A guide book for gardening written by Kitamura Enkinsai in 1735 in three volumes. It is distinguished as the original version (zenpen) from a work with the same title written later by Akisato Ritō. Kitamura's volume contributed to the diffusion of the gardening in the mid-Edo period.
Japanese Garden Dictionary: A Glossary for Japanese Gardens and Their History
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