Yoshino Ryokan" Kumamoto Pref

「芳野旅館」 熊本県人吉市

人吉藩の御典医・安藤家の邸宅に造られた庭園。現在、明治４２年創業の芳野旅館の中庭となっている。池泉庭園で池の奥に滝口がある。水面上にじゃ大きく頭を伸ばした鬼頭石、その背後の築山の麓に羽を立てた鶴石組を配し吉祥を寿ぐ蓬莱庭園である。巨大な亀の上に乗る築山は蓬来山をあらわし中腹に祠を２つ並べ、これを遥拝する庭園でもあり、蘇鉄は祠に供えられた立華である。また東に川が流れる立地に対して、北に亀を置くのは風水思想に従い、四神相応に整える配置である。言い伝えでは、人吉城御館跡庭園や旧新宮家庭園と同じく、京都から下向した庭師が作庭したとあり、人吉の武家文化を物語る庭園となっている。

　（作庭家　野村 勘治 の文章が美しいのでせっかくなのでそのまま転載しています）

※芳野旅館は建物が国登録有形文化財に指定されています。令和２年７月の人吉市豪雨で被災ましたが令和４年に復興グランドオープンしています。

◼︎名称：「芳野旅館」

◼︎住所： 熊本県人吉市上青井町180

◼︎TEL: 0966-22-2244

◼︎駐車場：有り

◼︎アクセス：JR肥薩線「人吉」駅より徒歩5分

"Yoshino Ryokan" Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture

This garden was built in the residence of the Ando family, the official physician of the Hitoyoshi domain. It is currently the courtyard of Yoshino Ryokan, which was founded in 1909. It is a pond garden with a waterfall at the back of the pond. A large Kito stone with its head rising above the water surface, and a crane stone arrangement with its wings raised at the foot of the artificial hill behind it, are placed in a Horai garden to celebrate good fortune. The artificial hill on top of a giant turtle represents Mount Horai, and two shrines are lined up on the middle slope, and the garden is also a place to worship them from afar, with the cycads replacing flowers offered to the shrines. In addition, the location has a river flowing to the east, so placing the turtle to the north is an arrangement that follows feng shui and aligns the four gods. Legend has it that, like the Hitoyoshi Castle Palace Ruins Garden and the Former Shingu Family Garden, the garden was created by a gardener who came down from Kyoto, making it a garden that tells the story of Hitoyoshi's samurai culture.

(The writing of landscape designer Kanji Nomura is so beautiful that I've reproduced it here as is.)

*The building of Yoshino Ryokan is designated as a nationally registered tangible cultural property. It was damaged in the heavy rains in Hitoyoshi City in July 2020, but was rebuilt and reopened in 2022.

◼︎Name: "Yoshino Ryokan inn”

◼︎Address: 180 Kami aoi machi, Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture

◼︎TEL: 0966-22-2244

◼︎Parking: Available

◼︎Access: 5 minutes walk from JR Hitoyoshi Station on the Hisatsu Line