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Shirakawa suna
白川砂

Shirakawa sand


Small pebbles of weathered granite taken from the Kitashirakawa area in Kyoto. It is recorded in an early thirteenth-century text, Meigetsuki, that this material was spread in the garden of the Minase detached palace. It is widely used for spreading in dry landscape gardens.


Japanese Garden Dictionary: A Glossary for Japanese Gardens and Their History
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