「旧野崎家住宅」岡山県倉敷市

野崎家は製塩業と新田開発で財を成した一族で、その最盛期にあたる野崎武左衛門の時代・天保から嘉永年間に築かれた大邸宅が残されている。その規模は壮大で敷地3000坪建物延床面積1000坪となっている。

庭園は江戸末期の瀬戸内の大庄屋のものとして大変貴重で主庭と裏庭があるが、主庭は皐月の植栽を中心とした開放的で明るい枯山水で、その中心には野崎家が大庄屋として岡山藩の権力と強く結びついていた証とも言える巨大な「御駕籠石」が据えられ圧巻。書院横の縁先手水鉢には風流な水琴窟の仕掛けもあり現在も涼しげな音を響かせている。裏庭は一転して閉鎖的な茶室のための露地的気配が漂うしっとりした苔庭で山灯籠がたち枯滝石組も見られる。

◼︎名称：「旧野崎家住宅」

◼︎住所：岡山県倉敷市島味野１丁目１１−１９

◼︎TEL: 086-472-2001

◼︎営業時間：AM 9:00~PM 5:00

◼︎休園日：毎週月曜

◼︎駐車場：有り（無料）

◼︎アクセス：ＪＲ児島駅から車で５分

"Former Nozaki Family Residence" Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture

The Nozaki family made their fortune through salt production and new rice field development. The family enjoyed its heyday during the Tenpo to Kaei eras during the time of Nozaki Buzaemon, and the large mansion built at that time still remains today. It is open to the public. It is magnificent in scale, with a site of 3,000 tsubo (10,000 m2) and a total floor area of 1,000 tsubo (3,300 m2).

The garden is very valuable as it was owned by a Setouchi village headman in the late Edo period, and it has a main garden and a back garden.

The main garden is an open and bright dry landscape garden with azaleas as the centerpiece, and at its center is a huge "Okagoishi" (parking stone for the palanquin, the lord's vehicle), which can be said to be proof that the Nozaki family was strongly connected to the power of the Okayama domain as a village headman.

The back garden is a complete contrast, with a moist moss garden that exudes the atmosphere of a roji for a closed teahouse, and a Yama lantern and dry waterfall stone arrangement can be seen.

◼︎Name: "Former Nozaki Family Residence"

◼︎Address: 1-11-19 Shimamino, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture

◼︎TEL: 086-472-2001

◼︎Opening hours: 9:00AM~5:00PM

◼︎Closed: Every Monday

◼︎Parking: Available (free)

◼︎Access: 5 minutes by car from JR Kojima Station

岡山県倉敷市エリア