The Shosei-en Garden belongs to Higashi Honganji temple. The garden is also known as Kikoku-tei (Orange Grove) because of the orange trees planted there. The pond in this garden was made by Prince Minamoto no Toru. He wanted the pond to resemble Shiogama seacoast of Oku province and filled the pond with seawater from Namba.The garden site was given th HIgashi Honganji from the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu in 1641. In 1643, Ishikawa Jozan created the garden, which was destroyed in a fire in 1858 and 1864. The garden was rebuilt in 1865 to its orignal condition. Today, the garden is designated as a National Historic Site.
*Information on Shosei-en Garden was cited from a pamphlet given at the garden.
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Where is this place?
Do you mean the info came from a pamphlet you got at the garden? Do they have a web site?
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