「志布志麓庭園群（１）平山氏庭園」鹿児島県志布志市・”Mr. Hirayama Garden" Kagoshima Pref.

★名勝／Scenic spot

江戸時代、鹿児島を治めた薩摩藩島津氏は藩内各地に防衛の拠点である「麓・ふもと」と呼ばれる武士集団を住まわせた地域を110ヶ所も設けていた。志布志麓もその一つで残された幾つかの武家屋敷に庭園が残されている。現在、志布志市文化財課が所有者と話し合い整備可能で貴重性の高い順に着々と整備を始めている。多くの武家屋敷と庭園が荒廃しており観光客の視点ではかなり悲しい状況だ。しかし志布志市の武家屋敷庭園群の整備はまだ始まったばかり。今後の整備に期待しよう。

「平山氏庭園」は江戸初期の作庭で、本来は寺院庭園だった。しかし明治の廃仏毀釈で寺が無くなりその場所に邸を建てた福山氏に庭園は引き継がれ現在に至っている。シラスが固まった溶結凝灰岩の天然の断崖に露出した岩盤を利用し、玉ものに仕立てたサツキなどのツツジ類を植栽した庭園。庭木以外の人工的な景物は石灯籠が一基置かれているのみ。岩盤から断層が斜めに突出し力強くアブストラクトな景観を作り出し迫力がある。初めて庭に入ると平衡感覚を失いかけるかも。

残念なことに邸の窓枠は銀色のアルミサッシに替えられ景観を損ない、屋根は抜け落ち倒壊寸前となっている。庭の手入れもお世辞にも行き届いているとは言えず、国の名勝指定を受けていることが信じがたい荒廃ぶりにショックを覚える見学者も少なくない。しかし、この平山氏の住宅に関しては、もともと寺院の庭園であったこの庭との関連性はとても低いので、住宅の荒廃はスルーしよう。持ち主との話し合いの上で志布志市は最も良い状態で保存していく予定とのことです。

■名称：平山氏庭園

■住所：鹿児島県志布志市志布志町帖

■TEL：志布志市生涯学習課 099-472-1111

■公開時間：9:00-17:00

■駐車場：有り　※市営観光駐車場・無料（平山氏庭園のすぐ隣）

■アクセス：JR「志布志駅」より車で約5分・徒歩約20分

"Shibushi Fumoto Gardens (1) Mr. Hirayama Garden" / Shibushi City, Kagoshima Prefecture

★名勝／Scenic spot

☆ Historical value, now ruins, can be restored.

During the Edo period, Daimyo · Shimadu of the Kagoshima Satsuma clan had 110 areas where the samurai group called "Fumoto" was settled in various places within the clan. The most famous among those Fumoto is "Chiran". "Shibushi fumoto" also has some samurai residences and gardens are left.■

It is very sad that many samurai residences of Shibushi are ruined and the maintenance of the garden is poor. The speed of preservation restoration by Shibushi City was slow for me to seem to catch up with the collapse of cultural property. That's the information you need to know before you visit. Should you go for a tour? Judging yourself, look at the garden photos of Shibushi Fumoto I will introduce.

The preservation of the gardens of the samurai residences group of Shibushi fumoto has just begun. The ruined samurai residences and gardens will be restored little by little by the Cultural Property Division of the Shibushi City Hall. Currently, there are few gardens suitable for our sightseeing. But once they have been restored, we will be able to see the wonderful gardens. Let's look forward to that day.

"Mr. Hirayama garden" is a work in the early Edo period. Originally it was a temple garden. In the era of the Meiji period, the temple disappeared and Mr. Hirayama built a mansion in that place and took over the garden. Shibushi has many natural cliffs of welded tuff which volcanic ashes called Shiras cemented. Many gardens are made using the cliffs. "Mr. Hirayama garden" planted a rounded azalea on the rock which protruded from the cliff of the welded tuff and made it a garden. Only one stone lantern is the artificial element of this garden. The rocky layer protruding obliquely is powerfully creating a landscape that is composed of abstracts.

Incidentally, the window frame of the uninhabited house has been replaced by a silver aluminum sash, which markedly damages the landscape and the roof is collapsing inside. The house is about to collapse any longer. Maintenance for the garden also seemed poor.

■ Name: Mr. Hirayama Garden

■ Address: Shibushi-cho, Shibushi-shi, Kagoshima

■ TEL: Shibushi City Shogai Gakusyu Section 099-472-1111

■ Opening hours: 9: 00-17: 00

■ Parking lot: Yes * Municipal tourist parking lot, free (next to Mr. Hirayama's garden)

■ Access: Approximately 5 minutes by car or 20 minutes on foot from JR "Shibushi Station"

鹿児島・Kagoshima